Memphis Blues is the eleventh
studio album by American singer
Cyndi Lauper, containing cover versions of classic
blues songs. Regarded as a continuation of her 2008 comeback, the album was a nominee for the Grammy Awards 2010 and was released on her 57th birthday, June 22, 2010. According to the Brazilian daily newspaper
O Globo, the album had sold 600,000 copies worldwide by November 2010.[6]Memphis Blues was voted the 7th best album of 2010 by the New York Post,[7] and it went on to become Billboard's biggest selling blues album of 2010. To support the album, Lauper made her biggest tour ever, the
Memphis Blues Tour, which had more than 140 shows.
Lauper was honored at the 2010
NARM Awards and performed several songs from the Memphis Blues album at the event.[14]
Commercial reception
Memphis Blues debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Top Blues chart and at number 26 on the official
Billboard 200, with a moderately successful first week sales of more than 16,000 copies.[15] The album is Lauper's third-highest charting album on the Billboard 200 of her career, trailing only her first two releases, She's So Unusual and True Colors. The album remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Blues chart for thirteen weeks, totaling 40 weeks in the chart. The album has sold 76,000 copies in the United States as of May 2016.[16] In 2011 it was awarded a double silver certification from the
Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.[17] In Brazil, the album sold around 10,000 units.[6]
Seven songs from the album ranked in the Top 25 on Billboard's Blues Digital Songs chart, including "Crossroads" at number one.[18]
Memphis Blues is the eleventh
studio album by American singer
Cyndi Lauper, containing cover versions of classic
blues songs. Regarded as a continuation of her 2008 comeback, the album was a nominee for the Grammy Awards 2010 and was released on her 57th birthday, June 22, 2010. According to the Brazilian daily newspaper
O Globo, the album had sold 600,000 copies worldwide by November 2010.[6]Memphis Blues was voted the 7th best album of 2010 by the New York Post,[7] and it went on to become Billboard's biggest selling blues album of 2010. To support the album, Lauper made her biggest tour ever, the
Memphis Blues Tour, which had more than 140 shows.
Lauper was honored at the 2010
NARM Awards and performed several songs from the Memphis Blues album at the event.[14]
Commercial reception
Memphis Blues debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Top Blues chart and at number 26 on the official
Billboard 200, with a moderately successful first week sales of more than 16,000 copies.[15] The album is Lauper's third-highest charting album on the Billboard 200 of her career, trailing only her first two releases, She's So Unusual and True Colors. The album remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Blues chart for thirteen weeks, totaling 40 weeks in the chart. The album has sold 76,000 copies in the United States as of May 2016.[16] In 2011 it was awarded a double silver certification from the
Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.[17] In Brazil, the album sold around 10,000 units.[6]
Seven songs from the album ranked in the Top 25 on Billboard's Blues Digital Songs chart, including "Crossroads" at number one.[18]