Enya was born on May 17, 1961 in Dore Village, Gweedore, County Donegal, northwest Ireland. Her original name was Eithne Ni Bhraonain. She was the fourth among nine brothers and sisters. Her father, Leo, was a famous Irish singer. The leader of the band Slieve Foy Band, Enya majored in piano and classical music in school.
In 1980, at the suggestion of her manager Fachtna O'Kelly, she joined Clannad (Clannad Family Choir) composed of brothers and sisters Mary, Kieran, Paul and uncles Patrick and Noel Duggan as a keyboardist. , Clannad is a music team based on Irish tradition, with American music beats, jazz and a new century feel. The word Clannad means family in the hometown dialect. Enya has participated in 'Crann Ull', ' Fuaim's two albums, in addition to chorus, also show off the skills of electronic piano and electronic synthesizer.
Enya quit Clannad after a European tour in February 1982 and moved to Artane, north Dublin, with Nicky & Roma Ryan from Bellforster. *** Living in the same place, Nicky worked as a sound engineer at Clannad in the early days. Later, when Fachtna O'Kelly became the manager of The Boomtown Rats, Nicky took over full control of Clannad. Nicky built Aigle recording studio in his own house. Although Fachtna O'Kelly no longer serves as Clannad's agent, he suggested that Enya devote herself to composing music for movies. Roma gave Enya's cassette to David Putnam, the producer of "Chariots of Fire". Puttnam, after hearing about it, Putnam asked Enya to compose the romantic dreamy feeling of the 1960s for the movie "The Frog Prince". Enya often used Roland Juno 60 electronic synthesizers or German-made Kurzweil samplers. She composed the music, then added piano and voice, and Nicci did the final production project. Enya had a strong interest in Irish Gult music and folk music before entering the new century musical mood.
In 1986, Enya produced music for 'The Celts', a documentary produced by the BBC television network that recorded the 2,700-year civilization of Celts in detail. The music, which took ten months to complete, was deeply acclaimed. Favored by the BBC, the BBC decided to independently release it into an album named 'Enya' (*officially renamed 'The Celts' and re-released in 1992, which once reached the Top 10 of the UK Gold Chart).
After the album ‘Enya’ was released in 1986, it ranked second in the Irish charts, second only to U2’s album ‘The Joshua Tree’. In the work, Enya independently created 80 unique spiritual timbres, using water-based feminine dream-like notes to emboss the artistic conception and feelings of the earth. The light and transparent lullaby style is filled with warm emotions, and the broad and vast field of vision is even more delicate and as if The undisturbed aesthetic management creates a mysterious and legendary movement rooted in the geographical scenery of Ireland. Nicky and Roma serve as co-producers. In addition to the Celtic language, the music also contains Welsh and Latin. Only three This movement relies on the help of musicians, including classical violinist Patrick Halling, who has worked with Yes member Steve Howe, Planxty band founding member and bagpiper Liam O'Flynn, and Van Morrison's guitarist Arty McGlynn. After 'Enya', Enya provided vocals for Sinead O'Connor's album 'The Lion And The Cobra'.
After winning the recognition of Warner Music, he released his first album "Watermark" in the international market in 1988, which became a global sensation. It climbed to the Top 5 of the British Gold Chart and won the first place on the Billboard New Age Music Album Chart. The album's popularity lasted for several years.
'Watermark' ranked fifth and runner-up on the Billboard New Age Music Album Year-End Chart for two consecutive years in 1992 and 1993, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Age Music Album for the first time. , the single Orinoco Flow stayed at the top of the UK Gold Chart for 3 weeks. If 'The Celts' is a geographical legend originating from Ireland, then 'Watermark' is a poetic legend about water, with waves of tender ripples like water. , painting the heart lake with rippling colorful clothes of life, Enya's music creation not only controls the sense of space and clarity, but also the flowing human feelings, from light to deep, from reflection to suddenness, from latent to throbbing, will Originating from the ancient African civilization, the mysterious legend about water is transformed into the intellectual interaction between water and people, embodying the moving emotions of static beauty. The album received a 4-star rating from Rolling Stone magazine. Orinoco Flow is a joyful celebration of exploring the water of the earth, the watercolor animation of the music video is refreshing, and Watermark, Storms In Africa, and River have starred Gerard Badieu and Andie MacDowell. Part of the film music of the movie "Green Card" shows the clear and penetrating range of situations in Enya's melody, and it can also become the emotional endorsement of image transmission. Although various new age diva titles have been applied to Enya, she has not been in a hurry to release new works. Instead, she has contributed to Sinead O'Connor's No. 1 album 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't' for the second time. Got' across the knife.
The album 'Shepherd Moons', released in early November 1991, ranked 17th on the Billboard pop album chart in its first week of release, winning the first place on the New Age Music Album Chart and the British Album Gold Chart. , the album was awarded platinum records in the United States, Canada, Spain, and Japan, and global sales exceeded 10 million copies.
At the end of October of the same year, Enya embarked on a global promotional tour. On December 11, she made her first trip to Taiwan. Her otherworldly temperament caused a wave of new century music in Taiwan, and the album glowed with blue. The legend of the moonlit night with a colorful mood, melancholy blue accompanied by hesitant mood, and the still-moving artistic conception is deeper, wider, and richer than 'Watermark', as if the exquisite emotions of classical music are hypnotized into the image of new century music. The British NME magazine joked in its music review that Caribbean Blue and Orinoco Flow create the most needed feeling for mineral water advertising, which shows Enya's keen sense of using instrumental music to create images of flowing water.
The heroic sentiments of Book Of Love, which was selected as the ending theme of the movie "Far From Home" starring Tom Cruise in 1992, extend infinitely under the support of bells and drums, and have the effect of inspiring human potential.
In November 1992, 'Watermark' achieved four platinum sales in Taiwan, and 'Shepherd Moons' even achieved seven platinum sales.
Selected as the musical clip for the 1994 film "The Age of Innocence" directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Winona Ryder, Marble Hall's graceful temperament, both ancient and modern, complements the film's elegant and luxurious atmosphere. The classical sophistication of Enya's music is perfectly demonstrated here.
The album 'Shepherd Moons' won Enya her first Grammy Award for Best New Age Music, and was nominated for the Brit Award for International Artist Project. The album topped the Billboard New Age Music Album Chart. It took the back seat to the championship for more than a year and a half, and lingered in the top five on the list for four years. It topped the New Century Music year-end album chart for two consecutive years in 1992 and 1993, and was still the runner-up on the year-end album list until 1994.
At the end of 1994, Enya sang a different Christmas with the single 'How Can I Keep From Singing'. She sang the traditional song Silent Night in Irish, creating an otherworldly Christmas dream. .
As of August 1995, 'Watermark' has sold 8 million copies worldwide, and 'Shepherd Moons' has sold 8.5 million copies.
After four years of preparation, the album 'The Memory Of Trees', released in November 1995, ranked No. 9 on the Billboard pop album chart in its first week of release. The exciting Anywhere Is is exploring In the meaning of the words "Mysterious Life Ethics", the mystery is suddenly thrown away. The whole album opens up Enya's feelings for everything in the world, bringing the deepest feelings in the heart to the farthest distance of the sky. The clear sound quality settles with time. A deep feeling comes out, and then returns from the distant sky to the deepest part of the heart with the emotion of prayer and care, and finally leads all living things back to their spiritual home in the song On My Way Home. It can be called Enya's most spiritual penetration. A creative creation. This is Zhang Chan's work that has topped the Billboard New Age Music Album Chart, and once again won her the Grammy Award for Best New Age Music Album.
The best album 'Paint The Sky With Stars' released in 1997, in addition to the best-sellers over the years, plus two annual creations, Only If and the title song of the same name, has sold more than 9 million copies worldwide, and is a British music The magazine even gave it a full 5-star rating.
In the same year, a special selection of "A Box of Dreams Enya's Dream Music Box" was released in a limited edition in an exquisite box, dividing Enya's creations into "Oceans", "Clouds", "Stars" "Categorized into 3 CDs to compile the most accurate imagery.
Excluding the promotion for the 1997 greatest hits album 'Paint The Sky With Stars', Enya spent two years immersed in Dublin Castle to complete the album "a day without rain" released in 2000. This album was still crafted by the husband-and-wife team of producer Nicky Lane and songwriter Roma Lane. This time, Enya started some random thoughts on the piano. It was entirely done by the three of them themselves, creating the most popular sound in the music world today. Lack of warmth. The singles released include the title song "A Day Without Rain", "Wild Child", and "Only Time", which has no reason to mourn. It became the best witness song when the United States mourned the victims of 911. This song won the 2002 Echo Music Award. Won an award for Best International Pop Single.
In March 2002, May It Be, the theme song she wrote for the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, was nominated for the 74th Oscar for Best Original Film Song. Enya was invited to perform at the Academy Awards for the first time.