History Music / SineadOConnor

* FemaleEmpowermentAnthem: "No Man's Woman" is about asserting independence as an individual rather than property.

* DoesNotLikeMen: "No Man's Woman"

-->—"Take Me to Church"

* VoiceTypes: A mezzo-soprano. However, she studied Bel Canto singing for eighteen months in the early '90s, and has a truly stunning range.

* BiTheWay: Subverted - she's kinda been figuring it out throughout her career. Briefly she said she was a lesbian, but later in '05 she called herself "three-quarters heterosexual, a quarter gay." She's had four marriages with men, and three relationships with women, but doesn't care for the bisexual label.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Her cover of "I Don't Know How To Love Him."

* AsTheGoodBookSays: The title of her debut album, ''The Lion And The Cobra'', and her double-album compilation ''She Who Dwells In The Secret Places Of The Most High Must Abide Under The Shadow Of The Almighty''. Both are references to Psalm 91, which is recited in Irish Gaelic by {{Music/Enya}} at the beginning of her song "Never Get Old."

* FisherKing: In "Nothing Compares 2U" she says all the flowers in her garden died when her boyfriend left her.

* Letters2Numbers: "Nothing Compares 2U".

* 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.

Shuhada' Davitt (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.

->''It's been seven hours and fifteen days,\\
Since u took your love away,\\
I go out every night and sleep all day,\\
Since u took your love away''
-->—"Nothing Compares 2 U"

** Her version of the folk song "Peggy Gordon" becomes a song of lesbian, rather than heterosexual, love. WordOfGod says this was intentional - she recorded the song for a female friend who had lost her lover.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: The title of her debut album, ''The Lion And The Cobra'', and her double-album compilation ''She Who Dwells In The Secret Places Of The Most High Must Abide Under The Shadow Of The Almighty''. Both are references to Psalm 91, which is recited in Irish Gaelic by Music/Enya at the beginning of her song "Never Get Old."

* AsTheGoodBookSays: The title of her debut album, ''The Lion And The Cobra'', and her double-album compilation ''She Who Dwells In The Secret Places Of The Most High Must Abide Under The Shadow Of The Almighty''. Both are references to Psalm 91.

* 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''), and contributed to the Cole Porter and George Gershwin tributes ''Red Hot + Blue'' and ''Red Hot + Rhapsody''.

* TheLadette: Can come off as this. Shaved head, tomboyish clothing, smokes like a chimney, and her swearing could make a longshoreman blush.

* CoverAlbum: ''Am I Not Your Girl?'', ''Throw Down Your Arms'' (a cover album of classic reggae songs), and her contributions to ''Red Hot + Blue'' (Cole Porter, "You Do Something To Me") and ''Red Hot + Rhapsody'' (George Gershwin, "Someone To Watch Over Me").

* AsTheGoodBookSays: The title of her debut album, ''The Lion And The Cobra'', and her double-album compilation ''She Who Dwells In The Secret Places Of The Most High Must Abide Under The Shadow Of The Almighty'', both are references to Psalm 91.

* BiTheWay: Subverted - she's kinda been figuring it out throughout her career. Briefly she said she was a lesbian, but later in '05 she called herself "three-quarters heterosexual, a quarter gay" and doesn't really like the bisexual label.

* CoverAlbum: ''Am I Not Your Girl?''

** Her version of the folk song "Peggy Gordon" becomes a song of lesbian, rather than heterosexual, love.
* 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]].

* LongTitle: "Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home." Okay, not Music/FallOutBoy long, but a bit of a mouthful.

* VoiceTypes: A mezzo-soprano.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A ''lot'' of rarities. Although this was partially remedied by the release of her compilation of rarities, ''She Who Dwells In The Secret Place Of The Most High Shall Abide Under The Shadow Of The Almighty'', tracks like "You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart" can be found only on her compilation ''So Far'' or the soundtrack to Film/InTheNameOfTheFather. And it's ''really'' hard to find her contributions to ''Red Hot + Blue'' and ''Red Hot + Rhapsody'' other than on those albums.

* FisherKing: In "Nothing Compares 2U" she says all the flowers in her garden died when her boyfriend left her

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (born 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.