Memphis Blues (album) explained

Memphis Blues
Type:studio
Artist:Cyndi Lauper
Cover:Memphis Blues.png
Recorded:March 2010
Studio:Electraphonic Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre:Blues
Length:45:41
Label:Downtown
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Kinky Boots
Next Year:2013

Memphis Blues is the eleventh studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper, containing cover versions of classic blues songs. Regarded as a continuation of her 2008 comeback, the album was a nominee for the Grammy Awards 2010 and was released on her 57th birthday, June 22, 2010. According to the Brazilian daily newspaper O Globo, the album had sold 600,000 copies worldwide by November 2010.[1] Memphis Blues was voted the 7th best album of 2010 by the New York Post,[2] and it went on to become Billboard's biggest selling blues album of 2010. To support the album, Lauper made her biggest tour ever, the Memphis Blues Tour, which had more than 140 shows.

Background

Lauper announced via her official Twitter account in December 2009 that she would be recording a blues album. Sessions were held in March 2010 at Electraphonic Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, with producer Scott Bomar, her frequent collaborator Bill Wittman, and special guests B. B. King, Charlie Musselwhite, Ann Peebles and Allen Toussaint.[3]

Promotion

Lauper performed songs from the album on the Late Show with David Letterman on June 14,[4] on The Joy Behar Show on June 21, The Howard Stern Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show on June 22, Good Morning America on June 23 and Live with Regis and Kelly on June 24,[5] on The Early Show on July 20.[6] and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 30.[7]

Lauper has supported the album with the Memphis Blues Tour.[8]

Lauper was honored at the 2010 NARM Awards and performed several songs from the Memphis Blues album at the event.[9]

Commercial reception

Memphis Blues debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Top Blues chart and at number 26 on the official Billboard 200, with a moderately successful first week sales of more than 16,000 copies.[10] The album is Lauper's third-highest charting album on the Billboard 200 of her career, trailing only her first two releases, She's So Unusual and True Colors. The album remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Blues chart for thirteen weeks, totaling 40 weeks in the chart. The album has sold 76,000 copies in the United States as of May 2016.[11] In 2011 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.[12] In Brazil, the album sold around 10,000 units.[1]

Seven songs from the album ranked in the Top 25 on Billboard's Blues Digital Songs chart, including "Crossroads" at number one.[13]

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2010-2011)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[16] 59
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[17] 79
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[18] 77
Canadian Albums Chart45
French Albums Chart[19] 31
German Albums Chart77
Greek Albums Chart[20] 45
Japanese Albums Chart[21] 41
Swiss Albums Chart[22] 77
UK Albums Chart[23] 105
UK Independent Albums[24] 13
UK Album Downloads Chart[25] 89
U.S. Billboard 20026
U.S. Billboard Blues Albums1
U.S. Billboard Digital Albums[26] 21
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums2
U.S. Billboard Internet Albums[27] 10
U.S. Billboard Tastemaker Albums[28] 12
Year-end chart
Songs
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YearSongsPeak positions
Billboard Digital Blues Songs[29] Canadian Blues SongsNew Zealand Blues SongsJapan Blues SongsIrish Singles ChartItalian Singles Chart[30]
2010"Just Your Fool" 2110166—
"Crossroads"1——15——
"How Blue Can You Get?"9520———
"Rollin' and Tumblin'"12324——
"Early in the Mornin'"14525——
"Romance in the Dark"17—————
"Shattered Dreams"25——1——
"Wild Women Don't Get the Blues"—————43
"I Don't Want to Cry"———1——

Accolades

|-| style="text-align:center;"| 2011 || Memphis Blues || Best Traditional Blues Album || [31] |-

Notes and References

  1. News: Cyndi Lauper volta ao Brasil renovada pelo passado . pt . Cyndi Lauper back to Brazil renewed by the past . Antônio Carlos . Miguel . January 20, 2011 . . Rio de Janeiro . 24111258. subscription. November 26, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121126125032/https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/cyndi-lauper-volta-ao-brasil-renovada-pelo-passado-2835122.
  2. Web site: Top 10 albums. New York Post. 12 December 2010 .
  3. Web site: Reighly . Kurt B . April 29, 2010 . Cyndi Lauper's Latest True Color? Blues . Queer Sighted . queersighted.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20100505013921/http://www.queersighted.com/2010/04/29/cyndi-lauper-memphis-blues/ . May 5, 2010.
  4. Web site: Cyndi on Late Show with David Letterman . https://archive.today/20120707074906/http://cyndilauper.com/news/cyndi-on-late-show-with-david-letterman . 2012-07-07 . Cyndilauper.com . August 25, 2010 .
  5. Web site: Cyndi appearances this week . https://archive.today/20120710043828/http://cyndilauper.com/news/cyndi-appearance-this-week . 2012-07-10 . Cyndilauper.com . August 25, 2010 .
  6. Web site: Cyndi Lauper on The Early Show . https://archive.today/20120710143202/http://cyndilauper.com/news/free-tixs-to-see-cyndi-on-cbs-the-early-show . 2012-07-10 . Cyndilauper.com . August 25, 2010 .
  7. Web site: Cyndi & Jonny Lang on the Tonight Show . https://archive.today/20120709194257/http://cyndilauper.com/news/cyndi-jonny-lang-on-the-tonight-show . 2012-07-09 . Cyndilauper.com . September 15, 2010 .
  8. Web site: Hall . Tara . April 5, 2010 . Cyndi Lauper expands summer trek . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409084006/http://www.livedaily.com/news/cyndi-lauper-tickets-and-tour-dates-cyndi-lauper-expands-summer-trek-21844.html . April 9, 2010.
  9. Web site: NARM To Honor Cyndi Lauper With Award For Creative Achievement . NARM.com . April 14, 2010 . August 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822100201/http://www.narm.com/news/narm-to-honor-cyndi-lauper-with-music-industry-award-for-creative-achievement/ . August 22, 2010 .
  10. Web site: Cindy Lauper: a noite em que o blues se sobrepôs ao pop dos anos oitenta . Nonada.com.br . 2013-01-24 . 2016-07-30.
  11. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160505233342/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases . May 5, 2016 . Upcoming Releases . Hits Daily Double . HITS Digital Ventures .
  12. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170911204323/http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2009/PR%20-%2020110331.htm. September 11, 2017 . IMPALA announces Europe's best selling independent artists. Independent Music Companies Association.
  13. Web site: Chart Beat Thursday: Eminem, Jason Derulo, Cyndi Lauper . Billboard.com . Gary . Trust . July 10, 2010.
  14. Cashmere, Paul (April 27, 2010). "Cyndi Lauper Covers the Blues" . Undercover.com.au. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  15. Daw, Robbie (April 22, 2010). "Cyndi Lauper sings the 'Memphis Blues'". Idolator. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  16. Web site: The ARIA Report Week Commencing 25 April 2011 - Issue #1104. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110530060600/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20110530-1606/Issue1104.pdf. dead. 2011-05-30. pandora.nha.gov.au . Australian Recording Industry Association. September 24, 2015.
  17. Web site: Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues . fr . October 10, 2010 . ultratop.be.
  18. Web site: Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues . nl . October 10, 2010 . ultratop.be.
  19. Web site: Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues . fr . October 10, 2010 . lescharts.com.
  20. Web site: Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues . October 11, 2010 . greekcharts.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331201216/http://greekcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=Memphis+Blues&cat=a . 2012-03-31 .
  21. Web site: Highest position and charting weeks of Memphis Blues by Cyndi Lauper. ja. . 2012-01-16.
  22. Web site: Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues . de . November 14, 2010 . swisscharts.com.
  23. Web site: Chart Log UK 1994-2010 DJ Steve L. – LZ Love. Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. September 24, 2015.
  24. Web site: 2010 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive: 16th October 2010 . . October 11, 2011.
  25. Web site: Official Album Downloads Chart (10 October 2010 - 16 October 2010). The Official Charts Company. 8 September 2023.
  26. Cyndi Lauper. https://web.archive.org/web/20191225182544/https://www.billboard.com/music/cyndi-lauper/chart-history/DLP. dead. December 25, 2019. Billboard. 20 May 2021.
  27. Cyndi Lauper. https://web.archive.org/web/20191225182428/https://www.billboard.com/music/cyndi-lauper/chart-history/INT. dead. December 25, 2019. Billboard. 20 May 2021.
  28. Cyndi Lauper. Billboard. 20 May 2021.
  29. Cyndi Lauper. https://web.archive.org/web/20191225182505/https://www.billboard.com/music/cyndi-lauper/chart-history/BDT. dead. December 25, 2019. Billboard. 20 May 2021.
  30. Web site: Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Anno: 2010. Hitparadeitalia.it. 20 May 2021.
  31. http://www.grammy.com/nominees 53rd Grammy Award Nominations, 2010

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