SINGER

Sinéad O'Connor

1966 - 2023

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Shuhada' Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor ( shin-AYD); 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist. Her debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and achieved international chart success. Her 1990 album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, was her biggest commercial success, selling over seven million copies worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sinéad O'Connor has received more than 28,681,926 page views. Her biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Sinéad O'Connor is the 280th most popular singer (up from 349th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 67th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sinéad O'Connor ranks 280 out of 4,381. Before her are Fabrizio De André, Morten Harket, Tarkan, Busta Rhymes, Glenn Hughes, and Robbie Williams. After her are Laura Pausini, Stevie Nicks, Udo Dirkschneider, Janet Jackson, Roberta Flack, and Neda Ukraden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Sinéad O'Connor ranks 27. Before her are David Schwimmer, Kentaro Miura, Julen Lopetegui, Luke Perry, Cláudio Taffarel, and Erdoğan Atalay. After her are Janet Jackson, Billy Zane, Zack Snyder, Dean Cain, Kiefer Sutherland, and Gianfranco Zola. Among people deceased in 2023, Sinéad O'Connor ranks 106. Before her are Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Burt Bacharach, Marouf al-Bakhit, Sixto Rodriguez, and Josephine Chaplin. After her are Antonio Carbajal, John B. Goodenough, Oleg Protopopov, Ian Wilmut, Lee Sun-kyun, and Torben Ulrich.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sinéad O'Connor ranks 59 out of 549. Before her are William C. Campbell (1930), Richard Cantillon (1680), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Colin Farrell (1976), and Thomas Moore (1779). After her are Brian Cowen (1960), Mary Robinson (1944), George Francis FitzGerald (1851), Christy Brown (1932), Kevin Farrell (1947), and Sheridan Le Fanu (1814).

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Among SINGERS In Ireland

Among singers born in Ireland, Sinéad O'Connor ranks 3. Before her are Enya (1961), and Bob Geldof (1951). After her are Luke Kelly (1940), Barney McKenna (1939), Charlie McGettigan (1950), Stephen Gately (1976), Christy Moore (1945), Róisín Murphy (1973), Nicky Byrne (1978), Damien Rice (1973), and Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964).

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