Sinead O'Connor performs on stage during the Positivus music festival in Salacgriva, Latvia, July 18, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins DUBLIN—Sinead O'Connor, the Irish singer known for her stirring voice, 1990 chart-topping hit 'Nothing Compares 2 U' and outspoken views, has died at the age of 56, Irish media quoted her family as saying on Wednesday. Brash and direct – her shaved head, pained expression, and shapeless wardrobe a direct challenge to popular culture's long-prevailing notions of femininity and sexuality – O'Connor irrevocably changed the image of women in music.

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