Born into a musical family and raised in the Irish -speaking area of Gweedore in County Donegal , Enya began her music career when she joined her family's Celtic folk band Clannad in on keyboards and backing vocals. She left in with their manager and producer Nicky Ryan to pursue a solo career, with Ryan's wife Roma Ryan as her lyricist. Enya developed her sound over the following four years with multitracked vocals and keyboards with elements of new age , Celtic, classical, church, and folk music. She has sung in ten languages. Enya's first projects as a solo artist included soundtrack work for The Frog Prince and the BBC documentary series The Celts , which was released as her debut album, Enya She signed with Warner Music UK , which granted her artistic freedom and minimal interference from the label. The commercial and critical success of Watermark propelled her to worldwide fame, helped by the international top hit single " Orinoco Flow ". Sales of the latter and its lead single, " Only Time ", surged in the United States following its use in the media coverage of the September 11 attacks.
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We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Thirty years ago this week, a New Age classic was released into the world. Cut to a full courtroom, and the judge impatiently asking where detective Peralta is His entrance music? It was the lead single off her proper debut album, Watermark , which dropped a few weeks earlier. The song became a no. MTV played the music video on rotation, both the single and video were nominated for Grammys, and the song became a bona fide phenomenon.
The Very Best of Enya is the second greatest hits album by the Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya , released on 23 November by Warner Bros. After promoting her previous studio album And Winter Came The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics and peaked at number 32 on the UK Albums Chart and number 55 on the Billboard in the United States. It spent a total of 56 weeks at number one on the Billboard New Age Albums chart. In a departure from her previous releases, Enya did not promote the album with interviews, appearances, or live performances. After promoting her seventh studio album And Winter Came She agreed to the project, and chose a selection with her longtime collaborators, producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan.
