The Resume

(July 10, 1939- )
Lead Singer for The Staple Singers

Why she might be annoying:

She is divorced from a mortician.
She performs as a Mahalia Jackson cover artist.
She is associated with Prince.
She reveals very little about her private life.

Why she might not be annoying:

She likes to have her sisters get noticed in her band.
She performed a duet with Bob Dylan.
She ranked #57 on VH1's Top 100 Women of Rock & Roll.

Credit: Voice of Fashion

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Austin Chronicle's Top 10 Albums-Andy Langer [2007] (Ranked: 7)
• Austin Chronicle's Top 10 Albums-Jay Trachtenberg [2007] (Ranked: 8)
• Austin Chronicle's Top 10 Albums-Thomas Fawcett [2007] (Ranked: 5)
• Belters
• Black Heavyweights
• Coachella [Performers] (Ranked: 2016)
• Diseased Initials
• Flip Wilson Show Guests
• Grammy for Best Americana Album (Ranked: 2011)
• Harp's Top 50 CDs of 2007 (Ranked: 42)
• I am from Chicago
• I Collaborated with Gorillaz
• I Collaborated with Willie Nelson
• I Covered a Bill Withers Song
• I Recorded Billie Holiday’s ‘God Bless the Child’
• I was at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear [October 30, 2010]
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 2016)
• Lollapalooza 2010
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at Me, It's This Big
• Mojo's Top 50 Albums [2010] (Ranked: 12)
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Have a Nice Decade: The 70's Pop Culture Box'
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America'
• My Song is on Sony's 'Soundtrack for a Century'
• Paste Magazine's 20 Signs of Life [2004] (Ranked: 14)
• Paste Magazine's 50 Best Albums [2010] (Ranked: 16)
• Prince's Proteges
• Profiles 7001-7250 (Ranked: 7028)
• Rate Your Music Top 100 Albums [2007] (Ranked: 96)
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 1999)
• Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time [1-100] (Ranked: 46)
• Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of the Rock Era [2008] (Ranked: 56)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 201-300 [Performers] (Ranked: 276)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 401-500 [Performers] (Ranked: 462)
• Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010 (Ranked: 6)
• Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2007 (Ranked: 48)
• Sploshers [Overweight Women]
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock [July 1999] (Ranked: 57)
• VH-1's Divas and Friends (Ranked: 2011)
• Voice of Fashion's Profiles

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 29 Votes: 89.66% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 49 Votes: 65.31% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 58.54% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 78 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 116 Votes: 67.24% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 171 Votes: 62.57% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 274 Votes: 67.15% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 484 Votes: 63.43% Annoying