“Orinoco Flow”, reported to be named after Orinoco Studios (now Miloco Studios), where it was conceived, topped the charts in the United Kingdom, peaked at number 2 in Germany and the Watermark album sold eleven million copies
Enya became successful 1988 with the album Watermark, which featured the hit song “Orinoco Flow” (erroneously known as “Sail Away”). Another early appearance on record followed in 1987, where Enya provided spoken (not sung) vocals in Irish on the song “Never Get Old” on Sinéad O’Connor’s debut album,The Lion and the Cobra.
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She was first credited as Enya (as opposed to Eithne) for writing some of the music for the 1984 movie The Frog Prince, which was released on a soundtrack album of the same title. She is part of an Irish-speaking and musical familyEnya recorded two solo instrumental pieces called “An Ghaoth Ón Ghrian” (Irish for “The Solar Wind”) and “Miss Clare Remembers” that were released on the 1984 album Touch Travel. Her work has earned her four Grammy Awards and an Academy Award nomination.Įnya was born and brought up in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, in the northwest corner of Ireland. She is Ireland’s best-selling solo musician.Her records sales were more than 75 million worldwide, including over 26.5 million in album sales in the US, making her one of world’s best-selling artists of all time. She received the world’s best-selling female award at the World Music Awards in 2001. She has performed in 10 languages.Enya continued to enjoy steady success during the 1990s and 2000s her 2000 album A Day Without Rain sold 15 million copies,and became the top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Shortly afterwards, her 1988 album Watermark propelled her to further international fame and she became known for her distinctive sound, characterised by voice-layering, folk melodies, synthesised backdrops and ethereal reverberations. She gained wider recognitionfor her music in the 1986 BBCseries The Celts. Enya began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to perform solo.
Irish singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter Enya (born Eithne Ní Bhraonáin was born.