History Music / SineadOConnor

She was also a contentious figure, sparking controversy after she refused to have the American national anthem performed at her concerts (Music/FrankSinatra was very offended). She accused Prince of domestic abuse against her (although this was later patched up) and made certain comments against people who criticized her shaved head, but she is probably most notorious for [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu ripping up a picture of the Pope]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 1992 to protest child abuse in the Catholic church,single-handedly unleashing the wrath of virtually every Catholic in the Western world. While she did not regret her actions, she did state in an interview that she wished it wouldn't have inspired that knee-jerk reaction and instead have had more of an impact toward ending the actual abuse. She also attracted negativity regardless of herself from Music/{{Madonna}}, who, according to O'Connor, in her own words, said [[HollywoodHomely "that I look like I had a run-in with a lawnmower and that I was about as sexy as a Venetian blind."]]

She was also a contentious figure, sparking controversy after she refused to have the American national anthem performed at her concerts (Music/FrankSinatra was very offended). She accused Prince of domestic abuse against her (although this was later patched up) and made certain comments against people who criticized her shaved head, but she is probably most notorious for [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu ripping up a picture of the Pope]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 1992 to protest child abuse in the Catholic church. Yes, that's right -- O'Connor single-handedly unleashed the wrath of virtually every Catholic in the Western world, and she will officially NeverLiveItDown. While she did not regret her actions, she did state in an interview that she wished it wouldn't have inspired that knee-jerk reaction and instead have had more of an impact toward ending the actual abuse. She also attracted negativity regardless of herself from Music/{{Madonna}}, who, according to O'Connor, in her own words, said [[HollywoodHomely "that I look like I had a run-in with a lawnmower and that I was about as sexy as a Venetian blind."]]

Shuhada' Sadaqat (previously Magda Davitt, born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023), known professionally as Sinéad O'Connor, was an Irish singer-songwriter and activist well-known for her fiery delivery and honest, politically-oriented lyrics, whose subjects ranged from the Irish famine to feminism. She was also known to straddle [[GenreRoulette a number of different genres]], such as [[FolkMusic folk rock]], {{reggae}}, and IndiePop. After her 1987 debut ''The Lion and the Cobra'' and her 1990 follow-up ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'', O'Connor continued to maintain her staying power in the music industry, collaborating with a wide variety of artists and experimenting with various styles.

%% * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Her cover of "I Don't Know How To Love Him".
* AlternateAlbumCover: The European release of ''The Lion and the Cobra'' depicts O'Connor gazing to the right and shouting. The North American release, meanwhile, features a different photo from the same sessions depicting her solemnly gazing downward.

%% * BeatStillMyHeart: "You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart" is not speaking in metaphorical terms.

* FanOfThePast: She covered a lot of torch songs and standards, most first recorded before she was born.

* GenreRoulette: Has dabbled in pop, folk, folk-rock, reggae, jazz, funk, and dance. Also put out an album of standards and torch songs (''Am I Not Your Girl''), an album of reggae songs (''Throw Down Your Arms''), an album of Irish folk songs (''Sean-Nós Nua''), and contributed to the Cole Porter and George Gershwin tributes ''Red Hot + Blue'' and ''Red Hot + Rhapsody''.

Shuhada' Sadaqat (formerly Magda Davitt, born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, December 8, 1966 - July 26, 2023) was an Irish singer-songwriter and activist well-known for her honest lyrics, whose subjects ranged from the Irish famine to feminism. She was also known to straddle [[GenreRoulette extremely different genres]], such as [[FolkMusic folk rock]], {{reggae}}, and IndiePop. Since her 1987 debut ''The Lion and the Cobra'' and her 1990 follow-up ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'', O'Connor continued to maintain her staying power in the music industry, collaborating with a wide variety of artists and experimenting with various styles.

She was also a contentious figure, sparking controversy after she refused to have the American national anthem performed at her concerts (Music/FrankSinatra was very offended). She accused Prince of domestically abusing her (though this was later patched up) and made certain comments against people who criticized her shaved head, but she is probably most notorious for [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu ripping up a picture of the Pope]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 1992 to protest child abuse in the Catholic church. Yes, that's right -- O'Connor single-handedly unleashed the wrath of virtually every Catholic in the Western world, and she will officially NeverLiveItDown. While she did not regret her actions, she did state in an interview that she wished it wouldn't have inspired that knee-jerk reaction and instead have had more of an impact toward ending the actual abuse. She also attracted negativity regardless of herself from Music/{{Madonna}}, who, according to O'Connor, in her own words, said [[HollywoodHomely "that I look like I had a run-in with a lawnmower and that I was about as sexy as a Venetian blind."]]

She was best known for her cover of Music/{{Prince}}'s song "Nothing Compares 2 U", which topped the charts in 1990. The music video, which featured a close-up of O'Connor performing the song [[TheOner in a single take]], received heavy rotation on Creator/{{MTV}} and grew an iconic status, going on to win Video of the Year at the channel's Video Music Awards that year. While she won multiple awards for the song, and her album ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'' won the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Alternative Album in 1991, O'Connor began to distance herself from the fame, boycotting the Grammys and eventually withdrawing her name from consideration for all future awards. This led to a breakdown during the mid-1990s, though she has since recovered.

She was also a contentious figure, sparking controversy after she refused to have the American national anthem performed at her concerts (Music/FrankSinatra was very offended). She accused Prince of domestically abusing her (though this was later patched up) and made certain comments against people who criticized her shaved head, but she is probably most notorious for [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu ripping up a picture of the Pope]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 1992 to protest child abuse in the Catholic church. Yes, that's right -- O'Connor single-handedly unleashed the wrath of virtually every Catholic in the Western world, and she will officially NeverLiveItDown. While she does not regret her actions, she did state in an interview that she wished it wouldn't have inspired that knee-jerk reaction and instead have had more of an impact toward ending the actual abuse. She also attracted negativity regardless of herself from Music/{{Madonna}}, who, according to O'Connor, in her own words, said [[HollywoodHomely "that I look like I had a run-in with a lawnmower and that I was about as sexy as a Venetian blind."]]

* AmicableExes: Frequent songwriting partner and drummer John Reynolds is her first husband. They divorced in the early '90s but continued to work together until her death.

* TheStoner: By her own account, she was this for about two decades in the '00s and '10s. She says in her book ''Rememberings'' that it's called that because it's the stuff she can remember: much of what happened in that period, she can't remember at all.

Shuhada' Sadaqat (formerly Magda Davitt, born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, December 8, 1966 - July 26, 2023) was an Irish singer-songwriter and activist well-known for her honest lyrics, whose subjects range from the Irish famine to feminism. She was also known to straddle [[GenreRoulette extremely different genres]], such as [[FolkMusic folk rock]], {{reggae}}, and IndiePop. Since her 1987 debut ''The Lion and the Cobra'' and her 1990 follow-up ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'', O'Connor has continued to maintain her staying power in the music industry, collaborating with a wide variety of artists and experimenting with various styles.

* AmicableExes: Frequent songwriting partner and drummer John Reynolds is her first husband. They divorced in the early '90s but work together to this day.

** Since her 2018 conversion to Islam, she has adopted the ''hijab''.

* CulturalRebel: She often goes against the traditionalist attitudes of Catholicism, the dominant religion of her home country. Most (in)famously, she ripped up a photo of UsefulNotes/ThePope [[RefugeInAudacity on a live TV broadcast]], and converted to Islam in late 2018.

* TheLadette: Can come off as this. Shaved head, tomboyish clothing, smokes like a chimney, fond of bawdy jokes, and [[ClusterFBomb swears like a sailor]].

Shuhada' Sadaqat (formerly Magda Davitt, born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, December 8, 1966 - July 26, 2023) was an Irish singer-songwriter well-known for her honest lyrics, whose subjects range from the Irish famine to feminism. She was also known to straddle [[GenreRoulette extremely different genres]], such as [[FolkMusic folk rock]], {{reggae}}, and IndiePop. Since her 1987 debut ''The Lion and the Cobra'' and her 1990 follow-up ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'', O'Connor has continued to maintain her staying power in the music industry, collaborating with a wide variety of artists and experimenting with various styles.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Her cover of "I Don't Know How To Love Him".
* AmicableExes[=/=]WorkingWithTheEx: Frequent songwriting partner and drummer John Reynolds is her first husband. They divorced in the early '90s but work together to this day.

* BeatStillMyHeart: "You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart" is not speaking in metaphorical terms.

* FanOfThePast: Has covered a lot of torch songs and standards, most first recorded before she was born.

* LighterAndSofter: ''Sean-Nós Nua'' as well as her EP ''The Gospel Oak''.
* TheMasochismTango: "Troy"
* TheMourningAfter: "I Am Stretched On Your Grave" from ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'', and arguably "You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart" from the soundtrack of ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather''.

* TripHop: "I Am Stretched On Your Grave" from her second album, one of the earliest examples ever.
* {{Yandere}}: The narrator of "You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart" was this.
* YouAreNotAlone: "This Is To Mother You"

She was also a contentious figure, sparking controversy after she refused to have the American national anthem performed at her concerts (Music/FrankSinatra was very offended). She accused Prince of domestically abusing her (though this was later patched up), and made certain comments against people who criticized her shaved head, but she is probably most notorious for [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu ripping up a picture of the Pope]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 1992 to protest child abuse in the Catholic church. Yes, that's right -- O'Connor single-handedly unleashed the wrath of virtually every Catholic in the Western world, and she will officially NeverLiveItDown. While she does not regret her actions, she did state in an interview that she wished it wouldn't have inspired that knee-jerk reaction and instead have had more of an impact toward ending the actual abuse. She also attracted negativity regardless of herself from Music/{{Madonna}}, who, according to O'Connor, in her own words, said [[HollywoodHomely "that I look like I had a run in with a lawnmower and that I was about as sexy as a Venetian blind."]]

O'Connor tended to keep her views on religion and and her own sexuality ambiguous, and continues to maintain her bald head to [[DelinquentHair challenge preconceived attitudes toward female beauty]]. She was an enigmatic figure but kept an assertive and opinionated attitude, and she continued to inspire attention no matter what she decided to discuss next.

* GenreRoulette: Has dabbled in pop, folk, folk-rock, reggae, jazz, funk, and dance. Also put out an album of standards and torch songs (''Am I Not Your Girl''), an album of reggae songs (''Throw Down Your Arms''), an album of Irish folk songs (''Sean-Nós Nua''),and contributed to the Cole Porter and George Gershwin tributes ''Red Hot + Blue'' and ''Red Hot + Rhapsody''.

* TheStoner: By her own account, she was this for about two decades in the 00s and 10s. She says in her book ''Rememberings'' that it's called that because it's the stuff she can remember: much of what happened in that period, she can't remember at all.

Shuhada' Sadaqat (formerly Magda Davitt, born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, December 8, 1966- July 26, 2023) was an Irish singer-songwriter well-known for her honest lyrics, whose subjects range from the Irish famine to feminism. She was also known to straddle [[GenreRoulette extremely different genres]], such as [[FolkMusic folk rock]], {{reggae}}, and IndiePop. Since her 1987 debut ''The Lion and the Cobra'' and her 1990 follow-up ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'', O'Connor has continued to maintain her staying power in the music industry, collaborating with a wide variety of artists and experimenting with various styles.

Shuhada' Sadaqat (formerly Magda Davitt, born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, December 8, 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter well-known for her honest lyrics, whose subjects range from the Irish famine to feminism. She is also known to straddle [[GenreRoulette extremely different genres]], such as [[FolkMusic folk rock]], {{reggae}}, and IndiePop. Since her 1987 debut ''The Lion and the Cobra'' and her 1990 follow-up ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'', O'Connor has continued to maintain her staying power in the music industry, collaborating with a wide variety of artists and experimenting with various styles.

She is best known for her cover of Music/{{Prince}}'s song "Nothing Compares 2 U", which topped the charts in 1990. The music video, which featured a close-up of O'Connor performing the song [[TheOner in a single take]], received heavy rotation on Creator/{{MTV}} and grew an iconic status, going on to win Video of the Year at the channel's Video Music Awards that year. While she won multiple awards for the song, and her album ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'' won the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Alternative Album in 1991, O'Connor began to distance herself from the fame, boycotting the Grammys and eventually withdrawing her name from consideration for all future awards. This led to a breakdown during the mid-1990s, though she has since recovered.

She is also a contentious figure, sparking controversy after she refused to have the American national anthem performed at her concerts (Music/FrankSinatra was very offended). She accused Prince of domestically abusing her (though this was later patched up), and made certain comments against people who criticized her shaved head, but she is probably most notorious for [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu ripping up a picture of the Pope]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 1992 to protest child abuse in the Catholic church. Yes, that's right -- O'Connor single-handedly unleashed the wrath of virtually every Catholic in the Western world, and she will officially NeverLiveItDown. While she does not regret her actions, she did state in an interview that she wished it wouldn't have inspired that knee-jerk reaction and instead have had more of an impact toward ending the actual abuse. She also attracted negativity regardless of herself from Music/{{Madonna}}, who, according to O'Connor, in her own words, said [[HollywoodHomely "that I look like I had a run in with a lawnmower and that I was about as sexy as a Venetian blind."]]

O'Connor tends to keep her views on religion and and her own sexuality ambiguous, and continues to maintain her bald head to [[DelinquentHair challenge preconceived attitudes toward female beauty]]. She is an enigmatic figure but keeps an assertive and opinionated attitude, and she continues to inspire attention no matter what she decides to discuss next.

* LongTitle: "Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home" and "You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart." Okay, not Music/FallOutBoy long, but a bit of a mouthful. Also her compilation album ''She Who Dwells In The Secret Places Of The Most High Must Abide Under The Shadow Of The Almighty''.

Yeah, Take me to church\\

Shuhada' Sadaqat (formerly Magda Davitt, born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, December 8, 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter well-known for her honest lyrics, whose subjects tend to range from the Irish famine to feminism. She is also known to straddle [[GenreRoulette extremely different genres]], such as [[FolkMusic Folk Rock]], {{Reggae}}, and IndiePop. Since her 1987 debut ''The Lion and the Cobra'' and her 1990 follow-up ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'', O'Connor has continued to remain relevant in the music industry, collaborating with a wide variety of artists and experimenting with various styles.

She is best known for her cover of Music/{{Prince}}'s song "Nothing Compares 2 U", which topped the charts in 1990. The music video, which featured a close-up of O'Connor [[TheOner performing the song in a single take]], became iconic and received heavy rotation on Creator/{{MTV}}, going on to win the channels Video of the Year at the Video Music Awards that year. While she won multiple awards for the song, and her album ''I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'' won a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Alternative Album in 1991, O'Connor began to distance herself from the fame. She boycotted the Grammys and eventually withdrew her name from consideration for all future awards. This led to her CreatorBreakdown during the mid-Nineties, though she has since recovered.

She is also a contentious figure, sparking controversy after she refused to have the US National Anthem performed at her concerts (Music/FrankSinatra was very offended). She accused Prince of domestically abusing her (though this was later patched up), she made certain comments against people who criticized her shaved head... but she is probably most notorious for [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu ripping up a picture of the pope]] on Series/SaturdayNightLive in 1992 to protest child abuse in the Catholic church. Yes, that's right, O'Connor single-handedly unleashed the wrath of virtually every Catholic in the Western world, and she will officially NeverLiveItDown. While she does not regret her actions, she did state in an interview that she wished it wouldn't have inspired that knee-jerk reaction and instead have had more of an impact toward ending the actual abuse. And she also attracted negativity regardless of herself from Music/{{Madonna}}, who, according to Sinead, in her own words, said, [[HollywoodHomely "that I look like I had a run in with a lawnmower and that I was about as sexy as a Venetian blind."]]

* SelfDeprecation: Her memoir ''Rememberings'' has a healthy amount of this, along with a ton of cheerful snark. In it, she recalls that when people began destroying copies of her albums outside her US record label in New York (because of the whole picture-of-the-Pope incident), she thought it was hilarious, and put on a disguise and joined them. Whereupon she got interviewed by a TV crew. She pretended to be from Saratoga.

* BoyishShortHair: Shaved her head clean when she first made a name for herself. Later grew it out but mostly kept it short.

* SelfDeprecation: Her memoir ''Rememberings'' has a healthy amount of this, along with a ton of cheerful snark.

* IntercourseWithYou: "I Want Your (Hands On Me)"

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Has dabbled in pop, folk, folk-rock, reggae, jazz, funk, and dance. Also put out an album of standards and torch songs (''Am I Not Your Girl''), an album of reggae songs (''Throw Down Your Arms''), an album of Irish folk songs (''Sean-Nós Nua''),and contributed to the Cole Porter and George Gershwin tributes ''Red Hot + Blue'' and ''Red Hot + Rhapsody''.

* AbusiveParents: "Fire On Babylon" from ''Universal Mother'' is about her abusive mother.

* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: In her self-penned songs, she rarely goes below 4 and has gone as high as 9.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Rarely goes above 4, but watch out for those lyrics.

She is also a contentious figure, sparking controversy after she refused to have the US National Anthem performed at her concerts (Music/FrankSinatra was very offended). She accused Prince of domestically abusing her (though this was later patched up), she made certain comments against people who criticized her [[BaldWomen shaved head]]... but she is probably most notorious for [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu ripping up a picture of the pope]] on Series/SaturdayNightLive in 1992 to protest child abuse in the Catholic church. Yes, that's right, O'Connor single-handedly unleashed the wrath of virtually every Catholic in the Western world, and she will officially NeverLiveItDown. While she does not regret her actions, she did state in an interview that she wished it wouldn't have inspired that knee-jerk reaction and instead have had more of an impact toward ending the actual abuse. And she also attracted negativity regardless of herself from Music/{{Madonna}}, who, according to Sinead, in her own words, said, [[HollywoodHomely "that I look like I had a run in with a lawnmower and that I was about as sexy as a Venetian blind."]]

O'Connor tends to keep her views on religion and and her own sexuality ambiguous, and continues to maintain her bald hair to challenge preconceived attitudes toward female beauty. She is an enigmatic figure but keeps an assertive and opinionated attitude, and she continues to inspire attention no matter what she decides to discuss next.

* BaldWomen[=/=]BoyishShortHair: Shaved her head clean when she first made a name for herself. Later grew it out but mostly kept it short.

* BreakupSong: Music/RedHotChiliPeppers singer Anthony Kiedis was in a brief relationship with her sometime during the early nineties. When he confessed his love to her, O'Connor left him, prompting Kiedis to write "I Could Have Lied" about her. This song was included in the 1991 album ''Music/BloodSugarSexMagik''.