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 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | 79 |
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Lauper won two awards from 16 nominations.
Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result |
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1984 | 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 |
- 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.
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 |
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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 |
Other Awards
Year | Awards | Work | Category | Result |
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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 | |
Billboard Music Awards | Top New Artist | Won | ||
"Time After Time" | Best Female Performance | Won | ||
American Video Awards | 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 | |
1988 | New York Music Awards | 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 | Apex Awards | "Unhook the Stars"[1] | Original Song Comedy | Nominated |
2000 | "I Want a Mom That Will Last Forever" | Nominated | ||
Fennecus Awards | Original Song | Nominated | ||
Song Performance | Nominated | |||
2005 | 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[2] | Inductee | 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 a 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[3] | 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)
Other recognitions
Year | By | List | Work | Ranked |
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1993 | Rolling Stone | The 100 Top Music Videos[4] | "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | #22 |
1999 | VH1 | 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll[5] | Cyndi Lauper | #58 |
MTV | 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made[6] | "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | #39 | |
Rolling Stone | 100 Best Albums of the '80s[7] | She's So Unusual | #75 | |
2000 | Rolling Stone | 100 Greatest Pop Songs[8] | "Time After Time" | #66 |
MTV | ||||
2001 | VH1 | 100 Greatest Videos[9] | "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | #45 |
2002 | Rolling Stone | 50 Essential "Women In Rock" Albums[10] | She's So Unusual | #41 |
2003 | VH1 | 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years[11] | "Time After Time" | #22 |
Rolling Stone | The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time[12] | She's So Unusual | #494 | |
2006 | VH1 | 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's[13] | "Time After Time" | #19 |
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | #23 |
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ↑ Gray Line New York's Ride Of Fame Honors Cyndi Lauper Getty Images. January 27, 2011.
- ↑ Crowley, Patrick (2017-06-23). "Logo's Trailblazer Honors: Hayley Kiyoko, Alex Newell & Wrabel Tribute Cyndi Lauper With 'True Colors' Performance". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
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