Another artist we've never featured on Teenage Kicks until now is Sinead O' Connor. Catapulted to world wide fame with the success of her cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead recorded a series of albums in the late '80s and early '90s that were by turns fiercely confrontational, melancholy, angry, soulful - hauntingly beautiful. Her notoriety peaked on October 3, 1992 when she ripped up a photo of the pope during an appearance on Saturday Night Live, which generated a strong backlash from mainstream press and audiences. In the decades since she's taken various paths for herself and her music - sometimes with controversial results. Now living as Shuhada Davitt after a recent conversion to Islam, she promises new music in 2019, and we promise to feature her on her 52nd Birthday.

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