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

His losing streak was broken when he received the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2001, for the Monsters, Inc. song " If I Didn't Have You ", beating Sting, Enya and Paul McCartney.

Enya recorded a song entitled " Boadicea " for her 1987 LP Enya.

A sign for Leo's Tavern in Gweedore, which reads " The home of Clannad & Enya "

In 1982, shortly before Clannad became internationally renowned for " Theme From Harry's Game ", producer and manager Nicky Ryan left the group and Enya joined him to start her own solo career.

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

Enya recorded two solo instrumental pieces called " An Ghaoth Ón Ghrian " ( Irish for " The Solar Wind ") and " Miss Clare Remembers " that were released on the 1984 album Touch Travel.

She was first credited as Enya ( as opposed to Eithne ) for writing some of the music for the 1984 movie The Frog Prince, which was released on a soundtrack album of the same title.

Enya was contracted to provide music for the soundtrack of the 1986 BBC television documentary The Celts.

Enya was the subject in the song " Pumping Iron for Enya " by Atom and His Package on their 1999 album Making Love.

As a result, Enya spent an estimated € 250, 000 on security measures for her home, Manderley Castle in Killiney.

In 2000 Warner Music released Enya: The Video Collection on DVD in Europe, South Africa and Asia, collecting all her videos from " Orinoco Flow " up to and including " Wild Child ", except for the video from " Book of Days ", which was replaced by a live TV performance due to licensing complications relating to the video's use of footage from the film Far and Away.

** Nicky Ryan ( engineer & producer ) & Enya ( engineer & artist ) for A Day Without Rain

This prompted a lawsuit resulting in a settlement where Enya was given credit and royalties for her sample .< ref > Battles, Jan. " Rap takes Enya's 12 notes up chart ", Sunday Times 03 / 28 / 2004.

The Fugees have continuously thanked and praised Enya for her deep understanding of the situation, for example in the liner notes for The Score.

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.

** Enya for The Memory of Trees

She also appeared in the music video for the song " Caribbean Blue " by Irish singer Enya.

The series is best known for introducing mainstream audiences to the music of Irish singer 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.

Enya achieved international success with New Age / Celtic fusions.

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 ".

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.

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 ).

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.

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 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.

The first single " I Don't Wanna Know " was based on a sample of the Fugees ' 1996 hit single " Ready Or Not ", which itself was based on a slowed-down sample of the instrumental track " Boadicea " by Enya from her 1987 self-titled album.

So, a compromise was reached to credit the single as " Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy and Enya ".

*" Book of Days " ( song ), a 1992 single by Enya

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.

" Anywhere Is " is a hit single by Enya.

Enya donated the earnings from the sale of that single to the Uniform Firefighters Association's Widows ' and Children's Fund to help the families of fire fighters in the aftermath of 9 / 11.

" Wild Child " is a 2001 single by Irish singer Enya.

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.

( Russia ), Enya ( Ireland ), James Last ( Germany ), Doda ( Poland ), Jean Michel Jarre ( France ), Aqua ( Denmark / Norway ), Rasmus Seebach ( Denmark ), Roxette ( Sweden ).

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 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.

Irish singer Enya contributed song " May it Be " for The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ) movie soundtrack.

" 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.

*" Wild Child " ( Enya song ), a song on Enya's 2001 album A Day Without Rain