lets speak to nikki schiller, who joins me from the newsroom. an extraordinary voice.ompares 2u, which was written by prince, and she had millions of fans around the world.— around the world. absolutely. it is the record that _ around the world. absolutely. it is the record that everyone - around the world. absolutely. it is the record that everyone knows i around the world. absolutely. it is | the record that everyone knows her for, that 1990 hit, nothing compares 2u, written by prince. it was number one in ireland for 11 weeks at the time back in 1990. also talked about her political activism, and there is a key moment that happened back in 1992. she was appearing on the american tv show saturday night live and she tore up a picture of the pope during a performance of bob marley's war, shouting, fight the real enemy." it was against the covering of child sexual abuse fry the catholic church. to quote her as well, she got cancelled for it at the time. the scandal led to people outside the studios in new york city of the record company as well, and hundreds of her albu

and i think that speaks to what nikki schiller was saying earlier, that for her it was saying earlier it was a reset moment. she didn't want to be a pop star, showing to be a singer who made successful political songs to a small audience, and "nothing compares two u" turned her into something else, a product of the music machine. in later years she wrote to miley cyrus warning her of the evils of the music industry. that's who she was, she didn't want to be a product, she wanted to be a real person making real music. in many ways she succeeded at that. she was a singular talent who stood out for what she believed in and was unafraid to say at.— unafraid to say at. we've been s-ueakin unafraid to say at. we've been speaking about _ unafraid to say at. we've been speaking about this _ unafraid to say at. we've been speaking about this moment l unafraid to say at. we've been i speaking about this moment with unafraid to say at. we've been - speaking about this moment with the pope photograph but there are many other point in her career, even though she was given a helping hand by you to,