Cyndi Lauper discography | |
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Studio albums | 11 |
Compilation albums | 8 |
Singles | 53 |
Video albums | 7 |
Music videos | 33 |
American singer Cyndi Lauper has released eleven studio albums, [1] six compilation albums, five video albums and fifty-three singles. Worldwide, Lauper has sold approximately 50 million albums, singles and DVDs. [2] [3] [4] According to RIAA, She has sold 9.5 million certified albums in the United States with She's so Unusual being her biggest seller (7× Platinum as of 2023). [5]
Lauper was a founding member of Blue Angel, who released their debut album in 1980 on Polydor Records. The album was unsuccessful, causing the band to break up and Lauper to file for bankruptcy. [6] In 1983, Lauper obtained a contract with Portrait Records, and her debut solo album, She's So Unusual , was released. The album was a major success, achieving platinum and gold certification around the world and spawning the hits "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "All Through the Night (Jules Shear song)" and "She Bop". In 1985, Lauper released "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough", a single from the soundtrack to The Goonies , and her second album, True Colors , was released in 1986. True Colors was another successful album, along with the single of the same name and "Change of Heart". [6] A starring role in the film Vibes in 1988 led to the release of "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)", which was a hit in Australia and New Zealand. Lauper's third album, A Night to Remember , was released in 1989. This album was less successful, despite the popularity of the first single, "I Drove All Night". [6] The following single, "My First Night Without You" [6] managed to chart in the top 60 in the United States.
In 1992, Lauper appeared in the English version of Starmania , a French rock opera. She released a single from the musical, "The World Is Stone", which was a major hit in several countries, particularly France. Her album Hat Full of Stars was released in 1993 on Epic Records, attaining gold certification in France and Japan. Lauper's greatest hits compilation, Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some , was released in 1994, with the re-recorded version of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" reaching number four in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. A compilation of Lauper's music videos and an interview was released at the same time on VHS. In 1996, she released Sisters of Avalon , and an original album of Christmas songs, Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life in 1998. [6] These two albums were much less successful internationally than her previous releases, but both charted in Japan. Sisters of Avalon was also certified platinum in Japan.
In 2001, Lauper planned to release another album, Shine , but the record company folded. An extended play version of the album was released to counter Internet piracy, and the full album was released exclusively in Japan in 2004. In 2003, Lauper released her seventh studio album, At Last , and a live version in 2004 on DVD, Live... At Last. [6] At Last is a set of covers that reinvent classic songs, such as the title track "At Last", "Walk On By" and "Stay". The live DVD achieved gold certification in the United States. In 2005, Lauper released The Body Acoustic , featuring new acoustic versions of her hits, such as a duet of "Time After Time" with Sarah McLachlan. Lauper's 2008 album, Bring Ya to the Brink , was her first release in seven years containing original material, and met with considerable success. In December 2008 she recorded the duet "A Christmas Duel" with Swedish pop band The Hives, released in Sweden only, where it reached number 4. [7] Memphis Blues , was released in 2010. It managed to be her highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 since True Colors in 1986, spending 13 consecutive weeks at number-one on the Billboard Blues chart, becoming the highest selling blues album of the year. So far, it has sold 600,000 copies worldwide. Her most recent album is Detour , released in 2016. It is a country and western album inspired by some of her favourite artists growing up including Patsy Cline. The album peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard 200. A documentary on Lauper's career titled Let the Canary Sing will be released on Paramount+ in June 2024 along with a soundtrack for the documentary. [8]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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US [9] | AUS [10] [11] | AUT [12] | CAN [13] | FRA [14] [15] | GER [16] [17] | JPN [18] | SWE [19] | SWI [20] | UK [21] [22] | ||||
She's So Unusual | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 16 | |||
True Colors |
| 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 25 | ||
A Night to Remember |
| 37 | 17 | — | 34 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 9 | ||
Hat Full of Stars |
| 112 | 102 | — | 68 | 9 | 52 | 15 | — | 32 | 56 |
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Sisters of Avalon |
| 188 | — | 45 | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | 59 |
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Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | ||
At Last |
| 38 | 32 | — | 32 | 85 | — | 205 | — | 50 | 124 | ||
Shine [A] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 120 | — | — | — | ||
The Body Acoustic |
| 112 | 175 | 60 | — | 190 | — | 42 | — | 86 | 55 | ||
Bring Ya to the Brink |
| 41 | 87 | 48 | 40 | 129 | — | 18 | — | — | — | ||
Memphis Blues |
| 26 | 59 | — | 45 | 31 | 77 | 41 | 85 | 77 | 105 | ||
Detour |
| 29 | 15 | — | 69 | 142 | 64 | 122 | — | 55 | 43 | ||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US [32] | US Cast Albums [32] | ||
Kinky Boots [33] |
| 51 | 1 |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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US [9] | AUS [10] [11] | AUT [12] | FRA [14] | GER [16] [17] | JPN [18] | NLD [34] | NZL [35] | SWI [20] | UK [21] | ||||
The Best Remixes |
| — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — | — |
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Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some |
| 81 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
Wanna Have Fun |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Time After Time: The Best of Cyndi Lauper |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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The Essential Cyndi Lauper |
| — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | ||
The Great Cyndi Lauper |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Hey Now! (Remixes & Rarities) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Collections |
| — | 131 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Floor Remixes |
| — | — | — | — | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | ||
Playlist: The Very Best of Cyndi Lauper [41] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
True Colors: The Best of Cyndi Lauper |
| — | 146 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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She's So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration |
| 150 | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | ||
Front and Center (She's So Unusual 30th Anniversary Live) |
| — | — | — | — | — | 238 | — | — | — | — | ||
Japanese Singles Collection-Greatest Hits- |
| — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | ||
Let the Canary Sing |
| — [upper-alpha 1] | — | — | 182 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. |
Title | EP details | Sales |
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Feels Like Christmas [45] |
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Shine [46] |
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Shine Remixes [48] |
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She's So Unusual: Remixed |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
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US [49] | AUS [10] [11] | AUT [12] | CAN [50] | FRA [14] [51] | GER [17] [52] | IRL [53] | NLD [34] | NZL [35] [54] | UK [21] [22] | |||||||
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | 1983 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | She's So Unusual | ||||
"Time After Time" | 1984 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |||||
"She Bop" | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 19 | — | 41 | 6 | 46 | ||||||
"All Through the Night" | 5 | 17 | 5 | 7 | — | 35 | — | — | 19 | 64 | ||||||
"Money Changes Everything" | 27 | 19 | — | 23 | — | 54 | — | — | 14 | 108 | ||||||
"When You Were Mine" [B] | 1985 | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" | 10 | 8 | — | 9 | — | 49 | — | — | 22 | 130 |
| The Goonies (soundtrack) | ||||
"True Colors" | 1986 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 12 | True Colors | ||||
"Change of Heart" | 3 | 15 | — | 13 | 6 | — | — | — | 41 | 67 | ||||||
"What's Going On" | 1987 | 12 | 52 | — | 30 | — | — | — | 39 | 30 | 57 | |||||
"Boy Blue" | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Maybe He'll Know" [C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" | 1988 | 54 | 8 | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | Vibes (soundtrack) | ||||
"I Drove All Night" | 1989 | 6 | 11 | — | 8 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 54 | 10 | 7 |
| A Night to Remember | |||
"My First Night Without You" | 62 | 47 | — | — | 46 | — | 28 | — | — | 53 | ||||||
"Heading West" [D] | — | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | ||||||
"A Night to Remember" [E] | — | 145 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Primitive" [F] | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Unconditional Love" [G] | 1991 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"The World Is Stone" | 1992 | — | 106 | — | — | 2 | 100 | 16 | — | — | 15 | Tycoon | ||||
"Who Let in the Rain" | 1993 | — | 109 | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 32 | Hat Full of Stars | ||||
"That's What I Think" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | ||||||
"Sally's Pigeons" [H] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Hat Full of Stars" [I] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" | 1994 | 87 | 62 | — | — | 3 | 56 | 10 | — | 4 | 4 |
| Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some | |||
"I'm Gonna Be Strong" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | ||||||
"Come on Home" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | |||||
"You Don't Know" | 1996 | — | 177 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | Sisters of Avalon | ||||
"Sisters of Avalon" [I] | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Ballad of Cleo and Joe" [J] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Early Christmas Morning" [I] | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life | ||||
"Disco Inferno" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Night at the Roxbury (soundtrack) | ||||
"Shine" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shine | ||||
"Walk On By" [J] | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | At Last | ||||
"Stay" | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Time After Time" (featuring Sarah McLachlan) | 2005 | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Body Acoustic | ||||
"Above the Clouds" (featuring Jeff Beck) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Set Your Heart" [I] | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bring Ya to the Brink | ||||
"Same Ol' Story" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Into the Nightlife" | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"A Christmas Duel" (featuring The Hives) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
"Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart" [I] | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Floor Remixes | ||||
"Just Your Fool" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Memphis Blues | ||||
"Early in the Mornin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Crossroads" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Home for the Holidays" (featuring Norah Jones) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
"Blue Christmas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Sex Is in the Heel" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kinky Boots | ||||
"Hard Candy Christmas" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Detour | ||||
"Funnel of Love" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Hope" [K] | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Japanese Single Collection – Greatest Hits | ||||
"Sally's Pigeons" (2022 Redux) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
"Gonna Be You" (with Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Gloria Estefan and Debbie Harry) [55] | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80 for Brady | ||||
"Oh Dolores" [56] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Horror of Dolores Roach | |||||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US | AUS [57] | AUT [12] | CAN | FRA [14] | NLD | NZL [35] | SWE [19] | SWI [20] | UK [58] [59] | ||||
"We Are the World" (as part of USA for Africa) | 1985 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | We Are the World | |
"Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two)" (Roger Waters featuring Cyndi Lauper) | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | The Wall – Live in Berlin |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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ITA [62] | |||
"Wild Women Don't Have the Blues" | 2010 | 43 | Memphis Blues |
Title | Year | Single (A-side) | Album |
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"Right Track, Wrong Train" | 1983 | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" [63] | single only |
"I'll Kiss You" | 1984 | "Time After Time" [64] | She's So Unusual |
"When You Were Mine" (Japan) [65] | |||
"Witness" | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (UK 12") [66] | ||
"She Bop" [67] | |||
"All Through the Night" [68] | |||
"Change of Heart" [69] | |||
"He's So Unusual" | "All Through the Night" (Japan) [70] | ||
"Money Changes Everything" (UK) [71] | |||
"Yeah Yeah" | "All Through the Night" (Japan) [70] | ||
"Money Changes Everything" (UK) [71] | |||
"When You Were Mine" (Canada) [72] | |||
"What a Thrill" | 1985 | "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" [73] | The Goonies |
"Change of Heart" (UK) [74] | |||
"Heading for the Moon" | 1986 | "True Colors" [75] | single only |
"One Track Mind" | 1987 | "What's Going On" [76] | True Colors |
"Maybe He'll Know" (12") [77] | |||
"The Faraway Nearby" | "Boy Blue" [78] | ||
"Calm Inside the Storm" | "Maybe He'll Know" (12") [77] | ||
"Heading West" (Europe and Japan) [79] | |||
"Maybe He'll Know" (Remix) | 1988 | "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" (12" and CD) [80] | |
1989 | "I Drove All Night" [81] | ||
"Unabbreviated Love" | "My First Night Without You" [82] | single only | |
"Iko Iko" | "My First Night Without You" (UK Picture Disc CD) [83] | True Colors | |
"Insecurious" | "Heading West" (UK) [84] | A Night to Remember | |
"A Night to Remember" [85] | |||
1990 | "Primitive" (12" and Maxi CD) [86] | ||
"Learn to Live Alone" | 1992 | "The World Is Stone" [87] | Tycoon |
"Cold" | 1993 | "Who Let in the Rain" [88] | single only |
"Sally's Pigeons" [89] | |||
"Like I Used To" | "Who Let in the Rain" (12" and Maxi CD) [88] | Hat Full of Stars | |
"Sally's Pigeons" (12" and Maxi CD) [89] | |||
"Hat Full of Stars" | 1994 | "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (UK Cassette) [90] | |
"Feels Like Christmas" | "Sally's Pigeons" (Re-Release) [91] | ||
"I'm Gonna Be Strong" (Japan) [92] | |||
"Someone Like Me" | "Sally's Pigeons" (Re-Release) [91] | ||
"A Part Hate" | 1995 | "I'm Gonna Be Strong" [93] | |
"Broken Glass" | "I'm Gonna Be Strong" (Maxi CD) [94] | ||
"Dear John" | |||
"Product of Misery" | "I'm Gonna Be Strong" (UK CD2) [95] | ||
"Mother" (Extended version) | 1996 | "You Don't Know" [96] | Sisters of Avalon |
"Unhook the Stars" | 1997 | "Sisters of Avalon" [97] | |
"Higher Plane" | 2003 | "Shine" [98] | Shine |
"Misty Blue" | 2016 | "Funnel of Love" [99] | Detour |
Title | Details | US Music Video Sales [100] | UK Music Videos [101] | Certifications |
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Cyndi Lauper in Paris | 13 | — | ||
Twelve Deadly Cyns... and Then Some | 12 | 26 | ||
Live... At Last |
| 15 | — |
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The Body Acoustic/DualDisc |
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To Memphis, with Love | 9 | — | ||
Japanese Singles Collection – Greatest Hits |
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Let the Canary Sing |
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Title | Year | Director [106] |
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"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | 1983 | Edd Griles |
"Time After Time" | 1984 | |
"She Bop" | ||
"Money Changes Everything" | Patricia Birch | |
"The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" | 1985 | Richard Donner |
"True Colors" | 1986 | Patricia Birch |
"Change of Heart" | Andy Morahan | |
"What's Going On" | 1987 | |
"Boy Blue" | ||
"Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" | 1988 | Edd Griles |
"I Drove All Night" | 1989 | Scott Kalvert and Cyndi Lauper |
"My First Night Without You" | Larry Jordan [107] [108] [109] | |
"Heading West" | ||
"A Night to Remember" | ||
"The World Is Stone" | 1992 | John Maybury |
"Who Let in the Rain" | 1993 | John Diaz and Cyndi Lauper [110] |
"Sally's Pigeons" | Cyndi Lauper | |
"That's What I Think" | ||
"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" | 1994 | |
"I'm Gonna Be Strong" | 1995 | |
"You Don't Know" | 1997 | |
"Sisters of Avalon" | ||
"Ballad of Cleo and Joe" | Unknown | |
"At Last" | 2003 | |
"Stay" | ||
"Above the Clouds" | 2005 | |
"She Bop" (acoustic version) | ||
"Money Changes Everything" (acoustic version) | ||
"Shine" (acoustic version) | ||
"Into the Nightlife" | 2008 | Cyndi Lauper |
"Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart" | 2009 | Karl Giant |
Truely Brave with Sara Bareilles | 2014 | Unknown |
"Funnel of Love" [111] | 2016 | Cyndi Lauper |
"Hope" | 2017 | Unknown |
"She Bop" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released as the third single from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983). It reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1984. Worldwide, the song is her third most commercially successful single after "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time", and also reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart and number six on the ARIA Singles Chart. "She Bop" was Lauper's third consecutive top 5 on the Hot 100. She recorded a quieter version of the song for her 2005 album The Body Acoustic.
She's So Unusual is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released on October 14, 1983, by Portrait Records. It stands out for its commercial success, achieving four top-five singles—a pioneering achievement for a debut album by a female artist. The album was re-released in 2014 to commemorate its 30th anniversary, and was called She's So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration. The re-release contains demos and remixes of previously released material, as well as new artwork.
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a single by the American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, written by Robert Hazard. It was released by Portrait Records as Lauper's first major single as a solo artist and the lead single from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983). Lauper's version gained recognition as a feminist anthem and was promoted by a Grammy-winning music video. It has been covered by more than 30 other artists.
"I Drove All Night" is a song written and composed by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and originally intended for Roy Orbison. Orbison recorded the song in 1987, the year before his death, but his version was not released until 1992. Cyndi Lauper recorded the song and released it as a single for her A Night to Remember album. Her version became a top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1989 and was also her final top 40 hit on the American pop charts. Lauper still regularly performs the song in her live concerts. The song has also been covered by Canadian singer Celine Dion, whose version topped the Canadian Singles Chart and reached number 7 on the US Adult Contemporary chart in 2003.
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A Night to Remember is the third studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released on May 9, 1989, by Epic Records. The album was originally set to be released in 1988, under the name Kindred Spirit, but was delayed until 1989 and the songs from the initial project were reworked. Although the album managed to score a top-10 single, it did not enjoy the commercial success of her previous two albums, and was met with mixed-to-poor reviews and in interviews, Lauper refers to it as A Night to Forget. Worldwide, the album has sold more than 1.5 million copies.
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"Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983). It was released as the album's second single in March 1984, by Epic and Portrait Records. Written by Lauper and Rob Hyman, who also provided backing vocals, the song was produced by Rick Chertoff. It was written in the album's final stages, after "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "She Bop" and "All Through the Night" had been written or recorded. The writing began with the title, which Lauper had seen in TV Guide, referring to the 1979 film Time After Time.
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"True Colors" is a song written by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. It was both the title track and the first single released from American singer Cyndi Lauper's second studio album of the same name (1986). Released in mid-1986, the song spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, being Lauper's second and last single to occupy the top of the chart. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
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"A Night to Remember" was the third single released in North America and Australia from the album of the same name by Cyndi Lauper. It was not released as a single in Europe.
"You Don't Know" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released by Epic as the first single from Lauper's fifth album, Sisters of Avalon (1997). Remixes of the song were made by several producers such as Tony Moran and Junior Vasquez. It peaked at number 27 in the UK, while peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song contains the word "bullshit" and was not edited out of the UK singles as is typical. While performing on several UK shows, such as Noel's House Party, she skipped the word. The music video for the song was directed by Lauper.
The discography of American singer Laura Branigan consists of seven studio albums, six compilation albums, 32 singles, four promotional singles, three video albums, and 14 music videos.
The discography of singles, promo singles, remixes and Latin tracks for Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine consists of 50 singles and 24 promotional singles. Miami Sound Machine began releasing singles in 1977 and continued until 1989, when Estefan began being credited solely as a solo artist. Miami Sound Machine released a number of commercially successful singles through the late 1980s, including "Conga", "Dr. Beat", "Anything for You", and "Bad Boy". Although Miami Sound Machine was no longer featured in the credits of releases from 1989 onwards, they remain Estefan's backing group until this day, though none of the original members remain.
The discography of British singer Sting. Born Gordon Sumner in 1951, he was a member of the jazz group Last Exit, who released a cassette album in 1975. With the Police, Sting sold over 100 million records and singles. As a solo performer, he has released 15 albums between 1985 and 2021, most of which have sold millions of copies worldwide.
For over 40 years the discography of The Pretenders, a London, England-based rock band, reflects worldwide charting of 12 studio albums, four compilation albums, one extended play (EP), four live albums, six video albums and 55 singles.
True Colors: The Best of Cyndi Lauper is a 2009 compilation album by Cyndi Lauper, released exclusively in Australia, New Zealand and the European Union as part of Sony Camden, a budget range of compilations by Sony Music.
American singer Deborah Harry has released five studio albums, five compilation albums and 24 singles. Until 1988, Harry used her nickname "Debbie" on all releases but she is now known professionally as Deborah Harry.