Bono Biography

- Bono has written songs either for or with, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Keith Richards, Luciano Pavarotti, Sinéad O'Connor, and Howie B.

- Bono wrote the song 'The Sweetest Thing' after missing his wife Ali’s birthday. When the song was rerecorded she received all the proceeds of its sale and she gave them to a charity for victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

- Bono wrote a song with The Edge for Roy Orbison, 'She's a Mystery To Me'. It is included on Orbison's last album, 'Mystery Girl'.

- Bono is the only person, who has been nominated for an Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and for the Nobel Prize.

- Bono and his daughter Jordan share a birthday. She was born on his 29th birthday.

- Bono illustrated the children's book 'Peter and the Wolf' with his daughters Jordan and Eve in 2003. The royalties went to the Irish Hospice Foundation.

- First Grammy-winning artist to say "fuck" during the 1994 live Grammy telecast

- Bono's silhouette is used as the icon for the ‘Artists’ tab of the music component for the iPhone and iPod Touch.