IRISH SINGER AND ACTIVIST SINEAD O'CONNOR FELLOW MUSICIANS REMEMBER THE STAR

Her hauntingly beautiful version of the ballad Nothing Compares  2 U made her one of the defining talents of the 1990s, whose music was rivalled in influence only by her passionate activism.

- EMILY HORAN

And tributes have flooded in for Grammy-winning singer Sinéad O’Connor following her death at the age of 56.

Musician Alison Moyet paid homage to the Irish star’s voice that “cracked stone with force & by increment”, while Annie Lennox called her “fierce and fragile”.