Sinéad O'Connor's estate and record label Chrysalis Records have released a joint statement to the former US president that states: “As the guardians of her legacy, we demand that Donald Trump and his associates desist from using her music immediately.”

The statement continues: “Throughout her life, it is well known that Sinéad O’Connor lived by a fierce moral code defined by honesty, kindness, fairness, and decency towards her fellow human beings.

“It was with outrage therefore that we learned that Donald Trump has been using her iconic performance of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' at his political rallies.

“It is no exaggeration to say that Sinead would have been disgusted, hurt and insulted to have her work misrepresented in this way.”

In her final interview with Hot Press – published in September 2020 – Sinéad let her feelings about Trump be known in no uncertain terms:

"I actually do believe Donald Trump is the biblical Devil, the fucker.”

She went on to state: “We all somehow created Trump. He couldn’t exist without the zeitgeist. It’s a posh word, so maybe I’m using it wrong but a prophet appears in its time. We’re all, in a way, complicit. Musicians are also complicit if they don’t do something. To me, the Black Lives Matter thing has transcended itself. It’s not only about Black Lives Mattering, it’s about needing to get this man out of the fucking White House.”

The interview can be read in full here

Other artists who have also asked Trump and his team to refrain from using their music include The Rolling Stones, The Smiths' Johnny Marr, Adele, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Rihanna, Neil Young, and Linkin Park.

Originally written and composed by American musician Prince's band The Family in 1985 for their only studio album, O'Connor's version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' spent four weeks at number one in Ireland and the UK in 1990.

Sinéad died in her London home last July, aged 56.