List of awards and nominations received by Cyndi Lauper
This is a list of awards and nominations received by 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).
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| Awards won | 256 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominations | 490 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Lauper won two awards from 15 nominations.
| Year | Recipient/Nominated 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 |
- She's So Unusual won the Grammy for Best Album Package. This award went to the art director Janet Perr.
- Cyndi Lauper was one of the various artists who had a featured vocal role on the single We are the World which won four Grammys including Record of the Year awarded to producer Quincy Jones and Song of the Year awarded to the songwriters, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. None of the four awards went to Lauper.
Billboard Awards
- 1984 - Best New Artist (Won)
- 1984 - Best Female Performance for Time After Time (Won)
Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) Sales Awards
Gold Awards (500,000 copies)
- Albums
- 1984: "She's So Unusual" (album)
- 1986: "True Colors" (album)
- 1997: "Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some" (album)
- Singles
- 1983: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (single)
- 1989: "She Bop" (single)
- 1989: "Time After Time" (single)
- 2005: "Time After Time" (single)
- 2006: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (single)
Platinum Awards (1,000,000 copies)
- Albums
- 1984: "She's So Unusual" (album)
- 1994: "True Colors" (album)
- Singles
- 1987: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (single)
- 2005: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (single)
Multi-Platinum Awards (2 million or more)
- Albums
- 1984: "She's So Unusual" (album) 2x Platinum (2 million)
- 1985: "She's So Unusual" (album) 4x Platinum (4 million)
- 1991: "She's So Unusual" (album) 5x Platinum (5 million)
- 1997: "She's So Unusual" (album) 6x Platinum (6 million)
- 1994: "True Colors" (album) 2x Platinum (2 million)
- Singles
- "We Are the World" (single) 4x Platinum (4 million)[1]
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 | Recipient/Nominated 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 |
People's Choice Awards
- 1986 - Favorite New Song for "We Are the World" (Won)
American Music Awards
- 1985 – Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist (Won)
- 1985 – Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist (Won)
- 1986 - Song of the Year for "We Are the World" (Nominated)
Rolling Stone Awards
- 1985 – Best New Artist (Won)
- 1985 – Best Female Video Artist (Won)
Emmy Award
- 1994 – Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for "Mad About You" (Nominated)
- 1995 – Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for "Mad About You" (Won)
Tony Award
- 2013 – Best Original Score (music & lyrics) for Kinky Boots (Won)
Women in Film Crystal Awards
- 1985 – New Directions Award (Won)
Apex Awards
- 1996 - Original Song Comedy for "Unhook The Stars!" (Nominated)[2]
- 2000 - Original Song Comedy for "I Want A Mom That Will Last Forever" (Nominated)
Fennecus Awards
- 1988: Song Performance for "Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China)" (Nominated)
- 2000: Original Song for "I Want A Mom That Will Last Forever" (Nominated)
- Song Performance for "I Want A Mom That Will Last Forever" (Nominated)
OUTMUSIC Awards
- 2011 - Person of the Year Award (Won)
GLSEN The Respect Awards
- 2010 - Inspiration Award (Won)
New York Music Awards
- 1988 - Best Female Rock Vocalist (Won)
Photography Annual
- 1988 - For Excellence in Art Direction with Stacey Drummond for "What's Going On" (Won)
Art Directors' Club 67th Annual Exhibition
- 1988 - Merit Award for "What's Going On" (Won)
FM Tokyo Pops Best 10
- 1989 - Song of the Year for "I Drove All Night" (Won)
PFLAG Awards
- 2005 - PFLAG NYC 2005 Celebrity Leadership Award (Won)
HRC Awards
- 2007 - National Equality Award (Won)
Black Tie Awards
- 2009 - Black Tie Media Award for Longstanding Support of the LGBT Community (Won)
Out 100 Awards
- 2009 - Ally of the Year for Her Continuing Advocacy for LGBT Equality (Won)
Ms Magazine
- 1984 - Woman of the Year (Won)
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 amount of performances during the award period.
- 1984 - Pop Award for "Time After Time" (Won)
- 1985 - Pop Award for "She Bop" (Won)
- 1988 - Pop Award for "Change Of Heart" (Won)
- 2008 - BMI Millionaire Award for 5 Million Spins on US radio for "Time After Time" (Won)
- 2009 - Pop Award for "Time After Time" (Won)
Performance Magazine Awards (Readers Poll)
- 1983 - Most Promising Female Vocalist (Won)
- 1984 - Pop Breakout of the Year (Won)
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
- 1985 - Vocalist on Record Of The Year for "We Are The World" (Won)
Pro Canada Awards
- 1985 - Most Performed Foreign Song for "Time After Time" (Won)
NARM Awards
- 1984 - Best Selling Album by a New Artist for She's So Unusual (Won)
- 1984 - Best Selling Album by a Female Artist for She's So Unusual (Won)
- 2010 - Chairman’s Award for Sustained Creative Achievement (Won)
American Video Awards
- 1983 - Best Female Performance for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (Won)
- 1984 - Best Female Performance for "Time After Time" (Won)
- 1984 - Best Pop Video for "Time After Time" (Won)
Ms. Magazine
- 1993 - Women of the Year [3]
Juno Awards
The Juno Awards is a Canadian awards ceremony presented annually by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Lauper has received one nomination.
| Year | Recipient/Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | Best Selling Single | Nominated |
Slammy Award
In December 1986, the World Wrestling Federation presented a "Slammy Award" for "Best Producer", which was won by Lauper (as "Mona Flambe'").
New York’s Outer Critics Circle
Best score for the musical Kinky Boots
Ride of Fame
- 2011 - The Ride of Fame honored Lauper by dedicating a double decker tour bus to her in New York City [4]
Songwriters Hall of Fame
- 2015 - Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
Other recognitions
| Year | By | List | Work | Ranked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Rolling Stone | The 100 Top Music Videos[5] | "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | #22 |
| 1999 | VH1 | 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll[6] | Cyndi Lauper | #58 |
| MTV | 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made[7] | "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | #39 | |
| Rolling Stone | 100 Best Albums of the '80s[8] | She's So Unusual | #75 | |
| 2000 | Rolling Stone | 100 Greatest Pop Songs[9] | "Time After Time" | #66 |
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| 2001 | VH1 | 100 Greatest Videos[10] | "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | #45 |
| 2002 | Rolling Stone | 50 Essential "Women In Rock" Albums[11] | She's So Unusual | #41 |
| 2003 | VH1 | 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years[12] | "Time After Time" | #22 |
| Rolling Stone | The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time[13] | She's So Unusual | #494 | |
| 2006 | VH1 | 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's[14] | "Time After Time" | #19 |
| "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | #23 |
References
- ↑ "We Are the World" certifications RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database
- ↑ http://cyndilauperdaily.com/awards.html
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/cyndi-lauper/biography
- ↑ Gray Line New York's Ride Of Fame Honors Cyndi Lauper Getty Images. January 27, 2011.
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