Sinead O'Connor has died at the age of 56 after years of mental health battles, her 'devastated' family confirmed.

The Irish singer shot to stardom across the world in 1990 by her heartrending cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U.

It comes a year after the mother-of-four's son Shane, 17, took his life in January 2022 after escaping hospital while on suicide watch.

At the time of her death, the musician, who changed her name to Shuhada' Sadaqat in 2018 when she converted to Islam, was thought to be spending her time between Co Roscommon, Ireland, and London.

In her last Tweet, O'Connor posted a photo of Shane and said: 'Been living as undead night creature since. He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul.

naptu2:
This is the original.

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (1990).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-EF60neguk

naptu2:
This might surprise some people.

This was one of the biggest hits of 1990. . .but not for Prince.


You see, Prince originally wrote and composed this song for one of his protege groups in 1984, but it didn't make any impact. Then Sinead O'Connor covered the song in 1990 and it became the 3rd biggest hit of 1990. It was at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It had a very strange and unusual video and that video got heavy rotation on MTV. Prince later released a version of the song in 1993.

I'm a bit confused because there were rumours in the 1990s that Prince was dating Sinead and that was why he allowed her to cover the song. However, Sinead gave a totally different story when she was interviewed last year (2019).

Sinead said that she didn't really know Prince and that she only met him a few times and that they fought when they met.

She said Prince invited her to his house. She said that Prince was angry that she was not yet a protege of his and he also told her to stop swearing in his interviews. He said that her language was very dirty. She said that she's an Irish girl and the Irish are known for swearing and so she told him to f***k off. She said that he got violent and they started fighting. She said she had to escape through the back of the house that night and that he chased her with his car.


Anyway, a lot of people have covered this song since then. I listen to the version by Massivo and Tracy every morning when I work out on the bridge.

This is Prince, performing the song during rehearsals with that band in 1984.


Prince - Nothing Compares To You (1984)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGA0azFdCs

This was one of the biggest hits of 1990. . .but not for Prince.


You see, Prince originally wrote and composed this song for one of his protege groups in 1984, but it didn't make any impact. Then Sinead O'Connor covered the song in 1990 and it became the 3rd biggest hit of 1990. It was at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It had a very strange and unusual video and that video got heavy rotation on MTV. Prince later released a version of the song in 1993.

TechCapon:
Never heard of her