Cyndi Lauper

About Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American Emmy and Grammy award winning singer, songwriter, film, television, and theater actress. She became a household name in the mid-eighties with the release of the album, She's So Unusual and became the first artist in history to have four top-five singles released from one album. Lauper has released 11 albums, over 40 singles, and has sold more than 55 million albums worldwide. She continues to tour the world in support of human rights.

Lauper was born to Fred and Catrine Lauper in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in a rough area of Queens. Her mother uses the stagename, "Catrine Dominique" for the music videos she has starred in. Her father was of German and Swiss descent and her mother was Italian American (from Campania). She has a sister named Ellen and a brother named Fred (nicknamed Butch).

At the age of five, Lauper's parents divorced and her mother moved with the three children to Ozone Park which was at that time a poor neighborhood in Queens, New York.