The Resume

(June 18, 1961- )
Born in Billericay, England, United Kingdom
Birth name was Genevieve Alison Jane Moyet
Member of Yazoo (1982-83)
Recorded the albums 'Alf' (1984), 'Raindancing' (1987), 'Hoodoo' (1991), 'Essex' (1994), 'Hometime' (2002), 'Voice' (2004), 'The Turn' (2007) and 'The Minutes' (2013)
Recorded the singles 'Love Resurrection' (1984), 'All Cried Out' (1984), 'Invisible' (1984), 'That Ole Devil Called Love' (1985), 'Is This Love?' (1986), 'Weak in the Presence of Beauty' (1987), 'Love Letters' (1987) and 'Whispering Your Name' (1991)
Appeared in the West End production of 'Chicago' (2001)

Why she might be annoying:

She was nicknamed 'Alf.'
She left school at sixteen: 'I used to flunk everything and had a problem with concentration.'
She was a one-hit wonder in the US, where 'Invisible' was her only Top 40 single.
She admitted, 'I have lost and put back on big batches of weight in my life, many, many times.'
After inadvertently insulting Elvis Costello backstage at a concert, she developed agoraphobia and avoided going out for a decade.
She also would hide in a cupboard if strangers knocked on her front door.

Why she might not be annoying:

A critic wrote that her vocals were 'as throaty as Janis Joplin and as soulful as Dusty Springfield.'
She said, 'I've enjoyed the career lulls as much as I've enjoyed the highs. You reconnect with your family and friends, you live a normal life, it grounds you.'
She said about one delayed record, 'I appear to have forfeited my recording deal because I won't do reality TV. No-one needs to make an album that badly.'
She got over her agoraphobia by attending football (soccer) matches, and enjoying being in a crowd where she was not the focus of attention.
She noted, 'I'm in my 50s and still singing for a living. And that's fucking amazing.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• A.M. and P.M.
• All My Babies Have Different Daddies
• Blue Eyed Soul Artists
• Brit Awards' Best British Female Solo Artist (Ranked: 1985)
• Brit Awards' Best British Female Solo Artist (Ranked: 1988)
• Burt Bacharach Wrote My Song
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 58]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6181961)
• Fear of Open Spaces - Agoraphobic
• I Covered Arthur Hamilton's 'Cry Me a River'
• I Covered 'First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'
• I Did Not Graduate High School [J-M]
• I Had Breast Reduction
• I Performed at Live Aid [July 13, 1985]
• I Performed on American Bandstand [L-Q]
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
• Known By a Middle Name
• Labrador Owners
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Profiles 36751-37000 (Ranked: 36991)
• Q Magazine's 100 Women Who Rock the World (Ranked: 96)
• YoYos - My Weight Greatly Fluctuates

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 313 Votes: 52.40% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 42 Votes: 54.76% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 58 Votes: 82.76% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 27 Votes: 33.33% Annoying