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Enya
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin better known as Enya, is an Irish singer and composer. With an estimated equivalent of more than 80 million albums sold, she is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Enya is the best-selling Irish solo artist, and the second-best-selling music act from Ireland overall, after the band U2. Enya's music has been widely recognised for its use of multi-layers of h…
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entertainment · Irish singer (born 1961) · singer · songwriter · composer · pianist · musician · also Enya, Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, Enya Brennan, Eithne Ni Bhraonain, Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain, Enya Patricia Brennan
Born 17 May 1961 · Q38257
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2026· 5 entries
“The music is what sells. Not me, or what I stand for... that”
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“the fact is that I had become very friendly with Nicky and Roma. I trusted them [...] basically, I felt there was more there for me career-wise.”
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Hello!: Enya's reclusive life in £2.5m castle where 'dark and difficult' singer lives with 12 cats
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On 13 April 2026, Enya's sister Moya Brennan, eldest of the nine siblings, died at the age of 73, a decade after being diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis.
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2025· 6 entries
Published video “Enya - Christmas Secrets by a Cozy Fireplace”.
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Yahoo: Enya’s Reclusive Life: Multi-Millionaire ‘Sail Away’ Singer Lives in Irish Castle With Her Cats
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IrishCentral: Enya's "Watermark" named RTÉ Choice Music Prize Classic Irish Album
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Enya received the RTÉ Choice Music Prize's Classic Irish Album award for her 1988 breakthrough album, Watermark
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For her breakthrough album Watermark is testament to her lasting significance in Irish music and beyond
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“s Classic Irish Album award, for her 1988 album Watermark. The announcement was soon followed by a statement from the artist:”
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2023· 1 entry
Published video “Enya - Watermark 35th Anniversary Watch Party”.
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2022· 1 entry
For Metro Boomin and the Weeknd's song "Creepin'" featuring samples from her 1986 track "Boadicea", Enya did not approve of the song to be released under the working title "IDWK"
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2021· 2 entries
Published video “Enya - Shepherd Moons 30th Anniversary Watch Party”.
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Published video “Enya - Watermark (Official Video)”.
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2020· 9 entries
Published video “Enya - Dreams Are More Precious (Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Enya - White Is In The Winter Night (Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Enya - Journey of the Angels (Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Enya - We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Enya - Oíche Chiúin (Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Enya - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Lyric Video)”.
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Released album “Stars”.
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Released album “Clouds”.
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Released album “Oceans”.
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2019· 1 entry
Released album “Christmas Secrets”.
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2017· 3 entries
Enya said that she 'felt that title [new-age] was given to any musician whom critics didn't know how to pigeonhole
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A newly discovered species of fish, Leporinus enyae, found in the Orinoco River drainage area, was named after Enya, in reference to her song, "Orinoco Flow"
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“felt that title [new-age] was given to any musician whom critics didn”
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2016· 6 entries
Sunday Times Rich List estimated her fortune at £91 million, making her part of their Top 50 millionaire musicians in Britain and Ireland
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Enya mentioned that her painting is "something very personal
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In 2016, Enya's father Leo died at the age of 90.
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Enya spoke about the prospect of a live concert when she revealed talks with the Ryans during her three-year break after And Winter Came
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Enya's father Leo died at the age of 90
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Released album “The Magic of Enya”.
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “Dark Sky Island”.
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Released album “Limited Edition 7 CD Set”.
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2013· 1 entry
"Only Time" was used in the "Epic Split" advertisement by Volvo Trucks starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, who does the splits while suspended between two lorries
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2012· 1 entry
Enya returned to the studio to record her eighth album, Dark Sky Island
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “The Very Best of Enya”.
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2008· 3 entries
Released album “And Winter Came…”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Enya participated in a charity fundraiser with the United Way Taiwan (聯合勸募協會), donating NT$5 for every album sold through the event
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2006· 4 entries
Released ep “Sounds of the Season: The Enya Collection”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for Amarantine (2006).
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Released ep “Christmas Secrets EP”.
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Released ep “Curiosidades”.
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2005· 8 entries
Released album “Amarantine”.
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Not me, or what I stand for... that's the way I've always wanted it." In a German interview from 2005, Enya stated "I have always been shy.
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In 2005, Enya said: "It was my grandparents who paid for my education; they were always around to advise me when I was young".
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Released album “Sumiregusa”.
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“I have always been shy. In former times, I wasn”
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Enya said: "It was my grandparents who paid for my education; they were always around to advise me when I was young"
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“It was my grandparents who paid for my education; they were always around to advise me when I was young”
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Said "if I was married and had children, I wouldn't be at this point
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2004· 2 entries
Enya had another significant "Boadicea" sampling request from Diddy, for the song "I Don't Wanna Know" performed by Mario Winans
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Released album “B-Sides & Remixes”.
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2002· 6 entries
Released album “Only Time: The Collection”.
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Awarded Echo Pop Award for the Hit of the Year (2002).
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Enya released "May It Be" as a single which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song
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Released album “Best of Enya”.
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Released album “May It Be”.
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Released album “Book of Days”.
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2001· 5 entries
Released album “Themes From Calmi Cuori Appassionati”.
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With all proceeds going to the UFA Widows' and Children's Fund, namely the 9/11 firefighters' families
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Released album “The X Sound Studio”.
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Enya agreed to write and perform on two tracks for the soundtrack of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) at the request of director Peter Jackson
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Released album “The Video Collection”.
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2000· 1 entry
Released album “A Day Without Rain”.
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1998· 1 entry
Enya, Roma and Nicky Ryan received the Ivor Novello award for International Achievement
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1997· 7 entries
Released album “A Box of Dreams”.
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Released album “Paint the Sky With Stars: The Best of Enya”.
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Released album “Romantic Years: The Very Best”.
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That she popularized conventional pop melodies and ethereal ethnic music, while Audio magazine credited her for helping popularize the "New Celtic" sound
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At an auction in 1997, Enya spent £2.5 million on a 157-year-old Victorian listed castellated mansion in Killiney.
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During the 1990s, Enya was in a relationship, and press noted that a long-term relationship had ended in 1997.
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Enya participated in a live Christmas Eve broadcast in London and flew to County Donegal afterward to join her family for their annual Midnight Mass choral performance, in which she participates each year
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1996· 5 entries
Released album “The Enya Collection”.
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In 1996, Enya was targeted by a stalker.
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Released album “Best Hits 1988–1994”.
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Nicky Ryan said Enya had received and turned down an offer worth almost £500,000 to perform one concert in Japan
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Enya was targeted by a stalker
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “The Memory of Trees”.
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1994· 1 entry
Released ep “The Christmas EP”.
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1993· 1 entry
Enya won her first Grammy Award in the Best New Age Album category for Shepherd Moons
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1991· 6 entries
Released album “Shepherd Moons”.
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A minor planet first discovered in 1978, 6433 Enya, was named after her
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Enya believes in guardian angels, suggested by her 1991 song "Angeles" and later supported by her response to a question asked of her in a 2017 interview.
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Warner Music released a collection of five Enya music videos as Moonshadows for home video
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Enya expressed concerns about marriage and being pursued for status rather than authentic love
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In 1991, Enya expressed concerns about marriage and being pursued for status rather than authentic love.
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1990· 1 entry
Released ep “3 Tracks EP”.
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1989· 1 entry
Released ep “6 Tracks”.
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1988· 2 entries
Released album “Watermark”.
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Enya is believed to have said about New Age music "it's air, thin air
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1987· 2 entries
For Q that her roots could be Stravinsky, supported by her disdain of tradition and interest in musical innovation
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Enya appeared on Sinéad O'Connor's debut album The Lion and the Cobra, reciting Psalm 91 in Irish on the track "Never Get Old"
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1986· 3 entries
Then in 1987 under BBC Records in the United Kingdom
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Released album “Enya”.
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To her latest BBC interview in early 2016
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1985· 3 entries
Released album “The Frog Prince”.
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Producer Tony McAuley asked Enya to contribute a track for the six-part BBC television documentary series The Celts
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The Frog Prince OST is the first commercial release to credit her as "Enya"
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1983· 2 entries
Released ep “Demo Tape”.
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Their 1983 single "Every Breath You Take" is one of Enya's favourite songs.
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1982· 3 entries
Nicky called for a band meeting to address internal issues that had arisen, which he put down to alcoholism from one or two members
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To pursue a solo career, working with the former Clannad manager and producer, Nicky Ryan, and his partner Roma Ryan as their lyricist
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Enya featured on tracks alongside several artists, credited as Eithne Ní Bhraonáin
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1980· 2 entries
Enya accepted Nicky Ryan's invitation to play alongside Clannad, with him having wanted to expand their sound with keyboards and a soprano vocalist
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Playing alongside her family's Irish folk band, Clannad
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1970· 1 entry
Several members of Enya's family formed Clannad, a Celtic folk band
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1968· 1 entry
The couple took ownership of a pub in Meenaleck, County Donegal, naming it Leo's Tavern
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-05-17.
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1952· 1 entry
Shortly after finding out they were expecting their first daughter, Moya
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