Enya (born 17 May 1961), birth name Eithne Ní Bhráonain (sometimes seen as the Anglicized Enya Brennan) is Ireland's best-selling solo artist. As a musical group, Enya is really three people: Enya herself; Nicky Ryan , who produces her records; and Roma Ryan , who writes the lyrics, often in Welsh, Irish, Latin, Spanish, etc. Enya is a phonetic approximation of how Eithne is pronounced in Irish Gaelic.Enya's songs are hauntingly memorable and she won a Grammy for "Best New Age Album," though she denies her music is of that genre.
1 Career
In 1980, Eithne joined the group Clannad (the members included siblings Máire Brennan, Pól Brennan , and Ciarán Brennan ). She left the group to start her own solo career shortly before Clannad became famous for "Theme From Harry's Game" in 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du. Enya achieved a breakthrough in her singing career in 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day. with the hit song "Orinoco Flow" (sometimes referred to as "Sail Away").
She became known worldwide after the September 11, 2001 attacksThe attacks of September 11, 2001 were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. Nineteen members of the al-Qaida militant Islamist group hijacked four aircraft. They crashed two into the two towers of the because her song "Only Time" (from the album A Day Without Rain) was used in radio and TV reports around the globe. She initially frowned upon this use, especially when many bootlegged versions of "Only Time" mixed with sound effects from the attack began to appear. She agreed to release a special edition of the song with funds going to the families of victims. Many Enya fans, however, are resentful that her music has been forever linked with the attacks.
A number of her songs are sung entirely in Irish Gaelic or Latin, with others containing the hithero-mentioned mixed with EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil or English by itself. Enya has performed songs relating to J. R. R. TolkienHe is wearing a WWI-era British Army uniform in this photograph. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ( January 3, 1892 September 2, 1973) was the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings his most famous work. A former pupil of King Edward's School,'s The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit''. For more information on the fictional universe the story takes place in, including lists of characters and locations, see Middle-earth. The story's n, including 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac's "Lothlórien" and 2001's "May It Be" (sung in English and Quenya) and "Aníron" (in Sindarin)—the last two appearing on the soundtrack of Peter Jackson's movie . "May it Be" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in at the 2002 ceremonies, but did not win. Despite winning Grammys for "Best New Age Album", Enya does not personally classify her music as belonging to that genre.
Enya rarely performs in public, and even when appearing on television often lip-synchs or sings to a backing track. She has never toured since becoming a superstar in 1988. She has said that her form of music is virtually impossible to perform accurately in a live venue. Nonetheless, there were plans for Enya to perform a live concert, perhaps for pay-per-view, but as of 2004 these plans have yet to materialize.
Enya is a self-admitted slow worker when it comes to composing music. As a result, fans have had to wait as long as five years between albums. In 2004, Enya was reportedly working on her next album, but no release date is in sight. In September 2004, a new song called "Sumiregusa" was unveiled in Japan as part of an advertising campaign for Panasonic (commercial release has yet to occur as of November 2004). In announcing the new recording, Warner Music Japan stated that Enya's next album was scheduled for release (in Japan at least) in mid-November. After a brief flurry of excitement among fans, Enya issued a press release on her official Web site on 19 September stating that this was a mistake and no new album is immediately forthcoming.
