Cyndi Lauper releases "She's So Unusual" 1983

Cyndi Lauper released her debut album She's So Unusual October 14, 1983 to rave reviews.  It sold six million albums in the U.S. making it six times platinum, and sold over 16M world wide.  It got six Grammy Award nominations, winning Best New Artist and Best Album Package.  

It generated six singles: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time (her first number-one hit), She-Bop (my favorite), All Through the Night, Money Changes Everything, and When You Were Mine.

She's so Unusual was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2019 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Cyndi Lauper releases "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" 1983

Cyndi Lauper released her debut single Girls Just Want to Have Fun from her debut album She's So Unusual, September 6, 1983.  It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.  It reached #1 in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand,  and Norway.  

The song was written and recorded by Robert Hazard, who released it as a single in 1979. His recording is from the male point of view.

The video won an American Video Award for Best Female Performance, and an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video.

In January 2022, the video reached over one billion views on Youtube.com.

ZZ Top wins two MTV Music Video awards 1984

ZZ Top won two MTV Music Video awards at the first ever ceremony held September 14, 1984.  Their video Sharp Dressed Man won for Best Direction in a Video, beating themselves for Gimme All Your Lovin'.  Cyndi Lauper was also nominated in this category for Time After Time.  

Their video Legs won Best Group Video, again beating themselves for Sharp Dressed Man.

Cyndi Lauper did win Best Female Video for Girls Just Want to Have Fun, beating herself for Time After Time, Pat Benatar for Love is a Battlefield, and Donna Summer for She Works Hard for the Money.

ZZ Top was also nominated for Best Editing in a Video.

Cyndi Lauper was nominated for Video of the Year, Best New Artist in a Video, Best Concept Video, Best Overall Performance in a Video and Viewer's Choice.

Alan Parsons Project was nominated for Most Experimental Video for Don't Answer Me.