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Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American Grammy- and Emmy award winning singer-songwriter and actress. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual, and became the first artist to have four top-five singles released from one album. Lauper has released 11 albums and over 40 singles, selling more than 25 million albums and singles worldwide. She continues to tour the world in support of human rights.

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

When Lauper was five, her parents divorced, and her mother moved with the three children to Ozone Park, Lauper's mother remarried, divorced again, and went to work as a waitress trying to support her children. It was during this time that Lauper began listening to artists like Judy Garland, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Beatles. Her mother encouraged her independence and creativity.

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