Enya was born into a musical family. Her father, Leo Brennan, was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band, a popular Irish show band; her mother was an amateur musician. Most important to Enya's career were her siblings, who formed Clannad in 1976 with several of their uncles. Enya joined the band as a keyboardist in 1979, and contributed to several of the group's popular television soundtracks. In 1982, she left Clannad, claiming that she was uninterested in following the pop direction the group had begun to pursue. Within a few years she was commissioned, along with producer/arranger Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, to provide the score for a BBC-TV series called The Celts. The soundtrack was released in 1986 as her eponymous solo album.
Enya didn't receive much notice, but Enya and the Ryans' second effort, Watermark, became a surprise hit upon its release in 1988. "Orinoco Flow," the first single, became a number one hit in Britain, helping the album eventually sell eight million copies worldwide. Enya spent the years following the success of Watermark rather quietly; her most notable appearance was a cameo on Sinéad O'Connor's I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. She finally released Shepherd Moons, her follow-up to Watermark, in 1991. Shepherd Moons was even more successful than its predecessor, eventually selling over ten million copies worldwide; it entered the U.S. charts at number 17 and remained in the Top 200 for almost four years.
Again, Enya was slow to follow up on the success of Shepherd Moons, spending nearly four years working on her fourth album. The record, entitled Memory of Trees, was released in December of 1995. Memory of Trees entered the U.S. charts at number nine and sold over two million copies within its first year of release. In 1997 came the release of a greatest-hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, which featured two new songs. Enya's first album of new material in five years, A Day Without Rain, was released in late 2000. In 2001, she contributed material to the first film in Peter Jackson's award-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, scoring a hit with the single "May It Be." Amarantine, her first full-length recording since Day Without Rain, followed in November of 2005, and has so far sold nearly five million copies.
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After the September 11, 2001 attacks, her song "Only Time" (from A Day Without Rain) was used as a backdrop in many radio and TV reports about the attacks. She initially frowned upon this use, especially when many bootlegged versions of Only Time mixed with sound effects from the attack began to appear.
Enya eventually agreed to release a special edition of the song with funds going to the families of victims. Many Enya fans, however, are resentful that her music has been linked with the attacks; an example of this occurred on a 2002 appearance on CNN's Larry King Live when images of battle in Afghanistan were shown on screen as she performed "May It Be", a song with little war connection. This sparked some complaints within Enya's fan community.
Enya is admittedly a slow worker when it comes to composing music. As a result, fans have had to wait as long as five years between albums. In September 2004, a new song, set to words from a Japanese poem Roma Ryan had written and called "Sumiregusa" ("Wild Violet") was unveiled in Japan as part of an advertising campaign for Panasonic. In announcing the new recording, Warner Music Japan stated that Enya's next album was scheduled for release (in Japan at least) in mid-November. Enya issued a press release on her official Web site on 19 September stating that this was a mistake and no new album was immediately forthcoming.
Enya was awarded the World's Best-Selling Irish Act award at the World Music Awards in London on 19 November 2006. On February 11, 2007 Amarantine won Enya her fourth Grammy when it was awarded the Best New Age Album award.
Recent Releases
In November of 2005, a new album, entitled Amarantine, was released. It won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for 2007.
In 2006, Enya released several Christmas-themed CDs with newly recorded material. On October 10, 2006, Sounds of the Season was released containing six songs: the previously released "Oíche Chiúin" (a.k.a. "Silent Night") and "Amid the Falling Snow", new recordings of the standards "Adeste Fideles" (a.k.a. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful") and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" as well as two original songs, "Christmas Secrets" and "The Magic of the Night". This CD was released only in the United States in an exclusive partnership with the NBC television network and the Target department store chain.
In later November two new editions of Amarantine were released. In North America, it was reissued as Amarantine - Special Christmas Edition with a second disc containing the four new Christmas songs previously issued on Sounds of the Season (the original album already had "Amid the Falling Snow" while "Oíche Chiúin" is a recording dating back to 1988 which had already been featured on numerous collections). The UK received a deluxe version of this release (Amarantine - The UK Special Edition) which also included three postcards and a copy of Roma Ryan's book Water Shows the Hidden Heart which is referenced on the original album. Canadian fans could choose from the Special Christmas Edition of Amarantine, or an EP entitled Christmas Secrets which only contained the four new songs.
Coinciding with these releases was the relaunch of Enya's official website on Nov. 2, 2006. On November 16, 2006 Enya mentioned on ITV1's that she is working on a new album. A month later, in a Japanese interview Enya said that the album will be a complete Christmas album and it will be released in the winter of 2007. There is no schedule for the release date itself.
Enya's album, "And Winter Came", was released in November 2008. It contains twelve tracks - ten brand new songs plus a newly recorded choral rendering of Oiche Chiuin (Silent Night) and a stunning version of the traditional Christmas hymn 'O come, o come Emmanuel'
ENYA -CARRIBEAN BLUE
Enya Lyrics
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Afer Ventus
So the world goes round and round
With all you ever knew
They say the sky high above
Is Caribbean blue
If every man is true
Do I believe the sky above
Is Caribbean blue
Boreas
Zephryus
If all you told was turned to gold
If all you dreamed was new
Imagine sky high above
In Caribbean blue
The Enya song "Caribbean Blue" evokes a sense of mystique, magic, and wonder. The opening lines mention two wind gods, Eurus and Afer Ventus, which give the impression that the song is inspired by ancient Greek/Roman mythology. However, the song also mentions two more wind gods, Boreas and Zephyrus, which add to the mythical element of the song. The opening lines are a reference to the cyclical nature of life, how everything goes round and round, and yet there's still so much to learn and experience.
The central theme of the song revolves around a question- "Is the sky above Caribbean blue?" The song presents this question as a sort of existential conundrum, something that has puzzled poets and philosophers for centuries. The lyrics suggest that if every man were to speak the truth, and all one's dreams were to come true, then the sky above might as well be Caribbean blue. In other words, the sky above is a reflection of our innermost desires, hopes, and dreams. The song ends on a positive and hopeful note, inviting the listener to imagine a sky full of possibilities and growth.
Line by Line Meaning
Eurus
The east wind
Afer Ventus
The African wind
So the world goes round and round
The world never stops moving and changing.
With all you ever knew
Despite all you have known and experienced in life
They say the sky high above
People say that the sky above us...
Is Caribbean blue
...is a beautiful shade of blue like that of the Caribbean sea.
If every man says all he can
If people speak only the truth.
If every man is true
If people are honest and truthful at all times.
Do I believe the sky above
I start to wonder whether the sky...
Is Caribbean blue
...truly has the same serene and beautiful hue as the Caribbean sea.
Boreas
North wind
Zephryus
West wind
If all you told was turned to gold
If everything you ever said turned out to be true and valuable...
If all you dreamed was new
If everything you wished for in life was new and wonderful...
Imagine sky high above
Picture the sky high above us
In Caribbean blue
...and try to imagine its beauty to be as magnificent as that of the Caribbean sea.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: EITHNE NI BHRAONAIN, NICKY RYAN, ROMA RYAN
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Helen Alvarez Hualpa
Esta música nos trasciende a un mundo de fantasía y paz
David Lopez
Enya merece muchos premios por esta música tan apoteósica son obras de arte sus canciones melodías y esta voz que transporta a otros planos !!
Cristian Ariel Franco
Sublime Enya forever.🌠💫
Sandra Burgos
Es una de las melodias mas hermosas que escuche la Amo y no paro de escucharla me transporta a lugares Mágicos y hermosos
Javier Chaile
Hacía mucho tiempo que quería escuchar este tema , lo escuché cuando era niño y ya pasaron 25 ,me encanto haberlo podido encontrar
Cleyde Machado
Amo desde de que ouvi pela primeira vez ,amo em 2019 e vou amar para sempre!!!
É lindo e bom ver brasileiros de bom gosto amando tbem!👏🙏🙌🕉️🕉️🕉️♥️♥️♥️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Elisabeth Santos
É verdadeiramente um encanto essa canção. Amo de paixao o trabalho da Enya! 💓
Decir La Verdad Te Hace Diferente
Dios, esta música es del cieloooo. Cuando escucho a Enya mi alma llora de la emoción.
Rosana Delgado
A mí me duele el alma con esto ,pienso en todos los que perdí y me duele el alma mi padre mis abuelos mi primo ,PIENSO EN TODOSSSSS LOS ANIMALITOS QUE SE FUERON CON ZUFRIMIENTO Y ME ARRANCA A PEDAZOS LA VIDA DIOS DALES Y DAME FUERZAS PARA LO QUE ME QUEDE DE VIDA SOPORTAR LA VIDA PADECERLA CON ESTE DOLOR.LOS AMO PAPÁ Y TODOS MIS HIJOS ANIMALITOS. PAPÁ MARIO DELGADO QUE DESCANSES EN PAZ TU HIJA.😔😔😢
roberto garcia beltran
Asi es la vida mientras unos lo tienen todo y me refiero a nuestros seres mas importantes ni siquiera lo imaginan nose que decir a todo lo que has pasado por que nunca lo he experimentado y el dia que eso pase nisiquiera imagino como reaccionare que seguramente me sera imposible pensarlo, solo pienso que si existe un paraiso seria uno donde esten los que mas amas familia amigos mascotas todos donde no exista violencia donde quisa la naturaleZA sea mucho mejor que aquellos paisajes de este mundo y donde ocurran cosas increibles nose si eso pueda existir pero por ahora lo que puedo decir es animo , resignacion , aprende o madura a ver la vida de otra forma por que creo a todos nos pasa tu quieres que la vida sea como tu quieres pero no es asi camabia de manera inimaginable y muy dificil como a ti u otras personas saludos los mejores deseos ¡¡