Sinéad O’Connor dead: ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer was 56

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The Irish Times.She released 10 studio albums during her record-setting career. Her rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” was named the number one world single in 1990 at the Billboard Music Awards.

The won a Grammy the following year for her album “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got.”O’Conner changed her name to Shuhada’ Sadaqat in 2018 after she decided to convert to Islam.The Irish songstress hitmaker in January 2022 lost her 17-year-old son, who she said, “decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God.”“Like, how has a seventeen year old traumatised young person WHO WAS ON SUICIDE WATCH in Tallaght Hospital’s Lynn Ward been able to go missing???” O’Connor wrote in a since deleted tweet.As she continued to grieve the loss, O’Connor’s management team released a statement announcing she was cancelling all her scheduled gigs and will not be performing for the rest of the year.“I’ve decided to follow my son.