Sinéad O'Connor is read about 7,918 times a day, in 78 languages.
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Something wrong?She tore up the Pope's photograph on live television in 1992 - nearly a decade before the abuse scandals broke wide open - and the world never forgave her for being early. "Nothing Compares 2 U" made her a star; that single gesture made her a pariah.
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I'm Not Bossy, I'm the BossAlbum2012World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a FilmAward
How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?Album, 20122007TheologyAlbum2005
Throw Down Your ArmsAlbum2003She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the AlmightyAlbum2002Sean‐Nós NuaAlbum2000Faith and CourageAlbum1994Goldene EuropaAward
Universal MotherAlbum, 19941992
Am I Not Your Girl?Album1991BRIT Award for International Female Solo ArtistAwardGrammy Award for Best Alternative Music PerformanceAward1990“Maybe it sounds mean But I really don't think so You asked for the truth And I told you Through their own words They will be exposed”In their wordsThe Emperor's New Clothes“I'm walking through the desert And I am not frightened although it's hot I have all that I requested And I do not want what I haven't got”In their wordsI Do Not Want What I Haven't GotBillboard Music AwardsAwardMTV Video Music Award for Best Post-Modern VideoAwardMTV Video Music Award for Video of the YearAwardRockbjörnenAward
I Do Not Want What I Haven't GotAlbum, 19901987
The Lion and the CobraAlbum1966Born8 December 1966Also in Deutsch
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O'Connor in 1987
O'Connor performing in 1988
O'Connor on After Dark in 1995
O'Connor at the "Music in My Head" festival in The Hague, 2008
O'Connor performing in 2013
O'Connor and Bob Geldof at 2020 Dublin International Film Festival![O'Connor's grave in Deansgrange Cemetery, pictured in 2025. The Arabic phrase is "الله اكبر" (Allahu Akbar), which translates to "God is the greatest" or "God is greater".[200]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor_Grave.jpg/1280px-Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor_Grave.jpg)
O'Connor's grave in Deansgrange Cemetery, pictured in 2025. The Arabic phrase is "الله اكبر" (Allahu Akbar), which translates to "God is the greatest" or "God is greater".[200]In their own words 2
, Maybe it sounds mean But I really don't think so You asked for the truth And I told you Through their own words They will be exposed
I'm walking through the desert And I am not frightened although it's hot I have all that I requested And I do not want what I haven't got
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Sinéad O'Connor's debut, The Lion and the Cobra, arrived in 1987 and charted internationally, but it was I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got in 1990 that detonated: seven million copies sold, "Nothing Compares 2 U" named the top world single of the year. The Saturday Night Live protest in 1992 - ripping the Pope's photo on camera - ignited global fury and effectively ended her mainstream moment, though she kept recording: Am I Not Your Girl? and Universal Mother both went gold in the UK, Faith and Courage in Australia, Throw Down Your Arms in Ireland. She converted to Islam in 2018, took the name Shuhada' Sadaqat, and published a bestselling memoir, Rememberings, in 2021. She died on 26 July 2023.
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