Enya
Enya is an Irish singer/songwriter and instrumentalist. She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to perform solo. She gained wider recognition for her music in the 1986 BBC series The Celts.
Shortly afterwards, her 1988 album 'Watermark' propelled her to further international fame and she became known for her distinctive sound, characterized by voice-layering, folk melodies, synthesized backdrops and ethereal reverberations.
Enya continued to enjoy steady success during the 1990s and 2000s; her 2000 album 'A Day Without Rain' sold 15 million copies, and became the top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
She received the world's best-selling female award at the World Music Awards in 2001. She is Ireland's best-selling solo musician. Her record sales stand at more than 75 million worldwide, including over 26.5 million in album sales in the US, making her one of world's best-selling artists of all time. Her work has earned her four Grammy Awards and an Academy Award nomination.
“Each heart is a pilgrim,Each one wants to knowThe reason why the winds dieAnd where the stories go.Pilgrim, in your journeyYou may travel far,For pilgrim it's a long wayTo find out who you are...”
“To leave the thread of all timeAnd let it make a dark lineIn hopes that I can still findThe way back to the momentI took the turn and turned toBegin a new beginningStill looking for the answerI cannot find the finishIt's either this or that wayIt's one way or the otherIt should be one directionIt could be on reflectionThe turn I have just takenThe turn that I was makingI might be just beginningI might be near the end.”
“Long, long journey through the darknessLong, long way to goBut what are miles across the oceanTo the heart that's coming home?”