Recorded and released in 1983, She's So Unusual, features some of Lauper's most well-known songs and radio favorites including "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop," "Money Changes Everything," and "All Through the Night." She's So Unusual cemented her place in musical history as the first female artist to have four Top 10 singles on a debut album. The release went on to sell over 16 million copies worldwide and won Lauper a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
"I knew it was the perfect time to thank my fans for sticking with me through it all," says Lauper. "I'm so excited to perform She's So Unusual from beginning to end, song by song, and I can't wait to see everyone!"
The iconic performer has been celebrating a creative renaissance as of late. Lauper guest stars on the FOX TV show "Bones," NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice," and stars in her own We TV docu-series, "Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual." Last Fall she released her New York Times Best Selling autobiography, "Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir."
On Broadway, Cyndi won great accolades with her 2006 stage debut as Jenny in The Threepenny Opera and most recently composed the music and lyrics for the highly anticipated Broadway adaption of the British film Kinky Boots, which opened in April 2013 to critical acclaim. Kinky Boots brings together an impressive team: Cyndi, legendary producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig, four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (who wrote the book) and venerable director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell.
Lauper is one of the most inventive and compelling performers in pop history, equally famed for her soaring vocal range, fiery personality and tireless advocacy work. She has racked up global record sales of over 50 million and has won countless awards, to numerous honors for her tireless activism through her True Colors Fund. Lauper has released 11 studio albums, with her most recent, the Grammy nominated Memphis Blues, ruling the Billboard Blues chart for 14 consecutive weeks to become the best-selling Blues album of 2010. She has been nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 7 American Video Awards and 18 MTV Awards.
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