Cyndi Lauper: 'Madonna wasn't my competition' ". Music News. May 2, 2016 . Retrieved October 24, 2016.

Lauper, Others Headline Gay Rights Tour". ABC News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011 . Retrieved October 15, 2011.She has openly discussed her psoriasis, including in advertisements for Cosentyx. [153] [154] [155] Activism [ edit ] Lauper performing at the Gay Games VII, Wrigley Field, July 22, 2006

Long Island Music Hall of Fame | Preserving & Celebrating the Long Island musical heritage". Limusichalloffame.org . Retrieved April 19, 2014. In May 2022, it was announced that Alison Ellwood will direct a career retrospective documentary about Lauper. The project is already in production but does not yet have a release date. Let The Canary Sing will be the title of this career spanning documentary produced by Sony Music Entertainment. [143] [144] [145]Pringle, Gill (September 17, 2007). "A Stiles of her own". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved March 10, 2014. Grammy Awards: Ken Ehrlich Tribute Performance 'I Sing the Body Electric' ". Billboard. January 26, 2020 . Retrieved March 13, 2020.

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Lauper has won two awards from 16 nominations. [220] YearDaunt, Tina (January 15, 2013). "Cyndi Lauper, Ben Folds, Others Join Lineup for Obama's Inaugural". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 29, 2016. The video for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" won the inaugural award for Best Female Video at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, and made Lauper an MTV staple. The video featured professional wrestling manager "Captain" Lou Albano as Lauper's father, and her real-life mother, Catrine, as her mother, [50] and also featured her attorney, her manager, her brother Butch, and her dog Sparkle. [51] In 1984–85, Lauper appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone magazine, Time, and Newsweek. She appeared twice on the cover of People, and was named a Ms. magazine Woman of the Year in 1985. [52] First Look: Cyndi Lauper Guests on Happily Divorced". Du Quoin Call. December 18, 2012 . Retrieved March 26, 2021.