This is a list of awards and nominations received by American singer Cyndi Lauper. Among her numerous accolades, Lauper has won two Grammys (1985, 2014) an Emmy (1995) and a Tony (2013), which are three of the four major annual American entertainment awards (EGOT).

Cyndi Lauper awards and nominations
Cyndi Lauper (2017)
Totals[a]
Wins46
Nominations79
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Billboard Music Awards

The Billboard Music Awards are held to honour artists for commercial performance in the U.S., based on record charts published by Billboard.[1][2][3][4]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1984 Cyndi Lauper Top Female Artist Won
Top New Artist Won
Top Billboard 200 Artist – Female Won
Top Hot 100 Artist – Female Won
Top Hot 100 Artist Nominated
Top Disco Artist Nominated
Top Disco Artist – Female Nominated
Top Adult Contemporary Artist – Female Nominated
"Time After Time" Top Adult Contemporary Single Nominated
1985 Cyndi Lauper Top Artist Nominated
Top Billboard 200 Artist Nominated
Top Billboard 200 Artist – Female Nominated
Top Hot 100 Artist Nominated
Top Hot 100 Artist – Female Nominated
She's So Unusual Top Billboard 200 Album Nominated
"All Through the Night" Top Hot 100 Song Nominated
Top Adult Contemporary Single Nominated
1986 Cyndi Lauper Top Artist Nominated
Top Billboard 200 Artist Nominated
Top Billboard 200 Artist – Female Nominated
Top Hot 100 Artist Nominated
Top Hot 100 Artist – Female Nominated
True Colors Top Billboard 200 Album Nominated
"Change of Heart" Top Hot 100 Song Nominated
Top Dance Club Play Single Nominated

Cashbox Awards

Awards from Cashbox magazine.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1984 Cyndi Lauper Pop Singles Awards: Top Female Vocalist[5] Won
Pop Singles Awards: Top New Female Vocalist[5] Won
Pop Album Awards: Top Female Vocalist[6] Won
Pop Album Awards: Top New Female Vocalist[6] Won
Black Contemporary Singles: Top Pop Crossover Vocalist[7] 3rd place
12" Singles: Top Female Vocalist[8] 3rd place
12" Singles: Top New Female Vocalist[8] Won
Music Video & Videocassette Awards: Top Female Vocalist[9] 2nd place
Music Video & Videocassette Awards: Top New Female Vocalist[9] Won

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Lauper won two awards from 16 nominations.[10]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1985 Cyndi Lauper Best New Artist Won
She's So Unusual Album of the Year Nominated
"Time After Time" Song of the Year Nominated
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" Record of the Year Nominated
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
1986 "What A Thrill" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
1987 "True Colors" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
"911" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
1988 "Cyndi Lauper in Paris" Best Performance Music Video Nominated
1990 "I Drove All Night" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
1999 "Disco Inferno" Best Dance Recording Nominated
2005 "Unchained Melody" Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nominated
2009 Bring Ya To The Brink Best Electronic/Dance Album Nominated
2011 Memphis Blues Best Traditional Blues Album Nominated
2014 Kinky Boots Best Musical Theater Album Won
2017 Kinky Boots Best Musical Theater Album Nominated

Note: "She's So Unusual" also won Best Album Package in 1985. Best Album Package is credited to the art director and not the performer, The art director was Janet Perr.[11]

Note: "We Are the World" (which featured Cyndi Lauper as a vocalist) also won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Music Video, Short Form, and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1986. Song of the Year is credited to the songwriters and not the performer, The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.[12] Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group were presented to the producer in 1986, the song was produced by Quincy Jones.[13][14] Best Music Video, Short Form is presented to the director and producer, Tom Trbovich directed the video while Quincy Jones served as producer.[15]

MTV Video Music Award

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Lauper won three awards from 16 nominations, being the first win in the category Best Female Video.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1984 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Video of the Year Nominated
Best New Artist Nominated
Best Female Video Won
Best Concept Video Nominated
Viewer's Choice Nominated
Best Overall Performance Nominated
"Time After Time" Best New Artist Nominated
Best Female Video Nominated
Best Direction Nominated
1985 "We Are the World" Video of the Year Nominated
Best Group Video Won
Viewer's Choice Won
Best Overall Performance Nominated
"She Bop" Best Female Video Nominated
1987 "True Colors" Best Female Video Nominated
"What's Going On" Best Cinematography Nominated

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony held annually by British magazine Smash Hits, and broadcast on BBC One.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1984 Herself Most Fanciable Female Nominated
Best Female Singer Nominated
1985 Nominated
Worst Female Singer Nominated
1986 Worst Dressed Person Nominated
Best Female Singer Nominated
1987 Worst Female Singer Nominated
1994 Nominated
Best Female Solo Singer Nominated

Other awards

Year Awards Work Category Result
1983 American Video Awards "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Best Female Performance Won
Performance Magazine Awards Herself Most Promising Female Vocalist Won
1984 Pop Breakout of the Year Won
NARM Awards She's So Unusual Best Selling Album by a New Artist Won
Best Selling Album by a Female Artist Won
Juno Awards "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Best Selling Single Nominated
Ms. Magazine Herself Woman of the Year Won
American Video Awards "Time After Time" Best Female Performance Won
Best Pop Video Won
1985 Pro Canada Awards Most Performed Foreign Song Won
Pollstar Concert Industry Awards Herself Favorite New Headliner of the Year Nominated
Rolling Stone Awards Best New Artist Won
Best Female Video Artist Won
Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards New Directions Award Won
American Music Awards Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Won
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist Won
1986 "We Are The World" Song of the Year Nominated
People's Choice Awards Favorite New Song Won
Slammy Awards Herself Best Producer Won
ASCAP Pop Music Awards "Time After Time" Most Performed Song[16] Won
1987 Japan Gold Disc Awards True Colors Best Album of the Year – Rock/Folk Won
1988 New York Music Awards Herself Best Female Rock Vocalist Won
Photography Awards "What's Going On" Best Art Direction Won
Art Directors' Club 67th Annual Exhibition Merit Award Won
1989 FM Tokyo Pop Best 10 "I Drove All Night" Song of the Year Won
1993 Ms. Magazine Herself Woman of the Year Won
1994 Emmy Awards Mad About You Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
1995 Won
1996 IFPI Platinum Europe Awards Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some Award Level 1 Won
Apex Awards "Unhook the Stars"[17] Original Song Comedy Nominated
2000 "I Want a Mom That Will Last Forever" Nominated
Fennecus Awards Original Song Nominated
Song Performance Nominated
2005 Telecom Mobile Music Awards "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Gold Award[18] Won
PFLAG Awards Herself Celebrity Leadership Award Won
2007 HRC Awards National Equality Award Won
2009 Black Tie Awards Media Award Won
Out 100 Awards Ally of the Year Won
2010 GLSEN The Respect Awards Inspiration Award Won
NARM Awards Chairman's Award Won
2011 OUTMUSIC Awards Person of the Year Won
Ride of Fame[19] Inductee Won
New York Music Awards Best Female Blues Artist Won
Memphis Blues Best Blues Album Won
2013 Tony Awards Kinky Boots Best Original Score Won
Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Score Won
2015 Songwriters Hall of Fame Herself Inductee Won
Annie Awards Henry & Me Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Nominated
2016 Laurence Olivier Awards Kinky Boots Outstanding Achievement in Music Nominated
Hollywood Walk of Fame Herself Recording Won
2017 VH1 Trailblazer Honor Honoree[20] Won
British LGBT Awards Kinky Boots Media Moment[21] Nominated
2020 Queerty Awards Herself Straight Best Friend[22] Pending

BMI Awards

The Broadcast Music, Incorporated (BMI) Awards is an annual award show hosted for the purpose of giving awards to songwriters. Songwriters are selected each year from the entire BMI catalog, based on the number of performances during the award period.

Other recognitions

Year By List Work Ranked
1993 Rolling Stone The 100 Top Music Videos[23] "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" #22
1999 VH1 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll[24] Cyndi Lauper #58
MTV 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made[25] "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" #39
Rolling Stone 100 Best Albums of the '80s[26] She's So Unusual #75
2000 Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Pop Songs[27] "Time After Time" #66
MTV
2001 VH1 100 Greatest Videos[28] "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" #45
2002 Rolling Stone 50 Essential "Women In Rock" Albums[29] She's So Unusual #41
2003 VH1 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years[30] "Time After Time" #22
Rolling Stone The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time[31] She's So Unusual #494
2006 VH1 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's[32] "Time After Time" #19
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" #23
2019 Library of Congress National Recording Registry[33] She's So Unusual

References

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  3. ^ "Billboard". December 27, 1986.
  4. ^ "Billboard". December 26, 1987.
  5. ^ a b "Pop Singles Awards" (PDF). Cashbox. December 29, 1984. p. 50.
  6. ^ a b "Pop Album Awards" (PDF). Cashbox. December 29, 1984. p. 54.
  7. ^ "Black Contemporary Singles Awards" (PDF). Cashbox. December 29, 1984. p. 66.
  8. ^ a b "12" Singles" (PDF). Cashbox. December 29, 1984. p. 69.
  9. ^ a b "Music Video & Videocassette Awards" (PDF). Cashbox. December 29, 1984. p. 70.
  10. ^ "Artist: Cyndi Lauper". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  11. ^ "Winners Best Album Package – Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography". Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  12. ^ "Winners Song of the Year/New Song of the Year". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  13. ^ "Winners Record of the Year". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  14. ^ "Winners Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  15. ^ "Winners Best Music Video, Short Form". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  16. ^ "Billboard". June 14, 1986.
  17. ^ "Cyndi Lauper Awards". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  18. ^ "Mobile music awards for ringtones and caller tunes | Scoop News".
  19. ^ Gray Line New York's Ride Of Fame Honors Cyndi Lauper Getty Images. January 27, 2011.
  20. ^ Crowley, Patrick (June 23, 2017). "Logo's Trailblazer Honors: Hayley Kiyoko, Alex Newell & Wrabel Tribute Cyndi Lauper With 'True Colors' Performance". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  21. ^ "Top 10 LGBT+ Media moments 2017 – British LGBT Awards".
  22. ^ "The QUEERTIES 2020 / Straight Best Friend Winners". Queerty. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
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