Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953)[1] is an American singer, songwriter, actress and activist.[2][3] Her career has spanned over 40 years.[3] Her album She's So Unusual (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night"—and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture The Goonies and her second record True Colors (1986). This album included the number one single "True Colors" and "Change of Heart", which peaked at number three. Since 1989, Lauper has released eleven studio albums and participated in many other projects. In 2010, Memphis Blues became Billboard's most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one on the Billboard Blues Albums chart for 13 consecutive weeks. In 2013, Lauper won the Tony Award for best original score for composing the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, making her the first woman to win the category by herself.[4] The musical was awarded five other Tonys including Tony Award for Best New Musical. In 2014, Lauper was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the cast recording. In 2016, the West End production won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards [5]
Lauper has sold over 50 million albums and 20 million singles.[6][7] She has won awards at the Grammys, Emmys, Tonys, the New York's Outer Critics Circle, MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), Billboard Awards, and American Music Awards (AMAs).[8] An inductee into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Lauper is one of the few singers to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT).[9] Lauper won the inaugural Best Female Video prize at the 1984 VMAs for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". This music video is recognized by MTV, VH1 and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest music videos of the era.[10][11][12][13] She is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum's Women Who Rock exhibit.[14] Her debut album is included in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[15] while "Time After Time" is included in VH1's list of the 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 years.[16] VH1 has ranked Lauper No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.[17]
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper2 (Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 22 de junio de 1953), conocida simplemente como Cyndi Lauper, es una cantautora, multiinstrumentista, actriz, filántropa y empresaria estadounidense. Saltó a la fama después de ser parte del grupo musical Blue Angel e iniciar una exitosa carrera de solista, en 1983 firmó con Portrait Records (filial de Epic Records) y lanzó su exitoso álbum debut She's So Unusual posteriormente continuó lanzando una serie de álbumes con los qué también consiguió una inmensa popularidad y éxito. Muchas de sus canciones han alcanzado el número uno en las listas musicales de varios países alrededor del mundo; sus mayores éxitos incluyen temas como "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", "All Through the Night", "Money Changes Everything", "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough", "True Colors", "Change of Heart", "What's Going On", "I Drove All Night" y "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)". Posee el récord de ser la primera cantante en posicionar 4 canciones consecutivas en el Top 5 del Billboard HHot 100. Dueña de una poderosa voz y una imagen particular, Lauper ha sido elogiada por los críticos por sus producciones musicales y puestas en escena, dándole el título de «Icono Pop».3
Cyndi Lauper ha ganado, Premios Grammy, Emmy Awards, Premios Tony, Premios American Music, Billboard Music Award y MTV Video Music Awards.4 Lauper es una de las veinte artistas en lograr el "GET" ganando competitivos premios Grammy, Emmy y Tony. Lauper hasta la fecha ha vendido más de 80,6 millones de discos y 35 millones de sencillos.56
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