Enya

Name: Enya
Birth Name: Eithne Ní Bhraonáin
Height: 5' 2"
Sex: F
Nationality: Irish
Birth Date: May 17, 1961
Birth Place: Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal, Ireland
Profession: actress, musician
Father: Leo Brennan (owns a local pub in Meenalech)
Mother: Baba Brennan (former teacher)
Sister: Máire Ní Bhraonáin (Mary Brennan)
Brother: Ciarán Ó Braonáin (Kieran Brennan) and Pól Ó Braonáin (Paul Brennan)
   
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ENYA NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • She has made appearances at benefits and has played for the Pope, the King of Sweden and the Queen of England, but these involved playbacks of her work while she played and possibly sang along, not a true live performance.
  • Spanning her five-album career, Enya has now sold more than 48 million records worldwide--despite never having performed a live concert.
  • Got a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination in 2002 for best original song with May It Be.
  • Nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at Grammy Awards for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2003) - for May It Be

Quotes
  • "It'd be a really great thing to do,"
  • "We've first been talking about next year, trying to at least do a TV special performance, having the setting, say, in a cathedral or something and involve quite a few people - orchestrating the music, having choir. It'd be fantastic to try. You can't emulate the same sound, but definitely the music can cross over to a rendering for a live performance. We're both very confident about that."
  • "It'd be a really great thing to do,"
  • "The title refers to the mood on a particularly peaceful day on which there was no rain. We do get a lot of rain in Ireland in all seasons. We had a run of days where it had done nothing but rain. Then one day the sun came out. It was then that I wrote the title track, so what else could I call it?"
  • On the significance of her music: "People listen to the music and sense what it is about. Sometimes they know exactly what the songs are about, sometimes they interpret their own meaning to the music, and that's great when this happens because it shows it's striking a chord."

Awards
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Song, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2002) - for May It Be
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Best Song, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2002) - for May It Be
  • World Music Awards: best-selling Female artist, best-selling New Age artist and best-selling Irish artist, and wins the award for best pop-rock single with Only Time in the Echo Awards (Germany)
  • Grammy Award for Best New Age Album with A Day without Rain
FAN SITES  
  • Enya at Biggeststars.com
    http://www.biggeststars.com/DisplayStar.do?id=439
    Tons of Celeb Pics, Recent News, Biography, Lyrics, Filmography Astrology Profile, Posters, DVD/CD, and much more.
  • Enya - Official Web Site
    http://www.repriserec.com/enya/
    From Reprise Records with news, biography, video, images, downloads, links and more.
  • Things Enya
    http://www.geocities.com/enya_eithneni/
    Fanpage offers videos, lyrics, biography, midis, Enya cards, discography, Enya FAQ and more.
  • Enya: A Day Without Rain
    http://homepage.mac.com/enya/index.html
    Latest Enya news, discography, audios/videos, newsgroup links and more.
  • Enya - Magic & Melody
    http://www.enya.org/
    Enya fanpage with biography, news, lyrics/translation, article trancripts, picture archive and more. Spanish and English site.