| Artist: | Cyndi Lauper |
| Studio: | 11 |
| Compilation: | 8 |
| Video: | 7 |
| Music Videos: | 33 |
| Singles: | 53 |
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 8.5 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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| width=35 | US [9] | width=35 | AUS [10] [11] | width=35 | AUT [12] | width=35 | CAN [13] | width=35 | FRA [14] [15] | width=35 | GER [16] [17] | width=35 | JPN [18] | width=35 | SWE [19] | width=35 | SWI [20] | width=35 | UK [21] [22] |
| She's So Unusual | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 16 |
7× Platinum[23] Platinum[24] Gold[25] Gold[26] Platinum[27] 8× Platinum[28] Gold[29] | ||||||||
| True Colors |
| 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 25 |
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| A Night to Remember |
| 37 | 17 | — | 34 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 9 |
Gold
Platinum[30]
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| 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 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 |
2× Silver[31] | |||||||
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=35 | US [32] | width=35 | US Cast Albums | |
| Kinky Boots[33] |
| 51 | 1 | |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS | AUT | FRA | GER | JPN | NLD [34] | NZL [35] | SWI | UK | |||||
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Playlist: The Very Best of Cyndi Lauper[40] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | 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 | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Let the Canary Sing |
| — | — | — | 182 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | EP details | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feels Like Christmas[43] |
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| Shine[44] |
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| Shine Remixes[46] |
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| She's so Unusual: Remixed |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [47] | AUS | AUT | CAN [48] | FRA [49] | GER [50] [51] | IRL [52] | NLD | NZL [53] | UK [54] | ||||||||
| "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 |
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| "She Bop" | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 19 | — | 41 | 6 | 46 |
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| "All Through the Night" | 5 | 17 | 5 | 7 | — | 35 | — | — | 19 | 64 |
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| "Money Changes Everything" | 27 | 19 | — | 23 | — | 54 | — | — | 14 | 108 | |||||||
| "When You Were Mine" | 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" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" | 1988 | 54 | 8 | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | Vibes (soundtrack) | |||||
| "I Drove All Night" | 1989 | 6 | 11 | — | 8 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 54 | 10 | 7 |
| A Night to Remember | ||||
| "My First Night Without You" | 62 | 47 | — | — | 46 | — | 28 | — | — | 53 | |||||||
| "Heading West" | — | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | |||||||
| "A Night to Remember" | — | 145 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Primitive" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Unconditional Love" | 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" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Hat Full of Stars" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "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" | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Ballad of Cleo and Joe" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Early Christmas Morning" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life | |||||
| "Disco Inferno" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Night at the Roxbury (soundtrack) | |||||
| "Shine" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shine | |||||
| "Walk On By" | 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" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bring Ya to the Brink | |||||
| "Same Ol' Story" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Into the Nightlife" | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "A Christmas Duel" (featuring The Hives) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Floor Remixes | |||||
| "Just Your Fool" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Memphis Blues | |||||
| "Early in the Mornin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Crossroads" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Home for the Holidays" (featuring Norah Jones) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||||||
| "Blue Christmas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Sex Is in the Heel" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kinky Boots | |||||
| "Hard Candy Christmas" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Detour | |||||
| "Funnel of Love" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Hope" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Japanese Single Collection – Greatest Hits | |||||
| "Sally's Pigeons" (2022 Redux) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS [57] | AUT | CAN | FRA | NLD | NZL | SWE | SWI | 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 | Single (A-side) | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "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) | |||
| "Money Changes Everything" (UK) | ||||
| "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") | |||
| "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) | Hat Full of Stars | ||
| "Sally's Pigeons" (12" and Maxi CD) | ||||
| "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) | |||
| "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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyndi Lauper in Paris | 13 | — | |||
| Twelve Deadly Cyns... and Then Some | 12 | 26 | |||
| Live... At Last |
| 15 | — |
| |
| The Body Acoustic/DualDisc |
| — | — | ||
| To Memphis, with Love | 9 | — | |||
| Japanese Singles Collection – Greatest Hits |
| — | — | ||
| Let the Canary Sing |
| — | — |
| Title | Year | Director[106] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "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 |
