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Yungchen Lhamo

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Vocalist

The Resume

    (December 31, 1963- )
    Born in Lhasa, Tibet, China
    Recorded ‘Tibetan Prayer’ (1995), ‘Tibet, Tibet’ (1996), ‘Coming Home’ (1998), and ‘Ama’ (2006)
    Won the Australian Recording Industry Award for best world music album (1995)

Why she might be annoying:

    She grew her hair so long that it reached her knee.
    Some of her songs have New Age elements.
    She led the biggest light protest against the 2008 Summer Olympics that took place in Tibet (August 7, 2008).

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her name means ‘Goddess of Song’ in Tibetan.
    She was born in a labor camp.
    She learned to sing traditional Tibetan music from her grandmother in the midst of possible torture if discovered.
    She fled from Tibet by walking across the Himalayas after a political demonstration (1989).

Credit: Big Lenny


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 54.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying