AceShowbiz - With her highly-popular new arrangement of Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U" and her critically-acclaimed album "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got", Sinead O'Connor more than deserved the Grammy. However, after she received several nominations for the song as well as the album for the 1991 show, she wanted no part of it because she felt the Grammys promoted " 'false and destructive materialistic values' of the music industry."

As she described in a statement to the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Irish singer-songwriter said, "I believe that our purpose [as artists] is to inspire and, in some way, guide and heal the human race, of which we are all equal members. They acknowledge mostly the commercial side of art. They respect mostly material gain since that is the main reason for their existence. And they have created a great respect among artists for material gain--by honoring us and exalting us when we achieve it, ignoring, for the most part, those of us who have not." Despite her refusal to attend the ceremony, O'Connor still won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance.