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Lauper's career took a new turn in 1980 when she joined up with John Turi and formed the band Blue Angel. They released a self-titled album featuring 'Maybe He'll Know' and 'I'm Gonna Be Strong'. After a few years of moderate local success with Blue Angel, Lauper signed as a solo artist with Portrait Records and released her first solo album, titled She's So Unusual. Cyndi Lauper was now a star.

Her debut album sold over 4.5 million copies in the United States alone. The album rocketed to the top of the charts with such great hits as 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun', 'Time After Time', 'She Bop', and 'All Through The Night'. At the very beginning of her career she also became the first female artist to score four Top Five singles from her debut album. Her achievements did not go unnoticed. Lauper received many awards for her outstanding musical talent, including the American Music Award for Favorite Female Vocalist, a Grammy for Best New Artist, MTV's Best Female Video Award, as well as many others.

In 1984, Cyndi Lauper concentrated on promoting her albums through touring. Tickets to her concerts were a hot commodity. Lauper toured all over the country doing over 300 shows in over 150 cities across the US. As her songs became more popular and her image became more recognizable, she was asked to appear in a movie in 1985 that gained her a new and younger audience. The movie was the cult classic The Goonies, for which Lauper provided the theme song 'Good Enough'. The song made it into the top 10 on the national charts. In 1986 True Colors was released. For the album, Lauper collaborated with some of pop's greatest like Billy Joel, The Bangles, and Nile Rodgers to produce this Grammy nominated album that Lauper co-produced herself.