Enya ( born Eithne Ní Bhraonáin,, anglicized as Enya Brennan, 17 May 1961 ) is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter.

Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.

Enya then formed her own recording studio, named " Aigle ", which is French for " eagle ".

The song " Boadicea ", also from this album, would later be sampled by The Fugees on their single " Ready or Not " ( 1996 ), causing a brief stir because the group neither sought permission from Enya nor gave her credit initially, and by Mario Winans, who did give her credit ( the Winans track, " I Don't Wanna Know " which features a rap by P. Diddy and is officially credited to all three artists, became Enya's highest charting single in the US, when it peaked at # 2 on the Hot 100 in 2004 ).

The vocabulary is formed by Enya singing the notes to which Roma provides the phonetic writing.

The asteroid 6433 Enya, discovered on 18 November 1978 by A. Mrkos at Klet, is named after her.

This is only a partial listing of albums produced by Enya.

The following is a list of music videos that Enya has released:

Gaoth Dobhair in County Donegal is the largest Gaeltacht parish in Ireland, which is home to regional studios of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and world-class musicians, such as Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Altan, Moya Brennan ( Máire Ní Bhraonáin ), Enya ( Eithne ), and Clannad, who were all raised with Irish as their first language.

Today, in addition to Young, it is home to such artists as Devendra Banhart, Green Day, Deftones, Michael Bublé, Enya, Mastodon, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Serj Tankian, Josh Groban, Charice, Cavo, Taking Back Sunday, HIM ( also on Sire ), My Chemical Romance and Disturbed.

Moya is the eldest of nine children, her sisters are Deirdre, Eithne ( better known as Enya ), Olive, Brídín and her brothers are Ciarán, Pól, Leon and Bartley.

McKennitt is compared to Enya, but McKennitt's music is more grounded in traditional and classical invocations, using literary works as sources of lyrics and springboards for interpretation such as " The Lady of Shalott " by Lord Tennyson, " Prospero's Speech " ( the final soliloquy in William Shakespeare's The Tempest ), " Snow " by Archibald Lampman, " Dark Night of the Soul " by St. John of the Cross, Dante's Inferno, William Blake's " Lullaby ", Yeats ' " The Stolen Child ", " The English Ladye and the Knight " by Sir Walter Scott and " The Highwayman " by Alfred Noyes.

The ride inspired the Beatles song of the same name and is also mentioned in the songs " Tonight, Tonight, Tonight " from Genesis, " Ball and Chain " by XTC, " Fade In-Out " by Oasis, " Fat Gal " by Merle Travis, " Wild Child " by Enya, " American Pie " by Don McLean, " Bloodbath in Paradise " by Ozzy Osbourne, and " Black Curtains " by Megadeth.

This is currently owned by Donegal singer Enya who has renamed it Manderley Castle.

Due to various time travelers ' attempts to rewrite reality, continuity shifts again and Phase is now revealed to be, instead, Enya Wazzo, Phantom Girl's previously unknown cousin.

MusicOMH commented that " Speed Of Sound, the lead single, has ' Clocks '- like drumming contrasts with synth sequences that remind more of Enya than rock music " and criticised it for sounding " familiar and far older than it is.

The Aerosonde is powered by a modified Enya R120 model aircraft engine, and carries on board a small computer, meteorological instruments, and a GPS receiver for navigation.

Grandpa Marvin continues asking Stan to kill him, and demonstrates how terrible his life is by locking Stan in a room and forcing him to listen to music in the style of Enya.

" Orinoco Flow ", also known as " Orinoco Flow ( Sail Away )", is a 1988 song written and recorded by the Irish singer Enya.

" Storms in Africa " is a song by the Irish singer Enya, featured on her 1988 album Watermark.

The music she produced was featured on her first solo album, Enya ( 1987 ), but it attracted little attention at the time.

Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career in 1988 with the album Watermark, which featured the hit song " Orinoco Flow " ( sometimes incorrectly known as " Sail Away ").

The songs " On Your Shore " and " Exile " ( from Watermark ) and " Epona " ( from Enya ) were featured in the 1991 film L. A. Story.

In 1997 Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, again a top five smash in the UK and Germany, which featured two new songs: " Paint the Sky with Stars " and " Only If ..."; " Only If ..." later became a single.

In 2001 Enya recorded " May It Be ", which was featured in the first installment of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, and was her second consecutive single to enter the German charts at number one.

Mary was featured on the cover of Billboard magazine in a story hailing her as " a firm favorite to join the heavy-hitting ranks of such Irish artists as Enya, Sinéad O ' Connor and Clannad's Máire Brennan in the international marketplace ".

This record featured a then un-known musician from Gweedore, Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, now known as Enya.

" May It Be " is a song composed by Irish musician Enya and featured in Peter Jackson's 2001 film The Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Ring.

Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career in 1988 with the album Watermark, the album featured the hit song " Orinoco Flow " which topped the charts in the United Kingdom and reached number 2 in Germany.

In 1997, Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint The Sky With Stars: The Best of Enya, again a Top Five smash in the UK and Germany, which featured two new songs: " Paint the Sky With Stars " and " Only If ...".

In 2001, Enya recorded May It Be, which featured in the first installment of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, and was her second consecutive single to enter the German charts at number 1.

In November 2009 the deluxe version of the compilation release The Very Best of Enya included a DVD bonus disc containing most ( but not all ) of the music videos from the 2001 release, documentaries from that release, and videos from Enya's post-2001 albums.

The song was included on the soundtrack for the Peter Weir film Green Card ( 1990 ) along with " River " and " Watermark ", both also from the same Enya album.

Enya also included " May It Be " on her 2009 album, The Very Best of Enya.

From a young age, Enya appeared in many pantomimes onstage at Gweedore's local theatre and sang with her siblings in her mother's choir at St Mary's Catholic Church, Derrybeg.

In 1980, Enya worked with Clannad, the band composed of her siblings Máire ( Moya ), Pól, and Ciarán and twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan.

Three years later she followed with another hit album, Shepherd Moons, which sold twelve million copies and earned Enya her first Grammy Award.

Enya released a special edition of the song, and a maxi single was issued on 20 November 2001 featuring a pop mix, with proceeds donated to the families of victims.

In 2006 Enya released several Christmas-themed CDs with newly recorded material.

Beginning with Watermark, Enya began to attract the attention of stalkers, several of whom succeeded in breaking into her castle and attacking some of the staff.

In 2006, Enya made it to the number three spot in the ranks of wealthy Irish entertainers with an estimated fortune of € 109 million ( i. e., £ 75 million or US $ 165 million ), and number 95 in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 of the 250 Wealthiest Irish People.

* 1997: Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya

Donegal musical artists such as the bands Clannad and Altan and solo artist Enya, all from Gaoth Dobhair, have had international success with traditional or traditional flavoured music.

Her sister Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, who spent a while with Clannad, continues to pursue a very successful solo career under the name Enya.

However, the most successful genres have been rock, popular and traditional fusion, with performers such as U2, Enya, Westlife, Boyzone, Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Horslips, Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats, Clannad, Stiff Little Fingers, Altan, Frank Patterson, The Corrs, The Dubliners, The Chieftains, The Bothy Band, De Dannan, The Divine Comedy, Josef Locke, The Irish Tenors, Van Morrison, Therapy ?, The Saw Doctors, Planxty, The Wolfe Tones, Snow Patrol, The Cranberries, In Tua Nua, The Undertones, Ash, B * Witched, Nadine Coyle, The Hothouse Flowers, The Script, Two Door Cinema Club, Something Happens, The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, Dana, Mundy, Sinéad O ' Connor, Paul Brady, Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Val Doonican, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ruby Murray, Peter Cunnah ( of D: Ream ), Daniel O ' Donnell, Bridie Gallagher, Brendan Bowyer, Gilbert O ' Sullivan, Mary Black, Sir James Galway, Johnny Logan, Bill Whelan ( of Riverdance fame ), Damien Rice, Phil Coulter, Glen Hansard, and Celtic Woman achieving success nationally and internationally.

Enya fused traditional Irish elements with New Age to create a unique sound which has made her Ireland's second biggest-selling act of all time.

Enya achieved international success with New Age / Celtic fusions.

In addition to dealing with archive material, the label also manages the US distribution or worldwide production of compilations for more recent Warner acts, including still-active artists such as Enya, New Order, and Chicago.

The Corrs, along with Sinéad O ' Connor, Van Morrison, Boyzone, U2 and Enya held a charity concert in 1998, to raise money for the victims of the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland.

They have worked with a wide variety of world-renowned musicians including Dolly Parton, Enya, The Chieftains, Bonnie Raitt and Alison Krauss.

In addition to an impressive solo career and his work with the Irish traditional group Planxty, O ' Flynn has recorded with many prominent international musical artists, including Mark Knopfler, the Everly Brothers, Enya, Mary Black, and Donal Lunny.