The Resume

(September 15, 1945-September 30, 2019)
Recorded 'Symphonies Nos. 1 - 10 & Kindertotenlieder- Jubilee Edition - 150th Anniversary of the Wiener Philharmoniker,' 'Classic Kathleen Battle: A Portrait,' 'Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey' and 'Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs); Fünf Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg op.4; Jugendlieder'

Why she might be annoying:

She is built like a linebacker.
She acts like a stereotypical opera diva (and then some).
She is from Georgia, but affects a bizarre, vaguely British accent.
She wears crazy turbans, headdresses, and hair extensions.
She grimaces when she sings.
She sued a magazine when it reported that she got stuck in a revolving door.

Why she might not be annoying:

She sings in a wide variety of styles.
She became a great success in opera, which has not always been welcoming to African-Americans.
She was a Girl Scout, and continues to sell cookies even now.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Belters
• Black Heavyweights
• Buddy! Dude! Man! Guy!
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9151945)
• Ebony Magazine's 100 Most Fascinating Black Women of the 20th Century [March 1999]
• Ebony Magazine's 15 Most Beautiful Black Women of the Year [October 1996]
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 2006)
• I Covered 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
• I Died in 2019 (Ranked: 74)
• I Portrayed a Hooker
• I Portrayed a Queen
• I Sing About Gypsies
• I was a Girl Scout
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 1997)
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Profiles 10751-11000 (Ranked: 10935)
• Spingarn Medal Winners (Ranked: 2013)
• Sploshers [Overweight Women]
• Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed Hall of Fame - Females (Ranked: 1993)
• Vocalists Who Look Pained When they Sing
• W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Recipients (Ranked: 2016)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 29 Votes: 37.93% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 296 Votes: 50.34% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 43 Votes: 58.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 59 Votes: 54.24% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 92 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 199 Votes: 42.71% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 151 Votes: 41.06% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 109 Votes: 39.45% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 182 Votes: 43.96% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 399 Votes: 42.36% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 308 Votes: 43.51% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 195 Votes: 62.05% Annoying