Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (Burton) (born 6 September 1971) is an Irish singer and songwriter. She led The Cranberries to worldwide success and fame for thirteen years before the band took a hiatus in 2003. Her first solo album Are You Listening? was released in May 2007.
In 1990 Dolores auditioned and won the role of lead singer for a band called The Cranberry Saw Us (later changed to The Cranberries).
The band released five albums: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993), No Need to Argue (1994), To the Faithful Departed (1996), Bury the Hatchet (1999) and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001) and a greatest-hits compilation entitled Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002 (2002), before they went on hiatus.
Throughout the '90s, Dolores was recognized for her constantly changing hairstyles, from shoulder-length to very short crop in myriad colors and shades. She usually performs barefoot on stage.
On 18 July 1994, Dolores married Don Burton, the former tour manager of Duran Duran. They had their first child, Taylor Baxter, on 23 November 1997, born during the break between the release of To the Faithful Departed and Bury the Hatchet. Their second child, Molly Leigh, was born on 27 January 2001. Their third, Dakota Rain, was born on 10 April 2005.
She was unsuccessfully sued by a former nanny, Joy Fahy, in 2004 for breach of contract.
Dolores made the 2006 Top 10 list of richest women in Ireland.
Dolores lives in Howth, County Dublin with her husband and their four children (one is from a previous relationship of Burton's). She also has a log cabin in Ontario, Canada, a holiday villa in Benissa, Spain and a 61 hectares (150 acres) stud farm, called Riversfield Stud, located in Kilmallock, County Limerick. She has owned it since 1998.
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