A rebellious, outspoken figure with one of pop's most ethereal and majestic
voices, Sinéad O'Connor – born on December 8, 1966, in Dublin, Ireland - became
a huge star in the 1990s producing multi-million selling albums and causing
controversy wherever she went. Shaped by a turbulent childhood in Ireland during
which she was placed in a strict Magdalene Asylum, Sinéad O'Connor found her
singing voice with the band Ton Ton Macoute before moving to London and signing
with Ensign Records. Her debut album, The Lion and the Cobra (1987), brought
rave reviews and cult recognition, but ...