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Enya

Irish singer, songwriter, and musician

Date of Birth: 17-May-1961

Place of Birth: Gweedore, Ireland

Profession: composer, singer, pianist, songwriter, film score composer

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Enya

  • Eithne PádraigĂ­n NĂ­ Bhraonáin (anglicised as Enya Patricia Brennan (); born 17 May 1961), known professionally as Enya, is an Irish singer, songwriter, record producer and musician.
  • Born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore in County Donegal, Enya began her music career when she joined her family's Celtic band Clannad in 1980 on keyboards and backing vocals.
  • She left in 1982 with their manager and producer Nicky Ryan to pursue a solo career, with Ryan's wife Roma Ryan as her lyricist.
  • Enya developed her sound over the following four years with multitracked vocals and keyboards with elements of new age, Celtic, classical, church, and folk music.
  • She has sung in ten languages. Enya's first projects as a solo artist included soundtrack work for The Frog Prince (1984) and the 1987 BBC documentary series The Celts, which was released as her debut album, Enya (1987).
  • She signed with Warner Music UK, which granted her artistic freedom and minimal interference from the label.
  • The commercial and critical success of Watermark (1988) propelled her to worldwide fame, helped by the international top-10 hit single "Orinoco Flow".
  • This was followed by the multi-million selling albums Shepherd Moons (1991), The Memory of Trees (1995) and A Day Without Rain (2000).
  • Sales of the latter and its lead single, "Only Time", surged in the United States following its use in the media coverage of the September 11 attacks.
  • Following Amarantine (2005) and And Winter Came...
  • (2008), Enya took an extended break from music; she returned in 2012 and released Dark Sky Island (2015). Enya is known for her privacy.
  • She is Ireland's bestselling solo artist and second-bestselling artist behind U2, with a discography that has sold 26.5 million certified albums in the United States and an estimated 75 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
  • A Day Without Rain (2000) remains the bestselling new-age album, with an estimated 16 million copies sold worldwide.
  • Enya has won awards including seven World Music Awards, four Grammy Awards for Best New Age Album, and an Ivor Novello Award.
  • She was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for "May It Be", written for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).

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