Every day Enya He lives hidden in front of the world in the Manderley castle in Kilaliney in southern Dublin. The Irish singer has been avoided the media for years, reluctantly gives interviews, and also shuning public performances – she appeared for the last time at the Grammy Gala from 2017.
The official website (run by the label) informs only about the 35th anniversary of the premiere of a groundbreaking album “Watermark” – And we are talking about September 2023. On this occasion, he appeared, among others special mix of single “Orinoco Flow”.
This is what Enya looks like today. Rare photos went to the network
No wonder that photos published on the profile Donegal Dancers They made a sensation. Under this banner there are titled dancers Thomas and Emily Colangeloalso known from the show Rhythm of the dance.
They appeared at the family wedding in Donegal, Ireland, where among the guests were also among others Enya and her sister Moya Brennanwith which she appeared in the group in the early 1980s Clannad.
“Divine voice of Ireland”. Who is Enya?
The 64-year-old singer is really called Eithne Patricii ní bhraonáin. She was born in Gweedore in northwestern Ireland as the sixth of the nine children, she was brought up in the family of musicians. Already as a little girl she performed at the local theater and church choir led by her mother.
At the end of the 1960s, a family group was formed Ann Clann as Dobharwhich after a few years changed its name to Clannad. The formation combined traditional Irish and Celtic music with contemporary pop, and in the second half of the 1970s, it gained considerable recognition not only in the homeland, but also on the continent.
In the early 1980s, Enya joined her sister Moya, the Brothers Półka and Ciaran and cousins Noel and Padraig Duggan, but the activity in Clannad turned out to be an episode. The singer playing on the keys took part in the recording of CDs “Crann úll” (as an additional musician) and “Fuaim” (already as a full member of Clannad).
Family cooperation apparently did not go perfectly, because in 1982 Enya at the instigation of the manufacturer and the then manager Nicky Ryan (his wife is responsible for the vocalist’s lyrics Roma Ryan) decided to leave Clannad and start solo. Her soundtrack brought her popularity to the documentary series “The Celts” on order of the BBC. These recordings were on the debut solo album simply entitled “Enya” (1987).
Samples from the song “Boadicea” In 1996 they were used in the hit “Ready or Not” (1996) Groups The Fugeesas it turned out – without the consent of Enya and without taking her as a co -author. According to the law, it worked for it Mario Winanswhich with its work “I Don’t Wanna Know” He also reached for “Boadice”. In this way, Enya made her greatest success on the American list of singles (2nd place in 2004).
“Divine voice of Ireland” the world was delighted for good thanks to the album “Watermark” (1988), which spread to over 11 million. A multiplication hit reigned on the charts “Orinoco Flow”. Interestingly, some mistakenly believe that the lyrics are written in Latin (Enya sings not only in English and Irish, but also in other languages, including fictitious ones, invented by JRR Tolkien).
At the beginning of the 1990s, Enai’s popularity began to be seen by the creators of Hollywood, and its works appeared in such films as “Toys” (With Robin Williams),, “Green Card” (With Gerard Depardieu and Anda MacDowell),, “Behind the horizon” (in the main roles Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman) Whether “Age of innocence” (in the cast Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder).
Enya gave up “Titanic”
Apparently, there was little instead of instead Celine Dion In “Titanic” We would hear Enya’s voice. Ultimately, it was the Irish singer who was to resign from cooperation with James Cameron. Oscar’s statuette for the best song by Enya brushed four years later, in 2001 thanks to “May it be” (song sung in English and Quenya) from the movie “Lord of the Rings: The Ring Team” by Peter Jackson. A song also appears in the first part of the trilogy “Aniron” Singed in the Elphic language of Sindarin.
In 2001, a song “Only time” Enyi was also often used by radio and television stations during the relationship with the attack on the World Trade Center in New York. Two months later, Enya released a special maxistering “Only Time”. Income from the sale of this tile was allocated to help victims and victims in attacks.
After the plate “Amarantine” (2005 – another success, places in the TOP 10 British and American list) only appeared Christmas “And Winter Came …” (2008), Compilation “The Very Best of Enya” (2009) and “Dark Sky Island” (2015). One of the American business experts created the word “ennyoconomy” to determine the fact that Ireland sells millions of albums almost without live. The singer only appears from time to time in television programs or during special events (she has, among others, a performance for the Pope John Paul IIwho was a big fan of her spiritual songs).
From the tinsel, the popularity of the prefers to watch the white and white romances (the name of the Manderley Victorian castle bought for 2.5 million pounds comes from the house of the hero of the book and the film “Rebecca” by Alfred Hitchcocka), collect works of art and paint. And her companions are … cats.
“I love cats, I used to have 12. It was a state of bliss – they lay and fucked up in the sun, and then came to me and climbed my neck” – said Enya in one of the few interviews.
“I’m afraid of marriage because I’m afraid that someone may want me because of who I am, not because he loves me,” she emphasized.