Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over four decades. 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 Annual Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture The Goonies (1985) 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. Her cover of the Marvin Gaye song “What’s Going On” was a moderate hit in 1987. In 1989, Lauper saw success with “I Drove All Night” and in 1993, had her first dance club hit with “That’s What I Think”.
Lauper has sold over 50 million records worldwide. 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). 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).
In January 2023, she was among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, “Seeing my name on this year’s ballot with so many talents that I admire means so much to me”, she adds. “It has been a lifetime privilege to reach so many different kinds of fans with a message of following your own path (and having fun along the way, too)”, said Lauper. The inductees were revealed in May 2023.
In July 2023, Lauper released the track “Oh Dolores”. The song was written for the black comedy horror television series The Horror of Dolores Roach, released on Prime Video in July 2023. Lauper also has a recurring guest role in the series.
The soundtrack single “Gonna Be You” from the movie 80 for Brady was released in January 2023. The song was written by Diane Warren, and performed by Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and Gloria Estefan. The official music video shows Parton, Carlisle, Lauper, and Estefan performing while wearing football jerseys similar to the ones worn by the women in the film, interspersed with clips from the film.
February 2024 brought major news for Lauper. She announced collaboration with Pophouse (owned by Björn Ulvaeus) after they bought parts of her song catalog, including “True Colors” and “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” but not her Broadway music. Future projects would include a television series and a festival, as well as an immersive theater experience.
Let the Canary Sing, a documentary directed by Alison Ellwood about Lauper’s career will debut on Paramount+ on June 4, 2024. The soundtrack for the documentary was released on May 31, 2024. One day before the release of Let the Canary Sing, Lauper announced that she would be holding one last series of concerts before retiring from touring. The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour is slated to start in Montreal on October 18, 2024, and end December 5 in Chicago. Lauper stated she wanted to host the farewell tour to properly thank her fans while she was still in good shape.
On June 29, 2024, Lauper will perform at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK.
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