Singer Sinead O'Connor passed away on July 26 at the age of 56. Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U catapulted the artist to fame in 1990 and recently released a new version of the song. Throughout her career, in which she came to publish 10 studio albums, she accumulated a great economic heritage that has always been a mystery.
According to People with money magazine, O'Connor was one of the highest-paid artists in the world and had earned $46 million between June 2022 and June 2023, which her descendants would inherit. However, that figure does not fit with the singer's situation in recent years, since she had suffered liquidity problems since 2017.
In 2017, the singer tried to sell her house in Dublin for a million dollars, and was living in a New Jersey motel, according to various international media. In fact, they specified that O'Connor paid between 70 and 80 dollars for lodging in said motel.
In 2021, the Irish Daily Mail reported that the singer had a net worth of five million dollars, while information from Celebrity Net Worth specified that, when the artist died, she only had a wealth of $500,000. These figures fit with the economic crisis that O'Connor would have suffered
Furthermore, while Nothing Compares 2 U was his biggest hit, O'Connor never saw the full benefits of the song, as he had to pay a percentage to Prince, the song's writer and composer, until 2016; moment in which the interpreter of Purple Rain passed away.
It should be noted that thanks to the investments in shares that O'Connor had made, in addition to his participation in properties and sponsorship contracts, such as the one he made with the CoverGirl cosmetics brand, his assets could amount to up to 145 million dollars. , at least.
Nothing Compares 2 U was named the number one single in the world in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards, and with the death of the singer, her number of views on streaming platforms could once again increase, so O'Connor's music will continue to generate income.
