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Esperanza Spalding

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Vocalist

The Resume

    (October 18, 1984- )
    Born in Portland, Oregon
    CDs include ‘Junjo (2006)’ and ‘Esperanza (2008)’
    Grammy Award winner for Best New Artist (February 13, 2011)

Why she might be annoying:

    Having quit at 16, she considered high school to be ‘easy — and boring.’
    She credits the shower with most of her vocal experiences.
    During her years on the club circuit, she tended to make up songs as she went — mostly about childish pursuits (‘I had never experienced love before’).
    Like Mariah Carey, she wants to be judged on her musical range more than her sex appeal (take what you can get, baby, because you never know).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She can also sing in Spanish and Portuguese (the former of which was helped through having a Cuban nanny).
    Her love of music was cemented at age four through an episode of Mister Rogers Neighborhood on which Yo Yo Ma appeared.
    How many lead vocalists play upright bass?
    Following her college graduation (2005), the Berklee College of Music tapped her to become a prof — among the youngest in the history of the institution.
    Her voice was compared to Blossom Dearie.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 163 Votes: 46.63% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 266 Votes: 43.23% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 61 Votes: 45.90% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 86 Votes: 41.86% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 83 Votes: 49.40% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 324 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 171 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 128 Votes: 57.03% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 400 Votes: 56.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 52 Votes: 53.85% Annoying