Enya (Irish Gaelic: Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, English: Enya Brennan,1961May17-) is a famous independent musician in the Republic of Ireland. As far as the band is concerned, the word Enya includes Enya herself (responsible for composing and performing), Nicky Ryan (responsible for album production) and Roma Ryan (wife of Nicky Ryan, responsible for lyrics). The name Enya is actually the pinyin of the Irish name Eithne in English. Enya was born in a musical family in Guido Town, Donigo County, Ireland. Her grandfather was a member of a band that toured Ireland, while her father was the leader of a band called Slieve Foy before running a bar, and Enya's mother was a member of a dance company, and later taught music at Gweedore Comprehensive School. In addition, Enya has four brothers and four sisters, some of whom formed a band called An Clann at 1968 (renamed Clannad Band at 1970). 1980, Enya joined the Clannad band, including her brothers and sisters Maier, Bohr and Charan, and her twin uncles Noel and Pa Delaigue Duggan. In crane? 0? In 3ll (1980) and Fuaim (1982), Enya plays the keyboard and sings background music. 1982 (shortly before Clannad became famous with the theme from Harry's game), Nicky Ryan, who is also a producer and manager, left Clannad. Enya also left the band and cooperated with Nicky to develop her personal career. 1986, Enya composed the music for the movie The Frog Prince. 1987, Enya made music for the BBC special program "Celtic", and the BBC released an album called "Enya" for these music. Because of this album, Enya's music attracted the attention of Rob Dickins, president of wea, and signed a record contract with Enya. 1988, Enya's first official solo album Watermark was released in wea. 199 1 released the second album "The Shepherd's Moon". 1992, wea obtained the distribution right of Enya, and after rearrangement and mixing, it was renamed Celts for global distribution. 1995, the fourth album Memory or Tree was released. 1998, the selected series "Painting the sky with stars" was released. In 2000, the fifth album "A Day Without Rain" was released. 200 1, Enya wrote and sang the theme song "May It Be" for the film "The Lord of the Rings I": The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. In 2005, the sixth album Amarantine was released. In 2008, the seventh album "Winter is Coming" 165438+ 10 was released.