I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Studio album by
Sinéad O'Connor
Released12 March 1990 (1990-03-12)[1]
Recorded1988–1989
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Length51:09
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Sinéad O'Connor chronology
The Lion and the Cobra
(1987) 		I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
(1990) 		Am I Not Your Girl?
(1992)
Singles from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
  1. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
    Released: 8 January 1990
  2. "The Emperor's New Clothes"
    Released: 5 June 1990
  3. "Three Babies"
    Released: 8 October 1990[5]

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 album was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1991, including Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Music Video, Short Form for "Nothing Compares 2 U", winning the award for Best Alternative Music Performance. However, O'Connor refused to accept the nominations and award.[6] The album has sold over seven million copies worldwide. [7]

  1. ^ "BPI".
  2. ^ Buskin, Richard (February 2012). "Classic Tracks: Sinéad O'Connor 'Nothing Compares 2 U'". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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  5. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 6 October 1990. p. 39.
  6. ^ CBSnews.com Archived 19 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine "Sinead Sings And Speaks Her Mind" Accessed: 11 September 2016
  7. ^ McCormick, Neil (1 August 2014). "Sinéad O'Connor: 'Live with the devil and you find there's a God'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.