Enya
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Biography
[Edit]With her blend of folk melodies, synthesized backdrops, and classical motifs, Enya created a distinctive style that more closely resembled new age than the folk and Celtic music that provided her initial influences. Enya is from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland, which she left in 1980 to join the Irish band Clannad, the group that already featured her older brothers and sisters. She stayed with Clannad for two years, then left, hooking up with producer Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, with whom she recorded film and television scores. The result was a successful album of TV music for the BBC. Enya then recorded Watermark (1988), which featured her distinctive, flowing music and multi-overdubbed trancelike singing; the album sold eight million copies worldwide. Watermark established Enya as an international star and launched a successful career that lasted well into the '90s.
Enya (born Eithne Ní Bhraonáin) was born into a musical family. Her father, Leo Brennan, was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band, a popular Irish show band; her mother was an amateur musician. Most important to Enya's career were her siblings, who formed Clannad in 1970 with several of their uncles. Enya joined the band as a keyboardist in 1980 and contributed to several of the group's popular television soundtracks. In 1982, she left Clannad, claiming that she was uninterested in following the pop direction the group had begun to pursue. Within a few years, she was commissioned, along with producer/arranger Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, to provide the score for a BBC-TV series called The Celts. The soundtrack was released in 1986 as her eponymous solo album.
Enya didn't receive much notice, but Enya and the Ryans' second effort, Watermark, became a surprise hit upon its release in 1988. Enya spent the years following the success of Watermark rather quietly; her most notable appearance was a cameo on Sinéad O'Connor's I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. She finally released Shepherd Moons, her follow-up to Watermark, in 1991. Shepherd Moons was even more successful than its predecessor, eventually selling over ten million copies worldwide; it entered the U.S. charts at number 17 and remained in the Top 200 for almost four years.
Again, Enya was slow to follow up on the success of Shepherd Moons, spending nearly four years working on her fourth album. The record, entitled Memory of Trees, was released in December 1995. Memory of Trees entered the U.S. charts at number nine and sold over two million copies within its first year of release. In 1997 came the release of a greatest-hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, which featured two new songs. Enya's first album of new material in five years, Day Without Rain, was released in late 2000. In 2002, she contributed material to the first film in Peter Jackson's award-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, scoring a hit with the single "May It Be." Amarantine, her first full-length recording since Day Without Rain, followed in November 2005. A holiday EP, Christmas Secrets, arrived in 2006, followed by an all new, full-length collection of original seasonal music called And Winter Came in 2008. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine & William Ruhlmann, Rovi
Title: Amarantine (Christmas Edition)
Artist: Enya
Genre: New Age, Rock, World Music, Traditional Pop Music, Alternative, Celtic
Title: The Laramie Project (Original Soundtrack) (Single)
Artist: Enya
Title: The Very Best of Enya (Deluxe Video Edition)
Artist: Enya
Genre: New Age, Rock, World Music, Pop, Alternative, Celtic
Title: Amarantine
Artist: Enya
Genre: New Age, Rock, World Music, Traditional Pop Music, Alternative, Celtic
Title: Greatest Hits (CD2)
Artist: Enya
Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, New Age, Electronica, World Music, Pop, Classical
Title: And Winter Came
Artist: Enya
Genre: New Age, Rock, World Music, Pop, Traditional Pop Music, Alternative, Celtic
Title: Toys: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Enya
Genre: Electronica, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: And Winter Came (Amazon Exclusive)
Artist: Enya
Genre: New Age, World Music, Pop, Celtic, Folk
Title: On My Way Home
Artist: Enya
Genre: Ambient, New Age, Electronica, World Music, Pop, Alternative, Celtic
Title: The Very Best of Enya
Artist: Enya
Genre: New Age, Rock, World Music, Pop, Alternative, Celtic
Title: The Very Best of Enya (Deluxe Version)
Artist: Enya
Genre: New Age, Rock, World Music, Pop, Alternative, Celtic
Collections
Title: Sexy Bath 2 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 80s Complete (800 Tracks From 80s) (CD16)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Deep Dive: 90s Pop 2022 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Sexy Bath 3 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Songs To Test Headphones With 2023 (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: A Message To Myself (Relax) (CD1)
Genre: Electronica
Title: 2000's Club Scene
Genre: Rap
Title: Now Millenium '04-'05 (CD2)
Featuring albums
Title: Sweet November (Music from the Motion Picture)
Artist: Sweet November
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Lord Of The Rings-The Fellowship Of The Ring
Artist: Lord Of The Rings Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Sweet November (Music From The Motion Picture)
Artist: Sweet November Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Sleepwalkers
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Drum & Bass, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Artist: Howard Shore
Genre: New Age, World Music, Theatre/Soundtrack, Celtic
Title: Lumières Sur Oasis De Détente Et Relaxation, Vol. 1
Artist: Oasis De Detente Et Relaxation
Genre: Pop
Title: Far and Away (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack