Cyndi Lauper was born to Fred and Catrine Lauper in Queens, New York on June 22, 1953. Her real name is Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper. In the mid-70s, Lauper performed as a vocalist with various cover bands in the New York metropolitan area, singing hits by bands such as Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, and Bad Company. In 1983, Cyndi Lauper released her debut album, She’s So Unusual. The album catapulted Lauper to stardom with such hits as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "She Bop" and "Time After Time". The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard pop albums chart (US), and stayed in the top-forty of the Billboard 200 for sixty-five weeks; remaining on the charts for 172 weeks. As of 2002 it has sold more than nine million copies worldwide. In 1986 she released her sophomore album True Colors. The album produced the singles "True Colors," "Change of Heart," "What’s Going On," and "Boy Blue". True Colors album went double Platinum in the United States. Cyndi Lauper has since released eight more albums. As of 2008 she has sold more than 25 million albums and singles worldwide. In August 2008, Lauper contributed an article titled "Hope" to The Huffington Post which encouraged Americans to vote for Barack Obama in the upcoming United States presidential election.
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