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Is baill í Enya de theaghlach ceolmhara na Ó'Braonaín as
Gaoth Dobhar. Sa bhliain 1980, cheangal sí le banna ceol á muintire, Clannad ach d'fhag sí dhá bhliain ina dhiadh sin le slí beatha aonaire a leanúint. Chuir Enya le cheile an ceol don chlár teilifise *The Celts* agus scaoileadh amach an t-amhrán ar chéad albam Enya i 1987. Bliain ina dhiadh sin scaoil sí amach *Watermark* go h-ollghairdeas leirmheastach ar fud an domhan. Rinneadh milliúnaí d'Enya thar oíche iniaidh an rath a d'eirigh lei leis an t-ámhran *Orinoco Flow*. Iniaidh seo chuaigh Enya ar an gcúráid ina caisleán i mBaile Atha Cliath. Oibríonn Enya anseo lena táirgtheoir. Is annamh é a thabharfann Enya agallaimh. Ní cheolann sí go poiblí ró-mhinic ach an oirid. I gcomhluadar le Amazon.com molann Dún na nGall.com Watermark (1991); Sheperd Moons (1991) a dhíol 10 milliún cóip ar fud an domhan, Orinoco Flow leis an Taliesin Orchestra (1996) agus Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya (1997) Tá Dlúthcheirnín úr Enya A Day Without Rain iniadh thar 5 mhilliúin cóip a dhíol agus ceapadh í mar Cheoltóir na Bliana sa tSeapáin agus tá níos mó na milliúin albam díolta anseo aici cheana féin. Tá 50 milliúin albam díolta ag Enya ó 1988. |  Enya has sold over 50 million albums since 1988 |
Enya is a member of the musically gifted Brennan family
from
Gweedore.
In 1980 she joined the family band
Clannad but left two years later to pursue a solo career.
Enya recorded the music for the television series *The Celts* which was released as
her debut album
in 1987. In 1988 she released *Watermark* to world wide critical acclaim.
The success of Enya's single *Orinoco Flow* turned her into
a recluse almost overnight. The Donegal woman works with her
lyricist and producer in her
County Dublin Castle and seldom gives interviews or performs in
public. Enya's recordings are
Watermark (1991);
Sheperd Moons (1991) which sold 10 million copies world wide;
Orinoco Flow with The Taliesin Orchestra (1996)
and
Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya
(1997).
Enya's latest CD
A Day Without Rain has exceeded 5 million sales
while the Donegal songestress was
voted International Recording Artist of the Year 2001 in Japan
where the album sold over 1 million copies.
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