True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)

This article is about the studio album. For the compilation album, see True Colors: The Best of Cyndi Lauper.
True Colors
Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
Studio album by
Cyndi Lauper
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1986
RecordedNovember 22, 1985 – May 31, 1986
Studio
GenrePop
Length37:57
LabelPortrait
Producer
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Lennie Petze
Cyndi Lauper chronology
She's So Unusual
(1983) 		True Colors
(1986) 		The Best Remixes
(1989)
Singles from True Colors
  1. "True Colors"
    Released: August 1986[1]
  2. "Change of Heart"
    Released: November 1986
  3. "What's Going On"
    Released: March 1987
  4. "Boy Blue"
    Released: May 1987
  5. "Maybe He'll Know"
    Released: 1987 (Netherlands)

True Colors is the second studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released on September 15, 1986, by Portrait Records.[2] The album spawned several commercially successful singles as "True Colors", "Change of Heart", and "What's Going On" reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, with the first two charting within the top five. The album was produced by Lauper herself together with Lennie Petze.

Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album earned Lauper several awards and accolades, including two nominations at the 29th Annual Grammy Awards. True Colors peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart. The album is Lauper's second best-selling release with around seven million copies worldwide.

  1. ^ "RIAA". Recording Industry Association of America.
  2. ^ "Cyndi Lauper albums".