RIP Sinead O'Connor: 5 must know facts about Irish singer

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor had a significant impact on the music industry around the world and was known for her powerful writings, voice and emotive performances. Here are some facts about the Dublin-born songstress who left us on July 26.

Singer Sinead O'Connor is known for her unique bald head look which she started maintaining in the late 1980s. She explained that her look was a rebellion against traditional notions of femininity and her identity as a woman. Credit: Facebook/@SineadOConnor

Her first album 'The Lion and the Cobra' was released in 1987. The song trended worldwide and also fetched her a Grammy nomination for best female rock vocal performance in 1989. Credit: Facebook/@SineadOConnor

Apart from singing, O'Connor also tried acting and appeared on screen for the first time in the Northern Irish TV film 'Hush-a-Bye Baby'. The movie centered around teenage girls during the period of turmoil known as 'The Troubles'. Credit: Facebook/@SineadOConnor

O'Connor changed her name multiple times throughout her life, including to Magda Davitt in 2017 and later to Shuhada' Davitt, after embracing Islam in 2018. Credit: Facebook/@SineadOConnor

O'Connor was married four times and had four children -- Jake, Roisin, Shane, and Yeshua. Credit: Facebook/@SineadOConnor