Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'conner | Party Animal DJ | Favourites

In January 1990, "Nothing Compares 2 U" was released as a single, with the I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got album following in March. In April, the song went to #1 in America and many other countries, thrusting 23-year-old Sinéad into the spotlight. The attention had some deleterious effects on the singer. O'Connor claimed she hated the fame the song brought her, and she struggled with the commercialization of her music. "Nothing Compares 2 U" earned her a Grammy for Best Alternative Performance (it was also nominated for Record Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Short Form Music Video) but she rejected the award along with all others offered to her, and refused to appear at the ceremony in protest of materialism in the music industry. O'Connor believed she was being honored for putting up impressive sales figures, not for her art. She wanted no part of it.
Sinéad O’Connor (born December 8, 1966, Dublin, Ireland-died July 26, 2023, London, England) Irish singer-songwriter, who was dubbed the first superstar of the 1990s by Rolling Stone magazine. During her career she attracted publicity not only for her voice, which was alternately searing and soothing, but also for her controversial actions and statements.