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"Nothing Compares 2 U" was written by the American musician Prince, who recorded a demo in 1984. In 1985, Prince's funk band the Family released their sole studio album, The Family, including "Nothing Compares 2 U". It was not released as a single and received little recognition. Prince's demo was released in 2018. [5]
Sinéad O’Connor‘s biggest hit was a cover of the Prince song “Nothing Compares 2 U,” but the two musicians didn’t have a great relationship.. In a 2009 interview, O’Connor said that ...
John Legend can do no wrong. The singer brought it all to the stage during his performance of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" during CBS' Let's Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince special on ...
While footage of the Nothing Compares 2 You music video is seen in the documentary, the Prince estate declined to license the song for the film, which Ferguson chose to see as a "fantastic ...
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got is the second studio album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released in March 1990 by Ensign/Chrysalis Records.It contains O'Connor's version of the Prince song "Nothing Compares 2 U", which was released as a single and reached number one in multiple countries.
The week following Prince's death, the album sold 40,000 equivalent copies (24,000 in pure album sales) thus allowing the album to re-enter the Billboard 200 at number 6. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The next week it sold 106,000 units and hit a new peak of number four on the chart. [ 16 ]
As on other associates' albums, Prince falsely gave writing credit to the various band members, though he kept his name on "Nothing Compares 2 U". The tracks were all recorded in a span of a few weeks at the end of 1984 after Prince had finished sessions for Around the World in a Day and just before he started recording for Sheila E.'s album ...
Prince’s estate has not responded to media queries about O’Connor’s claims. The Irish artist died aged 56 in July 2023; she was found unresponsive at her home in Herne Hill, south London.