Paula Cole

Paula Cole earns my respect for sheer staying power. A Rockport, Massachusetts native and Berklee-trained vocalist, she paid her dues backing Peter Gabriel before her debut album was buried by a collapsing label. That she clawed back to win the 1998 Grammy for Best New Artist tells you everything about her grit. What I admire most is that she never chased trends; she trusted her own distinctive voice and writing. Artists like that tend to age beautifully, their work deepening rather than dating. She is a craftsman first and a star second, which is exactly the right order.

Name (English)

Paula Cole

Name (Japanese)

ポーラ・コール

Reading

ぽーら・こーる

Born

April 5, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Monkey

Origin

Rockport, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

singer / singer-songwriter / composer / musician

High school

Rockport High School

University

Berklee College of Music

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Artist

• Official sitehttps://paulacole.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/paulacolemusic
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula%20Cole
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269462

Tags

• Massachusetts
• singer
• singer-songwriter
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.