Cyndi Lauper’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

  • Source of Wealth: Music
  • Age: 66
  • Birth Place: New York, United States
  • Marital Status: Married (David Thornton)
  • Full Name: Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper
  • Nationality: American
  • Date of Birth: June 22, 1953
  • Ethnicity: Swiss-German, German, Sicilian-Italian
  • Occupation: Singer-songwriter, Actress, Activist
  • Education: Johnson State College
  • Children: 1 (Declyn Wallace)

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper has an estimated net worth of $30 million. Lauper is a well known American pop singer and songwriter who has also ventured into acting. She is currently worth fifteen million US dollars ($15 million). She became an international artist in the early 1980s when her album “She’s so Unusual” won Grammy Award in 1985.

Lauper was born June 22, 1953 and was raised in New York City where she attended her early schooling. She began to write songs at the age of 12 and by early twenties she was singing for various bands in New York where she also learned to perform on stage.

Lauper has had a quite successful music career that spans over four decades, with many of her songs being rated the best and winning various awards. Some of her best known hits include Time After Time, She Bop, All Through the Night, True Colours, Change of Heart among others. She was married to David Thornton in 1991 and has one son named Declyn Wallace Thornton.

Her debut album became so successful, leading her to earn a Grammy Award two years later, at the 27th grammy awards, as the best new artist.

She has released over forty singles, and sold over fifty million copies of her albums.

 

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