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In some ways, she thrived there, especially in the development of her writing and music, but she also chafed under the imposed conformity. At the age of 15, her shoplifting and truancy led to her being placed for eighteen months in a Magdalene asylum, the Grianán Training Centre run by the Order of Our Lady of Charity. In 1979 O'Connor left her mother and went to live with her father and his new wife, Viola Suiter (née Cook). Her parents are Sean O'Connor, a structural engineer later turned barrister and chairperson of the Divorce Action Group, and Johanna Marie O'Grady who married in 1960. She is the third of five children her siblings are novelist Joseph, Eimear, John, and Eoin. She was named Sinéad after Sinéad de Valera, the wife of Irish President Éamon de Valera, Marie after the mother of the doctor presiding over the delivery, and Bernadette in honour of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes. O'Connor was born in Glenageary, County Dublin on 8 December 1966. However, she continues to record and perform under her birth name. After converting to Islam in 2018, she changed it to Shuhada' Sadaqat ( Arabic: شهداء صدقات). In 2017, O'Connor changed her name to Magda Davitt. She consistently speaks out on issues related to child abuse, human rights, anti-racism, organised religion, and women's rights. In 1999 she was ordained as a priest by the Latin Tridentine Church, a sect that is not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church. Throughout her music career she has been unabashedly honest about her spiritual journey, activism, socio-political views, as well as her trauma and mental health struggles. Her 2021 memoir Rememberings was a best seller. Her work also includes songs for films, collaborations with many other artists, and appearances at charity fundraising concerts. She has released ten studio albums: 1992's Am I Not Your Girl? and 1994's Universal Mother both went gold in the UK, 2000's Faith and Courage received gold status in Australia, and 2005's Throw Down Your Arms went gold in Ireland. Its lead single, " Nothing Compares 2 U" (written by Prince), was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards. Her second album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got received glowing reviews upon release and became her biggest success, selling over seven million copies worldwide. Her debut album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Shuhada Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor on 8 December 1966 / ʃ ɪ ˈ n eɪ d/ ) is an Irish singer-songwriter.