Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer
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| 2025 | NBC plans to rebroadcast O'Connor's unedited live performance in a documentary special '50 Years of SNL Music', with Lorne Michaels acknowledging her bravery and sincerity. |
| 2024 | O'Connor was posthumously nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
| March 2024 | A Bratz doll in the likeness of O'Connor was announced to commemorate Women's History Month. |
| February 4 2024 | Annie Lennox performed 'Nothing Compares 2 U' during the In Memoriam segment at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards as a tribute to O'Connor. |
| January 9 2024 | It was announced that a tribute concert for O'Connor would take place on 20 March at Carnegie Hall in New York City. |
| 2023 | After O'Connor's death, her SNL incident is revisited, with commentary suggesting she was unfairly treated and never professionally recovered from being 'totally cancelled'. |
| 2023 | After O'Connor's death, public opinion shifted retrospectively in support of her earlier protest against Catholic Church abuse. |
| 2023 | Celebrities, including BP Fallon, Janelle Monáe, and Patton Oswalt, posted tributes on social media following Sinéad O'Connor's passing. |
| 2023 | After Sinéad O'Connor's death, Miley Cyrus publicly apologized for mocking O'Connor's earlier comments regarding her mental health. |
| 2023 | In early 2023, O'Connor moved to a flat in London to feel 'less lonely' and mentioned that she would soon finish her new album. |
| 2023 | Morrissey wrote a tribute to O'Connor, criticizing the lack of support she received while she was alive. |
| 2023 | Phoebe Bridgers wrote a tribute in Rolling Stone, praising O'Connor for her integrity. |
| November 2023 | Boygenius and Ye Vagabonds released a cover of 'The Parting Glass' as a charity Christmas song to honor O'Connor. |
| September 2023 | An unreleased O'Connor song, 'The Magdalene Song', was featured in the BBC Television drama series 'The Woman in the Wall'. The song had been provided to the producers by O'Connor shortly before her death. |
| August 8 2023 | A private funeral for Sinéad O'Connor was held in Bray, County Wicklow, attended by the president of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. The public was invited to pay their respects at the seafront as the funeral cortège passed, with thousands attending to honor her memory. |
| July 26 2023 | Sinéad O'Connor died in her flat in Herne Hill, south London, at the age of 56, with the cause of death being chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma. |
| March 2023 | O'Connor was awarded the inaugural Choice Music Prize Classic Irish Album by RTÉ for her 1990 album 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'. |
| February 2023 | O'Connor shared a version of 'The Skye Boat Song', a Scottish song that serves as the theme for the series 'Outlander'. |
| 2022 | Sinéad O'Connor released 'Tears from the Moon' collaboration with Conjure One featuring an anamé Remix |
| 2022 | O'Connor sold her house located on the main street of Knockananna, County Wicklow in 2022. |
| 2022 | Sinéad O'Connor appeared as herself in the documentary 'Nothing Compares'. |
| January 2022 | A week after her son's death, O'Connor admitted herself to a hospital to receive help for her mental health struggles. |
| January 7 2022 | O'Connor's son Shane died by suicide at the age of 17, leading her to cancel her tour and postpone the release of 'No Veteran Dies Alone' indefinitely. |
| 2021 | Sinéad O'Connor recorded a cover of 'No Need to Argue' for the Cranberries tribute album Salvation |
| 2021 | O'Connor commented that she had spent much of the last six years in St Patrick's University Hospital in Dublin, expressing gratitude for their help in keeping her alive. |
| 2021 | Sinéad O'Connor sold her property in Bray, County Wicklow in 2021 after moving temporarily to her holiday home. |
| July 17 2021 | Sinéad O'Connor released the Live in Rotterdam '90 live LP through Warner Records. |
| July 15 2021 | The Irish postal service An Post released a postage stamp bearing an image of O'Connor singing. |
| June 2021 | O'Connor announced that her album 'No Veteran Dies Alone' would be her last and that she was retiring from music, although she later retracted this statement. |
| June 1 2021 | O'Connor released her memoir 'Rememberings', which received positive reviews and was listed among the best books of the year by BBC Culture. |
| 2020 | Sinéad O'Connor released the original song 'I'll Be Singing' for the soundtrack of Wild Mountain Thyme |
| 2020 | Sinéad O'Connor released the single 'Trouble of the World' as a non-album track |
| 2020 | Time magazine named Sinéad O'Connor the most influential woman of 1992 for her protest against the Catholic Church. |
| 2020 | O'Connor stated that she was agoraphobic. |
| October 2020 | O'Connor released a cover of Mahalia Jackson's 'Trouble of the World', with proceeds benefiting Black Lives Matter charities. |
| September 2019 | O'Connor performed live for the first time in five years, singing 'Nothing Compares 2 U' with the Irish Chamber Orchestra on RTÉ's The Late Late Show. |
| September 2019 | O'Connor apologized for her earlier controversial remarks on social media, stating that they were not true and were a reaction to Islamophobia she experienced. |
| 2018 | Sinéad O'Connor featured on the song 'One More Yard' in the One More Yard EP by Evamore |
| November 2018 | After her conversion to Islam, O'Connor made controversial remarks on Twitter about non-Muslims, calling them 'disgusting' and stating that anyone who is not Muslim is 'mentally ill.' |
| October 2018 | O'Connor converted to Islam, changing her name to Shuhada' Davitt, in a ceremony conducted in Ireland by Sunni Islamic theologian Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri. |
| 2017 | O'Connor appeared on Dr. Phil to discuss her mental health and to destigmatize mental illness. |
| 2017 | O'Connor changed her legal name to Magda Davitt, expressing a desire to be free of patriarchal names. |
| August 2017 | O'Connor posted a 12-minute video on Facebook expressing feelings of loneliness and suicidal thoughts after losing custody of her son, Shane. |
| 2016 | O'Connor went to a rehabilitation centre to end her addiction to cannabis, which she had used for 30 years. |
| 2016 | Following the Brexit referendum, O'Connor declared on Facebook that 'Ireland is officially no longer owned by Britain.' |
| 2015 | Sinéad O'Connor was nominated for Song of the Year at the Meteor Choice Music Prize for 'Take Me To Church'. |
| 2015 | O'Connor announced that she would undergo a hysterectomy after suffering from gynaecological problems for over three years. |
| 2015 | Sinéad O'Connor was nominated for Best Album at the Meteor Choice Music Prize for 'I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss'. |
| 2015 | In an interview with the BBC, O'Connor wished that Ireland had remained under British rule, criticizing the church's takeover as disastrous. |
| July 18 2015 | O'Connor's first grandson was born to her son Jake and his girlfriend. |
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