She's so unusual

*She's so unusual*
She's so unusual
Studio album by Cindy Loper
Date of issue	October 14, 1983
Recorded by	May - August 1983; studio Record Plant ( New York , New York )
Genre	Pop , New Wave , Dance Pop
Duration	38:42
Producer	Rick Chertoff , William Wittman
A country	USA
Language of songs	English
Label	Portrait
Professional reviews
	Allmusic ; Christgau's Record Guide A ; Encyclopedia of Popular Music ; PopMatters 7/10 ; Record collector ; Rolling stone ; The Rolling Stone Album Guide ; Slant magazine ; Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10 ;
Chronology of Cindy Loper
Singles from she 's so unusual
	Girls Just Want To Have Fun; Released: September 6, 1983; " Time After Time "; Released: January 27, 1984; " She Bop "; Released: July 2, 1984; " All Through the Night "; Released: September 1984; Money Changes Everything; Released: July 20, 1984; "I'll Kiss You"; Released: August 11, 1984 (promo, USA); " When You Were Mine "; Released: January 31, 1985;

She's So Unusual ( Rus. She is so unusual ) is the debut studio album by American pop singer Cindy Loper . Released October 14, 1983 on the Portrait Records label .

With this album, Cindy Loper became the first woman in history, five singles from one album of which hit the top five in the United States ^[10] (seven were released).

The album "She's So Unusual" is on the 487th place in the list of the 500 greatest albums of all time according to the version of the magazine "Rolling Stone" (list of 2012) ^[10] .

The Rolling Stone magazine describes the style of the album as “dance pop” honed like a razor ^[10] .

Content

Song List

Party A
No	Title	Author	Duration
one.	Money Changes Everything	Tom gray	5:06
2	Girls Just Want To Have Fun	Robert Hazard	3:51
3	" When You Were Mine "	Prince	5:06
four.	" Time After Time "	Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman	4:03

Party B
No	Title	Author	Duration
five.	" She Bop "	Lauper, Rick Chertoff , Gary Corbett, Stephen Broughton Lunt	3:47
6	" All Through the Night "	Jules shear	4:33
7	"Witness"	Lauper, John Turi	3:40
eight.	"I'll Kiss You"	Lauper shear	4:12
9.	" He's So Unusual "	Al Sherman , Al Lewis , Abner Silver	0:45
ten.	"Yeah Yeah"	Hasse Huss, Michael Rickfors	3:18

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1983–85)	Naive. pos.
Australia ( Kent Music Report ) ^[11]	3
Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria ) ^[12]	five
Canada ( RPM ) ^[13]	one
Canada ( The Record ) ^[14]	one
Dutch Albums ( MegaCharts ) ^[15]	nineteen
Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) ^[16]	22
West Germany ( Offizielle Top 100 ) ^[17]	23
Italy (Hit Parade Italia) ^[18]	14
Japan ( Oricon ) ^[19]	five
New Zealand Albums ( Recorded Music NZ ) ^[20]	3
Norwegian Albums ( VG-lista ) ^[21]	four
Swedish Albums ( Sverigetopplistan ) ^[22]	22
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade ) ^[23]	eight
UK Albums ( OCC ) ^[24]	sixteen
Billboard 200 ^[25]	four

Final year charts

Chart (1984)	Pos.
Australia (Kent Music Report) ^[26]	24
Canada ( RPM ) ^[27]	five
Netherlands (MegaCharts) ^[28]	68
Germany (Offizielle Top 100) ^[29]	75
Italy (Hit Parade Italia) ^[18]	77
Japan (Oricon) ^[30]	25
New Zealand (RMNZ) ^[31]	33
Norway (russetid, VG-lista) ^[32]	eleven
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) ^[33]	sixteen
UK (UK Albums, OCC) ^[34]	70
USA ( Billboard 200) ^[35]	eleven
Chart (1985)	Pos.
Australia (Kent Music Report) ^[26]	eight
Austria (Ö3 Austria) ^[36]	nineteen
Canada ( RPM ) ^[37]	24
New Zealand (RMNZ) ^[38]	17
USA ( Billboard 200) ^[39]	28

Certification


Region	Certification	Sales
Brazil ( ABPD )	Platinum	300,000 ^[40]
Canada ( Music Canada ) ^[42]	8 × Platinum	900,000 ^[41]
France ( SNEP ) ^[43]	Gold	100,000 ^*
Germany ( BVMI ) ^[44]	Gold	250,000 ^{^}
Hong Kong ( IFPI Hong Kong) ^[45]	Gold	10,000 ^*
Japan ( RIAJ ) ^[46]	Gold	372,000 ^[47]
New Zealand ( RMNZ ) ^[48]	Platinum	15,000 ^{^}
Switzerland ( IFPI Switzerland) ^[49]	Platinum	50,000 ^{^}
Great Britain ( BPI ) ^[50]	Gold	100 000 ^{^}
United States ( RIAA ) ^[51]	6 × Platinum	6 000 000 ^{^}
Total
Worldwide	-	16,000,000 ^[52] ^[53]
^* sales data is based only on certification ^{^ batch} data based on certification only

Notes

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper (Neop.) . AllMusic . The appeal date is September 15, 2011.
↑ Christgau, Robert. Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual // Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. - Pantheon Books , 1990. - ISBN 0-679-73015-X .
↑ Larkin, Colin. Lauper, Cyndi // The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . - 4th. - Oxford University Press , 2009. - ISBN 0-199-72636-1 .
↑ Sawdey, Evan Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration (Unopened) . PopMatters (May 16, 2014). The appeal date is May 16, 2014.
↑ Staunton, Terry. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (English) // Record Collector . - London: Diamond Publishing, 2014. - April ( no. 426 ).
↑ Loder, Kurt . She's So Unusual (Eng.) // Rolling Stone : magazine. - New York, 1984. - 19 January. - ISSN 0035-791X .
↑ Evans, Paul. Cyndi Lauper // The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . - Simon & Schuster , 2004. - P. 476. - ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 .
↑ Cinquemani, Sal Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual . Slant Magazine (September 29, 2003). The appeal date is September 15, 2011.
↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide . - Vintage Books , 1995. - P. 236. - ISBN 0-679-75574-8 .
↑ ¹ ² ³ Cyndi Lauper, 'She's So Unusual' - 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (Eng.) . Rolling Stone (May 31st, 2012). The appeal date is June 3, 2016.
↑ Hits of the World . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (him) . Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.
↑ Top Albums / CDs - Volume 40, No. 14, June 09 1984 (Unsolved) (inaccessible link) . RPM . The date of circulation is May 10, 2016. Archived on March 3, 2016.
↑ Hits of the World . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.
↑ [http: // Albumit 1984-09 syyskuu] (Fin.) (Neopr.) ? . Musiikkituottajat - IFPI Finland . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Cyndi Lauper - Offizielle Deutsche Charts (German) . GfK Entertainment . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ ¹ ² Gli album più venduti del 1984 (Unc.) . Hit Parade Italia. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Hits of the World . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.
Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.
Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.
Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.
↑ “Cyndi Lauper | Artist | Official Charts . UK Albums Chart . The Official Charts Company. Verified May 10, 2016.
↑ Cyndi Lauper - Chart History Billboard 200 for Cyndi Lauper. Verified May 10, 2016.
↑ ¹ ² David Kent . Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. - Australia: St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book, 1993. - ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
↑ Top 100 Albums of 1984 (Undefeated) . RPM . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Jaaroverzichten - Album 1984 ( NID .) . Hung Medien. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 1984 (German) . GfK Entertainment. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ 1984 ア я ルバム年間 TOP100 (jap.) . Oricon. The date of circulation is May 10, 2016. Archived June 4, 2008.
↑ Top Selling Albums of 1984 (Neopr.) . RIANZ. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Topp 40 Album Russetid 1984 (Norse) (not available link) . VG-lista. The date of circulation is May 10, 2016. Archived June 10, 2016.
↑ Swiss Year-end Charts 1984 (Neopr.) . Hung Medien. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Najlepiej sprzedające się albumy w W.Brytanii w 1984r (Polish) (Neopr.) ? . Z archiwum ... rocka. The appeal date is May 10, 2016. Archived on September 27, 2012.
↑ Top Pop Albums (Unsolved) . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Jahreshitparade Alben 1985 (him) . Hung Medien. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Top 100 Albums of 1985 (Unreferenced) (not available link) . RPM . The date of circulation is May 10, 2016. Archived July 23, 2012.
↑ Top Selling Albums of 1985 (Neopr.) . RIANZ. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Top Pop Albums (Unsolved) . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
↑ Cyndi Lauper - She's so Unsual (port.) . Notorious . anos80.com.br. The date of circulation is 2011-10-09.07 . 2019 .
↑ LaPOINTE, Kirk . Houston Likely to Outsell Lauper , Billboard (magazine) , Prometheus Global Media (December 26, 1986). The appeal date is December 26, 2012.
Adian Canadian album certifications - Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Music Canada .
↑ French album certifications - Lauper C. - She's So Unusual (Fr.) . InfoDisc. Select LAUPER C. and click OK .
↑ Gold- / Platin-Datenbank (Cyndi Lauper; 'She's So Unusual') (German) . Bundesverband Musikindustrie .
↑ IFPIHK Gold Disc Award - 1985 (Neopr.) . IFPI Hong Kong.
↑ RIAJ> The Record> April 1995> Certified Awards (February 1995) (jap.) . Recording Industry Association of Japan . The appeal date is August 2, 2013.
↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. - Roppongi , Tokyo : Oricon Entertainment, 2006. - ISBN 4-87131-077-9 .
↑ Top 50 Albums Chart, 03 February 1985 (Neopr.) . Recording Industry Association of New Zealand . The appeal date is January 5, 2012.
↑ The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Cyndi Lauper; 'She's So Unusual') (Unidentified) . IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
↑ British album certifications - Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (Neopr.) . British Phonographic Industry . Select albums in the Format field. Select Golden in the Certification field. Type She’s So Unusual in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
↑ American album certifications - Cyndi Lauper - So Unusual (Neopr.) . Recording Industry Association of America . If necessary, click Advanced , then click Format , then select Album , then click SEARCH .
OnlineCyndi Lauper is back, Times Online (Neopr.) . Entertainment.TimesOnline.co.uk. The date of circulation is 2011-09-15.07 . 2019 . Archived December 5, 2008.
↑ Varga, George . Cyndi Lauper still proudly 'unusual' , UT San Diego (June 7, 2013). Archived August 8, 2014. The appeal date is August 2, 2014.

[Erlewine-1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper (Neop.) . AllMusic . The appeal date is September 15, 2011.

[2] Christgau, Robert. Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual // Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. - Pantheon Books , 1990. - ISBN 0-679-73015-X .

[3] Larkin, Colin. Lauper, Cyndi // The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . - 4th. - Oxford University Press , 2009. - ISBN 0-199-72636-1 .

[4] Sawdey, Evan Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration (Unopened) . PopMatters (May 16, 2014). The appeal date is May 16, 2014.

[5] Staunton, Terry. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (English) // Record Collector . - London: Diamond Publishing, 2014. - April ( no. 426 ).

[6] Loder, Kurt . She's So Unusual (Eng.) // Rolling Stone : magazine. - New York, 1984. - 19 January. - ISSN 0035-791X .

[7] Evans, Paul. Cyndi Lauper // The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . - Simon & Schuster , 2004. - P. 476. - ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 .

[Cinquemani-8] Cinquemani, Sal Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual . Slant Magazine (September 29, 2003). The appeal date is September 15, 2011.

[9] Spin Alternative Record Guide . - Vintage Books , 1995. - P. 236. - ISBN 0-679-75574-8 .

[rollingstone-500albums-2012-10] ¹ ² ³ Cyndi Lauper, 'She's So Unusual' - 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (Eng.) . Rolling Stone (May 31st, 2012). The appeal date is June 3, 2016.

[11] Hits of the World . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[ac_Austria_Cyndi_Lauper-12] Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (him) . Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.

[13] Top Albums / CDs - Volume 40, No. 14, June 09 1984 (Unsolved) (inaccessible link) . RPM . The date of circulation is May 10, 2016. Archived on March 3, 2016.

[14] Hits of the World . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[ac_Netherlands_Cyndi_Lauper-15] Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.

[16] [http: // Albumit 1984-09 syyskuu] (Fin.) (Neopr.) ? . Musiikkituottajat - IFPI Finland . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[17] Cyndi Lauper - Offizielle Deutsche Charts (German) . GfK Entertainment . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[italy-18] ¹ ² Gli album più venduti del 1984 (Unc.) . Hit Parade Italia. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[19] Hits of the World . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[ac_New_Zealand_Cyndi_Lauper-20] Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.

[ac_Norway_Cyndi_Lauper-21] Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.

[ac_Sweden_Cyndi_Lauper-22] Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.

[ac_Switzerland_Cyndi_Lauper-23] Cy Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Verified May 10, 2016.

[ac_UK_Cyndi_Lauper-24] “Cyndi Lauper | Artist | Official Charts . UK Albums Chart . The Official Charts Company. Verified May 10, 2016.

[ac_Billboard200_Cyndi_Lauper-25] Cyndi Lauper - Chart History Billboard 200 for Cyndi Lauper. Verified May 10, 2016.

[auchart-26] ¹ ² David Kent . Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. - Australia: St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book, 1993. - ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .

[27] Top 100 Albums of 1984 (Undefeated) . RPM . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[28] Jaaroverzichten - Album 1984 ( NID .) . Hung Medien. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[29] Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 1984 (German) . GfK Entertainment. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[30] 1984 ア я ルバム年間 TOP100 (jap.) . Oricon. The date of circulation is May 10, 2016. Archived June 4, 2008.

[31] Top Selling Albums of 1984 (Neopr.) . RIANZ. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[32] Topp 40 Album Russetid 1984 (Norse) (not available link) . VG-lista. The date of circulation is May 10, 2016. Archived June 10, 2016.

[33] Swiss Year-end Charts 1984 (Neopr.) . Hung Medien. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[34] Najlepiej sprzedające się albumy w W.Brytanii w 1984r (Polish) (Neopr.) ? . Z archiwum ... rocka. The appeal date is May 10, 2016. Archived on September 27, 2012.

[35] Top Pop Albums (Unsolved) . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[36] Jahreshitparade Alben 1985 (him) . Hung Medien. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[37] Top 100 Albums of 1985 (Unreferenced) (not available link) . RPM . The date of circulation is May 10, 2016. Archived July 23, 2012.

[38] Top Selling Albums of 1985 (Neopr.) . RIANZ. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[39] Top Pop Albums (Unsolved) . Billboard . The appeal date is May 10, 2016.

[notorious-40] Cyndi Lauper - She's so Unsual (port.) . Notorious . anos80.com.br. The date of circulation is 2011-10-09.07 . 2019 .

[41] LaPOINTE, Kirk . Houston Likely to Outsell Lauper , Billboard (magazine) , Prometheus Global Media (December 26, 1986). The appeal date is December 26, 2012.

[CanadaCyndi_LauperShe's_So_UnusualalbumCertRef-42] Adian Canadian album certifications - Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual . Music Canada .

[FranceLauper_C.She's_So_UnusualalbumCertRef-43] French album certifications - Lauper C. - She's So Unusual (Fr.) . InfoDisc. Select LAUPER C. and click OK .

[GermanyCyndi_LauperShe's_So_UnusualalbumCertRef-44] Gold- / Platin-Datenbank (Cyndi Lauper; 'She's So Unusual') (German) . Bundesverband Musikindustrie .

[Hong_KongCyndi_LauperShe's_So_UnusualalbumCertRef-45] IFPIHK Gold Disc Award - 1985 (Neopr.) . IFPI Hong Kong.

[46] RIAJ> The Record> April 1995> Certified Awards (February 1995) (jap.) . Recording Industry Association of Japan . The appeal date is August 2, 2013.

[JPCB-47] Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. - Roppongi , Tokyo : Oricon Entertainment, 2006. - ISBN 4-87131-077-9 .

[nzcer-48] Top 50 Albums Chart, 03 February 1985 (Neopr.) . Recording Industry Association of New Zealand . The appeal date is January 5, 2012.

[SwitzerlandCyndi_LauperShe's_So_UnusualalbumCertRef-49] The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Cyndi Lauper; 'She's So Unusual') (Unidentified) . IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.

[United_KingdomCyndi_LauperShe's_So_UnusualalbumCertRef-50] British album certifications - Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (Neopr.) . British Phonographic Industry . Select albums in the Format field. Select Golden in the Certification field. Type She’s So Unusual in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[United_StatesCyndi_LauperSo_UnusualalbumCertRef-51] American album certifications - Cyndi Lauper - So Unusual (Neopr.) . Recording Industry Association of America . If necessary, click Advanced , then click Format , then select Album , then click SEARCH .

[SSH_Sales-52] OnlineCyndi Lauper is back, Times Online (Neopr.) . Entertainment.TimesOnline.co.uk. The date of circulation is 2011-09-15.07 . 2019 . Archived December 5, 2008.

[SSU_SalesII-53] Varga, George . Cyndi Lauper still proudly 'unusual' , UT San Diego (June 7, 2013). Archived August 8, 2014. The appeal date is August 2, 2014.