Nothing Compares 2 U singer Sinéad O’Connor dies aged 56

Acclaimed Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56 just 18 months after the tragic death of her son.

This came amid a long-running battle with mental health and substance abuse throughout her long career which started in the 1980 and 1990s.

In 2020, the music icon said she was entering one-year rehab program for “trauma and addiction”.

Sinead O’Connor announced the move in a Twitter post to fans, saying: “Shows are being postponed until 2022 so that I may go into a one-year trauma and addiction treatment program because I had a very traumatic six years and this year was the end of it but now recovery starts.”

‘Nothing Compares 2 U – 30th Anniversary Remaster’s is out now on @ChrysalisRecs. #NC2U30 https://t.co/8KdR6d9hv9 pic.twitter.com/swd5SfxY6g

— Sinéad O’Connor (@SineadOConnor) February 7, 2020

Sinéad O’Connor accumulated a massive back catalogue of hit songs with tunes like Nothing Compares 2 U coming to define the 1990s.

It was also recently announced by Sky that Sinead O’Connor’s award-winning documentary film Nothing Compares would be released on Sky and NOW from July 29.

Directed by Belfast-born filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson, the archive-led documentary will take viewers back to Sinead O’Connor’s well-recorded life and career.