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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 25. Chapters: At Last (Cyndi Lauper album), A Night to Remember (Cyndi Lauper album), Blue Angel (Blue Angel album), Bring Ya to the Brink, Hat Full of Stars, Hey Now! (Remixes & Rarities), Memphis Blues (album), Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life, She's So Unusual, Shine (Cyndi Lauper album), Sisters of Avalon, The Best Remixes, The Body Acoustic, The Essential Cyndi Lauper, The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, The Great Cyndi Lauper, To Memphis, with Love, True Colors: The Best of Cyndi Lauper, True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album), Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some, Wanna Have Fun. Excerpt: She's So Unusual is the debut studio album by American pop singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper. Released in 1983 by Portrait Records, the album catapulted Lauper to stardom with such hits as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop," "All Through the Night," and "Money Changes Everything." All five singles reached the top thirty of the Billboard Hot 100, with first four singles of them becoming Top 5 hits. Lauper thus became the first female singer to have four top five singles on the Hot 100 from one album. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album earned Lauper several awards and accolades, including two Grammy Awards at the 27th Grammy Awards, one of which was for Best New Artist. She's So Unusual peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart and stayed in the chart's top forty for sixty-five weeks. It has sold over 6 million copies in the United States and 16 million copies worldwide. This makes it Lauper's best-selling album to date and one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s decade. The album was the second best-selling album in Canada by a female artist in 1980s, behind, Whitney Houston's Whitney Houston, ...
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シンディ・ローパーという不世出のアイコンが歩んだ軌跡を編み上げた本作は、単なる記録を超えた「自己解放の叙事詩」です。デビュー作が象徴する既成概念への反逆から、多様なジャンルを越境する円熟期まで、彼女の音楽に込められた「個であることの勇気」という通奏低音が、事実の記述を通じて浮き彫りになる点は圧巻の一言に尽きます。 名盤の裏側に潜む揺るぎない作家性と人間的魅力に触れる時、読者は彼女の歌声がなぜ時代を超えて愛され続けるのか、その真髄を悟るはずです。一人の女性がポップスターの虚像を脱ぎ捨て、表現者としての真実を掴み取るまでの魂の遍歴。その熱量を、ぜひこの一冊から感じ取ってください。