Cyndi Lauper emerged as one of the decade’s more colorful figures with the 1983 release of a career-defining breakthrough called “She’s So Unusual,” which sent four singles to the Top 5 on the ...

Welcome to the jungle. We got fun and games. The Eighties are one of the weirdest eras ever for music. It’s a decade of excess. It’s also a decade of INXS. It’s got big hair, big drums, big shoulder ...

Cyndi Lauper is reflecting on what could have been. The singer recalled being pitted against fellow pop icon Madonna by fans and the music industry while they were both up-and-coming stars in the ...

Top ‘80s songs include entries from across the musical spectrum. Throughout 1980s there was a renaissance occurring within music, one which stretched throughout all genres be it pop, rock, country, ...

Throughout the history of music, women have often been pitted against each other as if there could only be one successful woman in the industry. This happens currently with female rappers like Nicki ...

The pop icon says that the music industry tried to pit her and Madonna against each other back in the '80s Both women had big, quirky personalities, a creative thrift store-punk aesthetic, and ...

A Vulture series in which artists judge the best and worst of their own careers. “I had a hard time when I was famous because when I first hit everybody, they took everything I was wearing — the color ...

Cyndi Lauper said it’s unfortunate that she was pitted against Madonna when they were on their rise to fame in the 1980s. “Isn’t that sad, there can only be room for one? The hell was that? I didn’t ...