- Source of Wealth: Music
- Age: 53
- Birth Place: Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland
- Marital Status: Married (Barry Herridge)
- Full Name: Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor
- Nationality: Irish
- Date of Birth: December 8, 1966
- Ethnicity: Irish
- Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
- Education: Newtown School
- Children: 4 (Roisin Waters, Yeshua Bonadio, Jake Reynolds, Shane Lunny)
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor is an Irish singer born on December 8, 1966 in Dublin, Irland. O’Connor has a net worth of $6 million. She is widely recognized for her artistic qualities, polemical statements and most of all for her extravagance.
Starting her musical career in the 1980’s as the voice of Ton Ton Macoute, she signed with Ensing Records after making her noticed in the industry of music.
After a two-year hiatus, during which she joined Peter Gabriel tournament, Sinead O’Connor re-entered the pop music with her new album “Universal Mother” in 1994. It was well received by critics. In 1997, her song titled Gospel Oak was launched, and in the middle of 2000, she released “Faith and Courage”, her first album in six years. Two years later, new album “Sean-Nós Nua,” was highly appreciated and was detrimental on her successful return to the Irish folk tradition.
Following a series of collaborations in 2005, she launched the “Throw Down Your Arms”, a collection of classic-reggae music. It went number 4 on Billboard’s Top Reggae Albums chart. She re-entered the studio the following year for “Theology”, published in 2007, inspired by the complexities of the global situation after 9/11.
She has a modest discography of nine albums called:
1987: “The Lion and the Cobra”
1990: “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got”
1992: “Am I Not Your Girl?”
1994: “Universal Mother”
2000: “Faith and Courage”
2002: “Sean-Nós Nua”
2005: “Throw Down Your Arms”
2007: “Theology”