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Enya
Irish singer (born )
For annoy uses, mark Enya (disambiguation).
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| Birth name | Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin |
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| Born | () 17 Possibly will (age&#;63) Dore, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland |
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| Years active | –present |
| Labels | Warner |
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Musical artist
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Enya discography
| Enya discography | |
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| Studio albums | 8 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 21 |
| Video albums | 3 |
The discography of Irish singer-songwriter Enya consists of eight studio albums, two compilation albums, twenty-one singles as lead artist and a number of other appearances. Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career in with the album Watermark, containing the big hit song "Orinoco Flow" which topped the UK Singles Chart and the European Hot Singles.
Three years later, the similarly successful Shepherd Moons followed, which debuted at the top of the charts in the United Kingdom and featured the moderately successful singles "Caribbean Blue" and "Book of Days", the latter was the theme of the film Far and Away. In , a re-mastered version of the Enya album was released as The Celts with the title track as a single. Four years after Shepherd Moons, she released The Memory of Trees in , a top five success in several countries around the world, as well as her first top ten album in the United States. Singles released from the album were "Anywhere Is" and "On My Way Home", the first was a top ten hit in the United Kingdom. In November , Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint the Sky with
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Only Time
single by Enya
"Only Time" is a song by Irish musician Enya. It was released on 6 November as the lead single from her fifth studio album, A Day Without Rain (). The song reached number one in Canada, Germany, Poland and Switzerland, number two in Austria, and became Enya's only top single as a solo artist in the United States, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot It became an anthem for the victims of the September 11th attacks, with Enya donating to a fund for the victims' families.[1]
Release
[edit]In , "Only Time" was released again as a radio remix. The track was remixed and mastered by the Swiss American Federation (S.A.F. aka Christian B. and Marc Dold) with a final mix by Enya's producer, Nicky Ryan. Enya donated the earnings from the sale of that single to the Widows' and Children's Fund of the Uniformed Firefighters Association to help the families of firefighters in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks.[2] Following the attacks, sales of the album and its lead single, "Only Time", skyrocketed after it was used by several radio and television networks in their coverage and aftermath of the attacks. As a result, "Only Time", (the S.A.F. radio remix) climbed to number 10 on the Billboard Hot singles chart and num