Sinead O’Connor, who has died at the age of 56, skyrocketed to worldwide stardom with the track Nothing Compares 2 U – which was originally written by Prince
Irish superstar Sinead O’Connor rose to fame with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra in the late eighties. But it was her 1990 hit Nothing Compares 2 U that catapulted her to worldwide success.
Sinead, whose family announced she had died at the age of 56 on Wednesday evening, will be known for her iconic arrangement of the ballad, along with the black and white music video where she is filmed movingly singing into the camera as tears stream down her face.
The song was in fact a new arrangement of Prince’s that he wrote for The Family – a funk band signed to his label – in 1984.
It caught the attention of Sinead who made it her own and managed to turn it into one of the most played songs of the decade. Thanks to the emotional track, which was nominated for three Grammys, Sinead became instantly recognisable.