They received a much wider audience serving as the opening act of Cyndi Lauper on her Fun tour.

She's So Unusual led Lauper to win an award at the 1985 Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, the album also won the Grammy for Best Album Package, this award went to the art director, Janet Perr ; Additionally, it received four nominations ; Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for " Girls Just Want To Have Fun ", and Song of the Year for " Time After Time ".

True Colors led Lauper to win two awards at the 1985 Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and Best Album Package for She's So Unusual ; Additionally, it received four nominations ; Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for " Girls Just Want To Have Fun ", and Song of the Year for " Time After Time ".

The next awards ceremony, Lauper to win four awards at the 1985 Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best Music Video, Short Form for collaboration We Are the World ; Additionally, it received one nomination ; Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for " What A Thrill ".

A Night to Remember led Lauper it received one nomination awards at the 1990 Grammy Awards: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for " I Drove All Night ".

At Last led Lauper it received one nomination awards at the 2005 Grammy Awards: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist ( s ) for " Unchained Melody ", being the first time that it indicates the award in six years.

Bring Ya To The Brink led Lauper it received one nomination awards at the 2009 Grammy Awards: Best Electronic / Dance Album for Bring Ya To The Brink, being the first time that it indicates the award in four years.

For instance, the first song, " Running on Ice ," is heavily influenced by the music of The Police, and the final song recorded for the album, " Code Of Silence ," featured Cyndi Lauper who contributed backing vocals and received co-writing credit for the lyrics ( Joel would return the favor by contributing backing vocals on Lauper's song " Maybe He'll Know " for her 1986 album True Colors ).

The single received generally positive reviews from music critics, being compared to Cyndi Lauper and Madonna from the 1980s.

Lauper has released over 40 singles, and as of 2011 had sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and 1 million DVDs and 20 million singles, making her one of the best selling artists of all time.

Lauper co-wrote " Time After Time " with Rob Hyman when her producer, Rick Chertoff, suggested to the band that the album could use one more song.

It earned Lauper Gold certification with sales of 500, 000 from the RIAA and was one of the biggest hits of 1984.

Lauper was voted by Ms. magazine one of its women of the year.

Lauper took a role and wrote a song for the Serbian movie Here and There, which stars her husband, David Thornton, in one of the main roles.

Lauper was also one of the celebrities who designed a T-shirt for the second Fashion Against Aids campaign in 2009, a collaboration between H & M and Designers Against Aids to raise HIV / AIDS awareness worldwide, particularly amongst youngsters.

Cyndi Lauper in one of her concerts from Memphis Blues Tour in 2011.

* December 8 – Cyndi Lauper with fourth single from She's So Unusual, " All Through the Night ", becoming the first woman in the 26-year history of Billboard Hot 100 to have four singles in the top five from the one album.

Carnes was one of the singers invited to perform on USA for Africa's 1985 famine relief fundraising single " We Are the World " and can be seen in the music video and heard singing the last line of the song's bridge with Huey Lewis and Cyndi Lauper.

In one segment, Lauper attacks Albano and Piper himself after hearing enough insults from Albano.

Under Polsky's direction, the club became renowned as one of centers of new wave music in New York and was frequented by many musicians and artists who became famous during the decade, such as Madonna, New Order, Duran Duran, Billy Idol, Sade, Wham !, The Smiths, Squeeze, Cyndi Lauper, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Run-DMC, Depeche Mode, Butthole Surfers, The B-52's, Samhain, Bauhaus, RuPaul, Berlin, Romeo Void, Sonic Youth, Swans, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Cult, Violent Femmes, Soft Cell, The Jesus and Mary Chain, the Beastie Boys, and LL Cool J.

The success of the partnership continued with more number one singles " True Colors " ( recorded by Cyndi Lauper ), " So Emotional " ( by Whitney Houston ), " Eternal Flame " ( by The Bangles ) and " Alone " ( by Heart ).

WWF owner Vince McMahon brought in Cyndi Lauper for a feud with Lou Albano ( who had appeared in one of Lauper's videos ).

A live Central Park concert album, Willie Nile-Archive Alive, was released on Archive Recordings, and Nile was one of the vocalists on the ensemble album Largo, along with Joan Osborne, Cyndi Lauper, Levon Helm, The Chieftains, Taj Mahal and Carole King.

However, none of these awards went to Lauper.

* 8 p. m. EDT: Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, a tribute to John Lennon that became a concert of prayer and healing for New York City to benefit the relief efforts, hosted by Kevin Spacey and featuring Dave Matthews, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, Nelly Furtado, Shelby Lynne, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, The Isley Brothers, Lou Reed, Marc Anthony, Natalie Merchant, Yolanda Adams, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, is held at Radio City Music Hall and simultaneously broadcast live on the TNT and WB networks.

The mainstream media attention brought on by celebrities including Muhammad Ali, Mr. T, and Cyndi Lauper at the event helped propel WrestleMania to become a staple in popular culture.

" It became the first album in history to have four top five singles by a female, and earned Lauper Best New Artist at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985.

Even at this early age, Lauper started dyeing her hair different colors and wearing radical fashions.

In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager ( and at some point became romantically involved with her ) and got her signed with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records.

To prepare for the role, Lauper took a few classes in finger waving and hair setting at the Robert Fiance School of Beauty in New York and studied with a few Manhattan psychics.

) On November 24, 1991, Lauper and David Thornton were married at the Friends Meeting House in New York.

Lauper began performing as a featured artist at gay pride events around the world ( as early as 1994, she had performed at the closing ceremonies for Gay Games IV in New York City ).

Lauper contributed a cover version of The Trammps's classic " Disco Inferno " to the soundtrack for the film A Night at the Roxbury.

Lauper embarked on an Australian tour playing at the Kings Park Botanic Gardens in Perth, supported by Katie Noonan and Kate Miller-Heidke on February 22, 2008, and she was the headline and final act at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Party, on March 2, 2008.

Joining Lauper at various venues were Rosie O ' Donnell, The B-52's, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Cliks, Indigo Girls, Kat Deluna, Joan Armatrading, Regina Spektor, Tegan and Sara, Nona Hendryx, Deborah Cox, Wanda Sykes, among others.

Lauper also performed alongside Thelma Houston, Melissa Etheridge and Rufus Wainwright at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Lauper also signed a book deal for an autobiography that is scheduled to come out at the end of 2009 or early 2010.

Lauper performed a duet with Leona Lewis on VH1 Divas on September 19, 2009, singing " True Colors " and also appeared along side hip hop artist Eminem for a comedy skit at the MTV VMA's in September 2009.

Lauper made international news in March 2011 while waiting for a delayed flight at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires.

Later that month, Lauper headlined at the Beacon Theatre for the event " Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays ".

In 1999, Lauper ranked No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll by VH1.

On January 17, 1999, Lauper appeared on The Simpsons.

* Cher-September 14, 1999, with Cyndi Lauper and Julio Iglesias, Jr. and September 12, 2002, with Cyndi Lauper

* Cher-September 18, 1999, with Cyndi Lauper and Julio Iglesias, Jr., February 11, 2000 and October 12 – 13, 2003