Superstar Sinéad O'Connor - owner of the hit "Nothing Compares 2 U" dies at the age of 56

On July 26, according to media reports, Sinéad O'Connor - a talented Irish singer and songwriter has just died at the age of 56. Before that, the singer had publicly talked about her mental illness, saying that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

"We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Family and friends are heartbroken and have asked for privacy at this very difficult time," the singer's family said. doctor said in a statement reported by the BBC and RTE. However, no cause has been revealed regarding the departure of this female superstar.

"O'Connor's music is loved around the world and her talent is unmatched and incomparable," Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said in a statement on social media.

O'Connor's last tweet, written on July 17th - she wrote to all the mothers whose children have committed s.uicide, and she reiterates the fact that she has lost her c.hild. what a b.aby boy:

"Since then, I have lived as an immortal night creature. You are the love of my life, the lamp of my soul. We are one soul in two halves. You are the only one who has ever loved me. unconditional".

The life of superstar Sinéad O'Connor is constantly associated with many painful and negative things. Last year, her 17-year-old son Shane passed away by s.uicide. At that time, O'Connor wrote on her personal page that "there is no sense in living without children" and she was quickly hospitalized.

O'Connor was born on December 8, 1966. She had a difficult childhood, with a mother she considered abusive.

As a teenager, O'Connor spent time living in a church-sponsored girls' institution. There, a nun gave O'Connor his first guitar.

Possessing a precious instrument, she began to sing and perform on the streets of Dublin. O'Connor loves the music of Bob Dylan to the Siouxsie and the Banshees.

O'Connor's performance with a local band caught the eye of a small record label. In 1987, O'Connor released an album called "The Lion and the Cobra"; This album sold hundreds of thousands of copies and featured the hit " Mandinka".

From there, O'Connor quickly became famous around the world with her shaved head and multi-octave mezzo soprano with an extraordinary range of emotions. She became a phenomenon in 1990 with a cover of Prince's " Nothing Compares 2 U".

O'Connor's cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U" went viral, topping the charts from Europe to Australia. This cover has received 3 Grammy nominations and is the featured track from her hit album "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got". With this cover, Rolling Stone magazine named her Artist of the Year in 1991.

"I suppose I have to say that music saved me. I didn't have any other ability, and there was no academic support available to girls like me in Ireland at the time. At the time. It's either prison or music. I got lucky," O'Connor said in an interview with the Independent in 2013.

Rolling Stone once stated, "O'Connor has proven that a recording artist can refuse to compromise and still connect with millions of listeners who crave real music."

It can be said that O'Connor has always been a "stubborn" person. She said she shaved her head in response to record executives pressuring her to display conventional charm.

Continuously achieving success, but later, her different views as well as her troubled private life overshadowed the female singer's music. In 2018, O'Connor announced that she had converted to Islam and adopted the name Shuhada' Davitt, later Shuhada Sadaqat - although she continued to use the name Sinéad O'Connor.

In 2003, Sinéad O'Connor announced his retirement from music but continued to record new songs.

In the last years of her life, the "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer's life was troubled as she struggled with mental illness and d.rugs. In November 2020, Sinéad decided to stop performing for a year to go to rehab and receive psychological treatment. In the summer of 2021, she announced her retirement after the album No Veteran Dies Alone released in early 2022.

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