The Essential Cyndi Lauper is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released as part of Sony BMG's The Essential series.

The compilation comprises 14 of Lauper's songs including her non-album 1985 single "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" that is part of The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985).

As of 2012, the compilation has sold 15,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.

[3] Five years after its initial release, Sony Music Entertainment Japan reissued the album accompanied with bonus DVD which features four music videos.

The expanded edition debuted at number 29 on the Japan's Oricon, and became Lauper's eighth top-40 charting album in the country.