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Vocalist
The Resume
(May 10, 1960- )
Birth name is Paul Hewson
Frontman for U2
Recorded 'Beautiful Day,' 'Rattle and Hum,' 'With or Without You,' 'Sweetest Thing,' 'The Joshua Tree,' 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'Pride in the Name of Love'
Won many Grammys
Why he might be annoying
When asked what he thinks about current radio music, he said: 'It's so sweet. I feel that my teeth are rotting listening to the radio.'
He is arrogant and feels that his songs are much more important than others.
He is a deluded egomaniac.
He admits to using illegal drugs.
Why he might not be annoying
His songs have messages.
He performs at multiple charity events (Live AIDS, Amnesty International Rock Tour, etc.).
He covered the Beatles' 'Helter Skelter,' claiming he was taking it back from Charles Manson.
See Related: U2, Larry Mullen, Jr., Adam Clayton,
Bono and Edge
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Year In Review:
For 2010, as of last week, Out of 172 Votes: 48.26% Annoying
For 2009, Out of 220 Votes: 66.36% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 370 Votes: 65.68% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 1529 Votes: 43.56% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 1386 Votes: 45.31% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 1667 Votes: 52.37% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 2900 Votes: 54.31% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1968 Votes: 45.38% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 29856 Votes: 35.03% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 22678 Votes: 35.32% Annoying
Featured in the following Annoying Collections:
- 14th Annual Junior Cotillions' Ten Best Mannered People [2005]
- 2006 - 100 Least Annoying Celebrities (Ranked: 96)
- 2007 - 100 Least Annoying (Ranked: 31)
- 2007 Most Annoying 401-431 (Ranked: 431)
- 2008 Most Annoying 201-300 (Ranked: 279)
- Adam Sandler Impersonations
- All-Star Tribute 'What's Going On'
- America: A Tribute to Heroes [September 21, 2001]
- AskMen's Top 49 Men [2006] (Ranked: 27)
- Belters
- Blender Magazine's 22 Greatest Voices [MTV2] (Ranked: 4)
- Blender Magazine's 30 Greatest Teen Moments in Rock & Roll History [October 2004] (Ranked: 7)
- Blender Magazine's 50 Dumbest Rock-Star Extravagances [December 2005] (Ranked: 12)
- Born in Dublin, Ireland
- British VH-1's 100 Most Important Men in Music [2002] partial (Ranked: 6)
- Celebrity Fashion Lines
- Celtic
- Chaunce Hayden's Most Annoying
- Chris Kattan Impersonations
- Dude Wears Eyeliner
- E!'s 25 Most Powerful People in Entertainment [2002] (Ranked: 20)
- Entertainment Weekly's 51 Most Influential Entertainers [2002] (Ranked: 44)
- Falsettos
- Forbes' Top 10 Most Generous Celebrities [2006]
- FQ Magazine's Top 10 Dads - Rock Stars (Ranked: 1)
- Frank Sinatra's Duets [1993]
- Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [2005] (Ranked: 10)
- Green Daily's 4 Most Green Celebrities [2009] (Ranked: 2)
- Guest Voices on the Simpsons
- Henry Rollins Doesn't Like Me
- Howard Stern's Enemy List
- I Abused Cocaine
- I am a Member of Artists United Against Apartheid
- I Attended Luciano Pavarotti-Nicoletta Mantovani's Wedding [December 11, 2003]
- I Became a Dad in 1999
- I Became a Dad in 2001
- I Covered a Beatles Song
- I Gave My Kid a Ridiculous Name
- I Have a Famed Alter Ego
- I Married in 1982
- I Performed at Live Aid [July 13, 1985]
- I Reportedly Attended the Democratic National Convention [2004]
- I Said Fuck on Mainstream TV
- I Shared My Secrets on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- I Sung on Band Aid 20's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' [2004]
- Irish Rockers
- J. Walter Thompson's Top 10 Ubersexuals [September 2005] (Ranked: 1)
- Known By a Single Name
- Lime's Top 4 Raising Awareness For a Cause [March 2007] (Ranked: 1)
- Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
- Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
- Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Award
- Luscious Laddies
- Mercury News Top 10 Songs to Download [2007] (Ranked: 8)
- MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - Losers [Season 2]
- MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - Winners [Season 5]
- MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Artists Too Cool For School [2008] (Ranked: 13)
- MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Most Outspoken Musicians (Ranked: 1)
- MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Studliest Musicians Over 40 [2007] (Ranked: 6)
- My Grammy Night's 25 Fan Favorites [November 30, 2007] (Ranked: 10)
- Netscape's Top 10 Irish Heart Throbs [May 2006] (Ranked: 2)
- New Statesman's 50 Heroes for Our Time [2006] (Ranked: 30)
- One.Org Commercial Participants
- One: The Campaign to Make Poverty History
- People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1987]
- Playgirl Magazine's 10 Sexiest Men [1987]
- Profiles 1001-1250 (Ranked: 1154)
- Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Musical Stars of the 20th Century (Ranked: 18)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of the Rock Era [2008] (Ranked: 32)
- Rolling Stone's 100 People Who Are Changing America [March 2009] (Ranked: 4)
- Satirized on Family Guy
- Satirized on South Park
- Spin's 50 Greatest Frontmen of All Time [2004] (Ranked: 10)
- Supersized Egos
- Time Magazine People of the Year (Ranked: 2005)
- Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2004 [April 2004]
- Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2006 [May 2006]
- Tony Bennett's Duets [2006]
- Top 10 Green Celebs as Chosen by Entertainment Writers [April 2008] (Ranked: 7)
- Top 100 Great Britons [BBC, 2002] (Ranked: 86)
- U2
- Ubersexuals
- UK Times OnLine Top 10 Stylish Protesters [April 1, 2009] (Ranked: 5)
- USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2001] (Ranked: 15)
- USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2002] (Ranked: 4)
- USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2003] (Ranked: 33)
- USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2004] (Ranked: 6)
- USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2005] (Ranked: 1)
- USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2006] (Ranked: 6)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments (Ranked: 68)
- VH-1's 100 Most Outrageous Celebrity Moments (Ranked: 91)
- VH-1's 100 Sexiest Artists (Ranked: 17)
- VH-1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons [1-100] (Ranked: 73)
- Y98.7 Bahamas' 20 Sexiest Rockers Ever - Saraan [December 18, 2007] (Ranked: 1)
- Yahoo! Answers-UK's Top 10 Celebrity Questions [2006] (Ranked: 2)
- Yahoo!-Australia's Top 10 Male Searches [2005] (Ranked: 3)
- Yahoo!-Spain's Top 10 Celebrity Searches [2006] (Ranked: 10)
- Zoo Magazine's Top 10 Rock Duos [February 2008] (Ranked: 10)
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