The Resume

(November 8, 1947-July 12, 1979)
One Hit Wonder
Recorded the #1 'Loving You' (1974)
Mother of SNL regular Maya Rudolph

Why she might be annoying:

Her hit was a sugary love song.
It was used in a VISA commercial as a goofy subsitute of a sports charge song ('Look, if you want to buy the Baha Men's 'Who Let The Dogs Out?' I need to see some ID!').
Having but one hit, 'Capitol Gold: The Best of Minnie Riperton' contains 17 songs.

Why she might not be annoying:

She had a five-octave vocal range.
She did back vocals for Stevie Wonder as part of Wonderlove.
She underwent a radical mastectomy (1976).
She was a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society awarded the Society Courage Award from President James Carter (April 4, 1977).
She died of breast cancer only thirty-one (July 12, 1979).
Her song 'Loving You' was used in a South Park episode (Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary).
Research: Tim Howard

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Belters
• I am from Chicago
• I Covered The Doors' 'Light My Fire'
• I Died in 1979 (Ranked: 31)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 31)
• I Have Breast Cancer
• I Married Outside My Race
• I Performed on American Bandstand [R-Z]
• I'm Buried at Pierce Brothers' Westwood Memorial Park [Calif]
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Midnight Special Performers [L-Z]
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1975)
• My Song is on Sony's 'Soundtrack for a Century'
• Profiles 3751-4000 (Ranked: 3879)
• Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time [1-100] (Ranked: 65)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [1978]
• TV One's Unsung
• VH-1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders (Ranked: 56)
• Weights and Measure Names

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 13 Votes: 7.69% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 26 Votes: 7.69% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 11.76% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 34.78% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 26.47% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 50 Votes: 36.00% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 23.53% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 173 Votes: 69.36% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 187 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 207 Votes: 43.96% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 276 Votes: 50.72% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 608 Votes: 45.72% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1534 Votes: 50.65% Annoying