Enya ndi woyimba waku Ireland wobadwa pa Meyi 17, 1961 kumadzulo kwa Donegal ku Republic of Ireland.
Zaka zoyambirira za woimbayo
Mtsikanayo anafotokoza kuti anakulira “wachimwemwe ndiponso mwabata.” Ali ndi zaka 3, adalowa mpikisano wake woyamba woimba pa chikondwerero cha nyimbo chapachaka. Adachitanso nawo zisudzo ku Gwydora Theatre ndikuyimba ndi abale ake mukwaya ya amayi ake ku St Mary's Church ku Derrybag.
Ali ndi zaka 4, mtsikanayo anayamba kuphunzira kuimba piyano, ndipo kusukulu anaphunzira Chingerezi. Ali ndi zaka 11, agogo a Enya adalipira maphunziro a mdzukulu wawo pasukulu yokhazikika ya amonke ku Milford, yoyendetsedwa ndi asisitere a dongosolo la Loreto.
Kumeneko, mtsikanayo anayamba kukonda nyimbo zachikale, luso, Latin ndi utoto wamadzi. Zinali zoipa kwambiri kusiyana ndi banja lalikulu chonchi, koma nyimbo zanga zinali zabwino.”, adatero Enya.
Anasiya sukulu ali ndi zaka 17 ndipo adaphunzira nyimbo zachikale ku koleji kwa chaka chimodzi kuti akhale mphunzitsi wa piyano.
Woyimba ntchito Enya
Mu 1980, Enya analowa gulu Clannad (zolemba zinaphatikizapo abale ndi alongo woimba). Mu 1982, adasiya gululi kuti ayambe ntchito yake yekhayekha Clannad asanadziwike ndi Theme From Harry's Game. Mu 1988, woimbayo adachita bwino pa ntchito yake payekha ndi nyimbo yodziwika bwino yotchedwa Orinoco Flow (yomwe nthawi zina imatchedwa Sail).
Zina mwa nyimbo zomwe amaimba mu Irish kapena Latin. Woimbayo adaimba nyimbo zomwe zimamveka mufilimuyi "Lord of the Rings", yomwe ndi: Lothlrien, May It Be ndi Anron.
Patapita zaka zitatu yopuma, Enya analemba chimbale "Watermark", amene "anasweka" mu matchati mayiko osiyanasiyana. Nyimbo ya Shepherd Moons nthawi yomweyo idatchuka padziko lonse lapansi.
Zotsatira zake, idakwanitsa kugulitsa makope 10 miliyoni ndikulandila mphotho yoyamba ya Grammy ya Best Album. Ambiri amakhulupirira kuti kupambana koteroko kumabwera chifukwa cha kumasulira kwa Chingerezi kwa Bukhu limodzi la masiku.
Pofuna kukulitsa omvera ake, woimbayo adatulutsanso chimbale chake choyamba ndipo Enya adatchedwa The Celts.
Pambuyo pakupuma kwazaka zisanu pakati pa ma Albums, A Day Without Rain (2000 Reprise) inali chimbale chopambana kwambiri cha woimbayo, makamaka chifukwa cha Nthawi Yokhayo. Nyimboyi idakhala nyimbo yomveka pamawayilesi akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi pambuyo pa kuwukira kwa 11/XNUMX.
Zaka zitatu pambuyo pake, mu November 2000, adatulutsa chimbale chake choyamba m'zaka zisanu, A Day Without Rain. Zinali zopambana kwambiri ku North America, kufika pa #1 pa Billboard 200 ndi #4 pama chart a Top Canadian Albums.
Nthawi Yokhayo inafika pachimake pa nambala 10 pa US Billboard Hot 100 ndipo inafikanso pa nambala 1 pa chart ya Adult Contemporary airplay. Izi ndichifukwa choti nyimboyi idalanda dzikolo pambuyo pa kuwukira kwa 11/XNUMX.
Mu Novembala 2005, chimbale chachisanu ndi chimodzi cha Amarantine chidatulutsidwa, chomwe chidafika pamndandanda 10 wapamwamba kwambiri ku US ndi Canada. Nyimbo yamutuyi inali nyimbo 20 yapamwamba kwambiri pawailesi, yomwe ikufika pa nambala 12 pa chartboard ya Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.
Chimbale chatsopano Ndipo Winter Came ... chinatuluka patatha zaka zitatu ndikugunda pamwamba 10 ku Canada, US ndi UK. Poyambirira idapangidwa ngati chimbale cha Khrisimasi, idapanga mutu wanthawi yachisanu, ndipo chimbalecho chinali ndi nyimbo ziwiri zokha za Khrisimasi. Zinapangitsa kuti pakhale masitima apamtunda 30 Otentha Akuluakulu Otentha ndi Zima Rains.
Album yoyamba ya solo ya woimbayo
Mu chimbale choyamba cha Enya (BBC, 1987), chotulutsidwanso monga The Celts (WEA, 1992), woimbayo adapanga njira yomwe adadzipezera kutchuka padziko lonse lapansi: kugwiritsa ntchito zida zachikhalidwe zaku Ireland, gitala lamagetsi, synthesizer, bass, ndi pamwambapa. mawu onse, ochulukirachulukira m'mawu ambiri kuti adzutse mawu amatsenga ndi akale.
Patangotha masabata angapo atatulutsa chimbale chake choyamba, Enya adasaina mgwirizano wojambulira ndi Warner Music UK. Izi zinachitika chifukwa chakuti wapampando wa chizindikiro, Rob Deakins, m'chikondi ndi ntchito ya wojambula.
Asanasaine kontrakitiyo, anakumana naye pa Irish Association Awards ku Dublin ndipo anapempha kusaina kontrakiti. Mgwirizanowu udatsimikizira ufulu wa nyimbo, kusokonezedwa pang'ono ndi zilembo, komanso palibe nthawi yomaliza yomaliza kumaliza ma Albums.
Deakins analemba kuti: "Kwenikweni, mgwirizano umatsirizidwa kuti upange phindu, ndipo nthawi zina kuti uchite nawo zaluso. Mwachionekere inali yomalizira. Ndinali ndi chikhumbo chofuna kuyanjana ndi ntchito ya Enya. Ndidabwerezanso nyimbo zake, ndidamva china chatsopano, chapadera, chochitidwa ndi mzimu. Sindikanatha kuphonya mwayiwu komanso pamsonkhano wachisawawa kuti ndisapereke mgwirizano.
Enya atatha kuswa mgwirizano ndikuchita mgwirizano ndi chizindikiro china kuti agawire nyimbo zake ku America. Izi zinalola kukulitsa omvera ake ndikupambana kuzindikira kochulukirapo.
Enya Awards
Woimbayo walandira mphoto zinayi za Grammy. Kuphatikiza apo, adalandira kusankhidwa kwa Oscar kwa nyimbo zomveka. Mphotho za World Music Awards mu 2006 zidamulemekeza monga woyimba wogulitsidwa kwambiri wa ku Ireland.
