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).

Cyndi Lauper awards and nominations

Lauper at Gay Games VII in 2007.
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Grammy Awards 2 15 Billboard Awards 21 39 MTV Video Music Award 10 26 American Music Awards 20 48 Emmy Award 1 2 BMI Awards 10 10 Tony Award 1 1
Totals
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)

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)
• 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

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

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	"Girls Just Want To Have Fun"	#22
1999	VH1	100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll	Cyndi Lauper	#58
	MTV	100 Greatest Videos Ever Made	"Girls Just Want To Have Fun"	#39
	Rolling Stone	100 Best Albums of the '80s	She's So Unusual	#75
2000	Rolling Stone	100 Greatest Pop Songs	"Time After Time"	#66
	MTV
2001	VH1	100 Greatest Videos	"Girls Just Want To Have Fun"	#45
2002	Rolling Stone	50 Essential "Women In Rock" Albums	She's So Unusual	#41
2003	VH1	100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years	"Time After Time"	#22
	Rolling Stone	The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	She's So Unusual	#494
2006	VH1	100 Greatest Songs of the 80's	"Time After Time"	#19
			"Girls Just Want To Have Fun"	#23