Enya Patricia Ni Brennan

Her music is often called anti-stress, mystical, and Enya herself is a fairy, a mysterious Celtic performer who brought Gaelic tunes to life on CDs of the 20th century. The number of albums sold by her is estimated at millions of copies, and she has not given a single concert in her life. The phenomenon of Ireland's most mysterious star has been of interest to music lovers from all over the world for decades.

Enya Patricia Ni Brennan was born on May 17, 1961, perhaps into the most musical family in Ireland. Her homeland is the village of Dor Bartley, belonging to the Guidor region, known as the cradle of Irish culture: folk songs, dances, customs. On the Atlantic coast of County Donegal, the heritage of the Celts is deeply respected to this day, and Gaelic is spoken.

The Brennan clan had 9 offspring. The Irish singer has 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Enya became the sixth child of Baba and her husband Leo. In Gaelic, the girl's name is Eithne, i.e. Enya, as the combination of letters "th" is not pronounced according to the rules. Ní Bhraonáin, i.e. Neither Brennan is literally "daughter of the Brennans." Subsequently, in order to avoid difficulties with reading from fans and producers, the performer will agree with the English-language interpretation of the name - Enya, i.e. Enya, and will refuse from the surname for work altogether.

Love for melodies is in her family's blood. As a teenager, his father was interested in church music, in adulthood he composed Celtic ballads, his mother taught music in high school. The almost born football team was also welcomed to practice vocals and instrumental creativity, encouraging the desire for beauty. Enya chose the piano and was interested in the classics.

The Brennan clan is a happy Irish adaptation of the Jacksons. In 1968, the singer's cousins ​​and older brothers founded the group an Clann as Dobhair, the name of which was later changed to Clannad due to the same difficulties in translation from Gaelic to international.

The relatives first performed in a tavern with Leo Brennan, and later gained European popularity as performers of Celtic folk, mixed with rock and new age. At the time of the founding of the collective, Enya was only 7 years old, but immediately after graduation she joined the team, where her sister Moya had already taken the leading place, played the harp.

From 1980 to 1982, the girl performed in a family group, played keyboards and sang, but later decided to start a solo career. In her youth, she did not participate in noisy parties, did not meet with guys, did not get into nasty, but ordinary teenage situations, and occasionally met with her friends. As the performer will later tell, the fact is that music appeared in life earlier and filled everything.

While working with Clannad, Enya met Nicky Ryan, the band's manager. After the European tour of the wards, he left the band, and the young performer left behind him, moved to Dublin and was preparing for the beginning of a solo career. Nicky became an agent, and his wife Roma Ryan became a songwriter.

Enya has repeatedly said that she owes 2/3 success to the Ryans, meeting with whom is fateful for her creative biography. In 1984, Nicky's manager was commissioned to score music for a feature film by popular producer David Putnam.

He liked working with a talented Irish woman. He promoted Enya's cooperation with the BBC channel. The girl created the musical accompaniment for a documentary series dedicated to the history and culture of the Celts. The work on the project took 10 months. As a result, the audience liked the sound design of "Celts" so much that it was released by the BBC after the end of the broadcast as a separate collection. The album was named shortly and simply - Enya.

Years later, a reworked disc with the new name The Celts was released by Warner Brothers, with the British division of which Enya signed a contract in 1987. Studio head Rob Deakins was inspired by the singer's vocals, working outside the format and, as it seemed, outside the commercial mainstream. Rob decided to turn the Gaelic girl into a new global star.

Enya's album Watermark brought worldwide popularity. Otherworldly, magical, ethereal vocals, the most complex cutting of vocal parts, a combination of musical instruments and folk Celtic tunes blew up the charts in many countries of the world. The songs were so different from the usual 80s compositions that some critics suggested that the flickering of New Age and the sound waves of folk were due to the use of drugs.

The singer noted that during the final mixing of the album, she took painkillers due to a leg injury, but the fact had nothing to do with the creative process. Subsequent works proved this, and now Enya's performing style is unique and recognizable throughout the world.

After 20 months, the presentation of the Shepherd Moons disc took place, which stayed on the Billboard charts for 199 weeks, i.e. almost 4 years. For the new creation, the singer recorded a dozen songs - exactly the same number were included in the new album.

In 2000, the single Only Time topped the charts in many countries around the world, and sales of the album A Day Without Rain skyrocketed after a number of TV channels used the track in stories covering the tragic events of 9/11.

Big breaks in discography are Enya's trademark. From 1987 to 2015, she released only 9 albums. The break between And Winter Came and Dark Sky Island was a record 7 years. Dark Sky Island was released in two versions: regular and extended deluxe edition with several clips and bonus tracks.

Enya painstakingly works on each composition, recording vocals and complex orchestrations. For the same reason, she never gives concerts - to play some of the songs, choirs and dozens of musicians are needed to play various instruments. Meticulousness and rigor in his work is explained as follows:

Enya's work has gained recognition in the film industry. Throughout her career, she has released soundtracks for popular films: the comedy Residence Permit with Gerard Depardieu and Andy MacDowell, the Los Angeles Story melodrama with Steve Martin, the drama Far Away with Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, as well as The Age of Innocence directed by Martin Scorsese.

The composition May It Be brought the greatest popularity to the singer. Co-written with the Ryan couple and the famous Hollywood film composer Howard Shore, the song became the decoration of the first part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy - The Fellowship of the Ring. For her, Enya received a Golden Globe, several World Music Awards and an Oscar nomination.

Little is known about his personal life. He does not like to appear in public, avoids mass events. He often visits his native Dor-Bartley, visiting loved ones. The artist was not married, no children. Lives in Dublin in an old castle of the XIX century, as befits a fairy.

The history of the building is curious. The castle was built in 1840 for the coronation of Queen Victoria. It burned down in 1928, but was restored to the smallest detail. In 1995, the complex was transformed into an entertainment tourist center. After 2 years it was acquired by Enya and named Manderly by analogy with the name of the fictional house in her favorite novel by Daphne Du Maurier "Rebecca".

For 2018, there is no information about the singer and her creative plans, as well as details of her private life.

1987 - Enya 1988 - Watermark 1991 - Shepherd Moons 1992 - The Celts 1995 - The Memory of Trees 2000 - A Day Without Rain 2005 - Amarantine 2008 - And Winter Came 2015 - Dark Sky Island

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