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Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by adecz: 7:54pm On Jul 26, 2023
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.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12341117/amp/Sinead-OConnor-dead-Irish-music-legend-dies-aged-56-years-mental-health-battles-18-months-17-year-old-son-Shane-passed-away.html

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by naptu2: 8:04pm On Jul 26, 2023
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

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by nepapole(m): 8:13pm On Jul 26, 2023
Eeya....

May her soul rest in peace

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by UselessBuharist: 8:18pm On Jul 26, 2023
Rest well

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by kokozain(m): 8:18pm On Jul 26, 2023
RIP
Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by nairalanda1(m): 8:18pm On Jul 26, 2023
Shocking.

I mean, she wasn't that old. (The Rolling stones are old ).

But then again, that's life.

Rip.

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Douglad: 8:19pm On Jul 26, 2023
Wow!

She was young. Died only a year younger than Prince

Didn't know any song of hers except her beautiful rendition of "Nothing compares to you" by Prince.

RIP

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by livebyday(m): 8:19pm On Jul 26, 2023
Rest on lady

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Flamemignon1(m): 8:19pm On Jul 26, 2023
And she just showed she still have it with the new outlander theme song,rip love

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by olatade(m): 8:19pm On Jul 26, 2023
Rest easy Sinéad, you’ll live on for eternity

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Streetmovement(m): 8:19pm On Jul 26, 2023
Wotoporiously cool speaking

May her soul rest in perfect peace

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by emmy512(m): 8:19pm On Jul 26, 2023
Breaks my heart.

It's been seven hours and 15 days....

Nothing compares,
Nothing compares, to you....

Had her on repeat alongside eamon.

Rest in peace young eminem

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Sultty(m): 8:20pm On Jul 26, 2023
so your the singer of that old skul jam that time. Rip

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Adewale1603(m): 8:21pm On Jul 26, 2023
Chai. Nothing compares to you.
May her soul rest in peace. She went through lots.

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by beyep: 8:21pm On Jul 26, 2023
Her heart cudnt mend

RIP

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Franzinni: 8:21pm On Jul 26, 2023
Fame is prison... The freedom I have most celebrities wish they can afford but they can't and it's usually the little things that they loose access to ... Fame killed curt Cobain, fame ran Kanye insane, fame forced kimbo slice to a heart attack, Fame killed rich Piana, Fame killed Micheal Jackson, prince , eithney Houston, 2pac, biggie,juice world, kingvon, it's a very steep price to pay for fame...

Fame is prison, limiting your freedom to a handful of options, restricting you to a handful of options that become stale and drab pretty quick while your handlers turn you into a robot in a despirate bid to maximize profit

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by KingDash09(m): 8:21pm On Jul 26, 2023
People just dey die this year

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by nairalanda1(m): 8:21pm On Jul 26, 2023
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.

Off topic, but that Prince was a song writing machine.

At the time of his death, he allegedly had 500 songs, that have never been sung yet...but written...kept in a vault somewhere.

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Patientiskeyy: 8:21pm On Jul 26, 2023
RIP to him
Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by adecz: 8:22pm On Jul 26, 2023
2 FP Stories In 2 dayz...👍👍👍
Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by TechCapon(m): 8:22pm On Jul 26, 2023
Never heard of her

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Almiron: 8:22pm On Jul 26, 2023
I have never heard of her, but RIP

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Confiture: 8:22pm On Jul 26, 2023
Nothing Compares 2 U. RIP

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by bigdammyj: 8:23pm On Jul 26, 2023
R.I.P
Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by STEWpid(f): 8:23pm On Jul 26, 2023
Chai..


Such a very young babe.

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Wealthoptulent(m): 8:23pm On Jul 26, 2023
Rip
Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by adecz: 8:23pm On Jul 26, 2023
TechCapon:
Never heard of her




You are probably a millennium child
exposed to only Davido, Teni & P-SQUARE
music..

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Benki003(m): 8:24pm On Jul 26, 2023
See babe wey I date that year 🥺🥺

Rest in peace my love 🥺
Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by Fsboperator3: 8:25pm On Jul 26, 2023
Another one bites the vaxxx.

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Re: Singer Sinead O'Connor Dead At 56 Years by eepeepook: 8:28pm On Jul 26, 2023
Wait, she was of my generation? I always thought she was 70+ years old. Goodbye. Hope you find happiness at the other side. We’re still slugging through. We’ll meet you one day.

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