Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, auteur-compositeur, actrice, and LGBT rights activist whose career has fractionné over four decades. Her debut album solo, She's So Unusual (1983), ce qui à l'instant commercial success. The album was the first debut female album to chart four top five hits on the Billboard Hot 100,—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop" et "All Through the Night," earning Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards en 1985. Her success continued with her second record, True Colors, (1986), which included the number one hit of the same name and "Change of Heart" qui peaked at number 3 and earned Lauper two nomination at the 29th Grammy Awards en 1987. Since 1989, Lauper has released nine studio album to varying critical acclaim; and has participated in several other projects. Her most recent album, the Grammy award-nominated Memphis Blues, became Billboard s most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one sur le "Billboard" blues charts for 13 consecutive weeks. En 2011, Lauper released à autobiography detailing her battle with child abuse and dépression; which became New York Times Best-Seller. En 2013, Lauper achevé écriture both the music and lyrics for the Broadway, la comédie musicale Kinky Boots, which led it to the 2013 Tony Awards with 13 nominations, and won six awards, including meilleur Musical. The musical donc won Best Score making Lauper the first woman to win the composition category solo. En 2013, she became the first artist to top the dance chart with a Broadway single over 25 years. Over the course of her career, Lauper has released over 40 singles and (as of 2011) has sold more than 80 millions d'albums, 20 millions de singles, et de 1 million de Dvd. She has won Grammy awards, Emmy, Tony, MTV VMA awards, Billboard and AMA. En 1999, VH1 ranked Lauper N ° 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Lauper is one of only twenty artists to achieve "GET" statut by winning competitive Grammy awards, Emmy and Tony awards.