“New Age” singer ENYA enters onto the world stage with her song “Orinoco Flow” a.k.a. “Sail Away”
–on her album Watermark, released in 1988.
Her albums “Shepherd Moons,” “The Celts,” “Paint the Sky with Stars,” “The Memory of Trees,” “Enya,” “A Day Without Rain,” “Amarantine,” and “Sounds of the Season,” among other releases, would follow.
“And Winter Came…” was to follow, November 2008.
“Enyanomics”—a term pegged to her career has entered the music industry lexicon. It means the ability to sell millions of albums without giving any live performances.
An export of Ireland, Ethne Patricia Ni Bhraonian a.k.a. Enya Brenan a.k.a. Enya (b. 1961) is both the daughter and granddaughter of musical band families. Her She began her musical career in 1950, when she briefly joined her family band, Clannad.
Enya loves cats and castles, both of which she owns.