O'Connor was also known for her outspoken views on religion, sex, feminism and war as for her music.
DUBLIN, Ireland – Sinead O’Connor, the Irish singer known for her stirring voice, 1990 chart-topping hit “Nothing Compares 2 U” and outspoken views, has died at the age of 56, Irish media quoted her family as saying on Wednesday, July 26.
Known as much for her outspoken views on religion, sex, feminism and war as for her music, she will be remembered in some quarters for ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II during a 1992 television appearance onHer criticisms of Catholicism were especially controversial in parts of Ireland but also a brave representation of a shift that was taking shape in society away from the Church, whose deep influence began to collapse later that decade over a string of clerical child sex abuse scandals.
“What Ireland has lost at such a relatively young age is one of our greatest and most gifted composers, songwriters and performers of recent decades.” She moved to London in 1985 and after scrapping the initial tapes for her debut LP on the grounds that the production was too Celtic, she took the producer’s seat herself and began re-recording the album, calledHowever, it was track six on the follow-up album,Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” first appeared on a 1985 album for his side project The Family, but he only regularly started performing the song live after O’Connor’s haunting take made the song a number one hit across the world.
O’Connor told the New York Times in a 2021 interview that the reaction to her protests against clerical sex abuse was “very traumatizing” but she never regretted it.
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