In June 1993, O'Connor wrote a public letter in The Irish Times which asked people to "stop hurting" her: "If only I can fight off the voices of my parents / and gather a sense of self-esteem / Then I'll be able to REALLY sing. O'Connor's mother Marie died in a car accident on 10 February 1985 aged 45 as she lost control of her car on an icy road and crashed into a bus, when O'Connor was eighteen. Unruly students there were sometimes sent to sleep in the adjoining nursing home, an experience of which she later commented, "I have never-and probably will never-experience such panic and terror and agony over anything." In some ways, she thrived there, especially in the development of her writing and music, but she also chafed under the imposed conformity. At the age of 15, her shoplifting and truancy led to her being placed for eighteen months in a Magdalene asylum called the Grianán Training Centre run by the Order of Our Lady of Charity. In 1979, O'Connor left her mother and went to live with her father, who had married Viola Margaret Suiter ( née Cook) in Alexandria, Virginia, United States three years prior in 1976. Her parents are John Oliver "Seán" O'Connor, a structural engineer later turned barrister and chairperson of the Divorce Action Group, and Johanna Marie O'Grady (1939-1985) who married in the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Drimnagh, Dublin in 1960. She is the third of five children her siblings are novelist Joseph, Eimear, John, and Eoin. She was named Sinéad after Sinéad de Valera, the mother of the doctor presiding over the delivery, Eamonn de Valera, and Bernadette in honour of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes. O'Connor was born in the Cascia House Nursing Home at 13 Pembroke Road, Dublin, on 8 December 1966. However, she continues to record and perform under her birth name. After converting to Islam in 2018, she changed it to Shuhada' Sadaqat. In 2017, O'Connor changed her name to Magda Davitt. She consistently speaks out on issues related to child abuse, human rights, anti-racism, organised religion, and women's rights. In 1999, she was ordained as a priest by the Latin Tridentine Church, a sect that is not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church. Throughout her music career she has been unabashedly honest about her spiritual journey, activism, socio-political views, as well as her trauma and mental health struggles. Her 2021 memoir Rememberings was a best seller. Her work also includes songs for films, collaborations with many other artists, and appearances at charity fundraising concerts. She has released ten studio albums: 1992's Am I Not Your Girl? and 1994's Universal Mother both went gold in the UK, 2000's Faith and Courage received gold status in Australia, and 2005's Throw Down Your Arms went gold in Ireland. Its lead single, " Nothing Compares 2 U" (written by Prince), was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards.
Her second album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got received glowing reviews upon release and became her biggest success, selling over seven million copies worldwide. Her debut album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and charted internationally.
Shuhada' Sadaqat (previously Magda Davitt born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, 8 December 1966) is an Irish singer and musician.
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