Dolores O’Riordan (1971-2018)

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Dolores O’Riordan (1971-2018)

Dolores Mary Eileen O’Riordan was born September 6th, 1971 in Ballybricken, County Limerick, Ireland; she was the youngest of 9 children, 2 died during infancy. Her mother was a devout Catholic who named Dolores in reference to the Lady of the Seven Delours. In 2017 she went public talking about her struggles with being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and talked about sexual abuse she had been victim of as a child by someone close to her.

In 1989 the band The Cranberry Saw Us put an ad up looking for a female singer and Dolores responded to the add and was hired after playing them a version of one of their songs that she had redone.  Some time after she joined the band they changed their name to The Cranberries. In 2003 the band went on a temporary hiatus to experiment with solo albums.

On July 18th, 1994 Dolores married Bon Burton and the couple had three children. After 20 years of marriage in 2014, her and don ended their relationship and divorced.

Accomplishments:
When the band embarked on a tour supporting Suede, they caught the attention of MTV, which put their videos into heavy rotation. Although "Linger" was first released in the UK in February 1993, peaking at 74, it was later re-issued in February 1994 peaking at 14. This was followed by "Dreams" (released again in May 1994, peaking at No. 27) which helped their debut album to top the UK Album Chart in June.

The group reunited with Street for No Need to Argue, which was released in late 1994. It would go on to peak at No. 6 on the US charts and eventually outsold its predecessor. Within a year it went triple platinum, spawning the number one hit "Zombie" and the No. 11 "Ode to My Family" on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

In 1995, the band continued to tour, and released two more singles "I Can't Be with You" and "Ridiculous Thoughts". The album went 5× platinum in Canada, platinum in Switzerland, and 7× platinum in the United States.

The band's third album To the Faithful Departed peaked at No. 2 in the UK and No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

Charity:
Chernobyl Children International

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