It has since sold over10 millioncopies worldwide.
Watermarkwas just the beginning of Enya’s success.
The Irish singer has won four Grammy Awards, and was nominated for five more.
What, exactly, has Enya been up to?
It’s time to check in with the reclusive singer.
That puts her ahead of Chris Martin (front man of the band Coldplay) and Ed Sheeran.
Even more impressive than her vast wealth is that it was earned through album sales alone.
Why is she so reclusive?
Enya hardly ever gives interviews and makes few public appearances.
Her mysteriousness has only fueled the public’s fascination with her.
Why is someone so famous so reclusive?
Well, for starters, she doesn’t actually consider herself to bea recluse.
“The media put tags on people,” she toldIndependentin 2015.
“WithOprah Winfrey, it’s the weight issue.
What is the spin they have on me?
‘Oh, she’s a recluse.'”
Enya added that her absence from the spotlight is due to the fact that she’s simply busy.
The artist has never sought to be in the public eye.
You certainly have to admire Enya’s commitment to her music.
She seems determined to live on her own terms and not let her fame take over her life.
In 2017, the singer toldThe Believer(viaLiterary Hub)that her fans understand her.
“They’ll ask for an autograph and they’ll just leave,” she said.
I always say that fame and success are two different things."
She said that people often tell her that she looks like Enya, however.
“But that’s something that I would get.”
Not according to her uncle.
“We don’t see much of her,” her uncle, Noel Duggan, toldThe Sunin 2016.
“She lives like a queen.
She is a recluse.”
While celebrities often engage with their fans online, Enya is rather disconnected from social media.
It’s not just social media that Enya avoids.
Even more traditional forms of online communication are avoided by the singer.
“It feels so cold,” she toldBuzzFeedin 2015.
“The energy is no good.
I’d rather go for a walk.”
“People would say to me, ‘Do you want to settle down and have a family?’
“I didn’t think, ‘Oh My God!
I’d better settle down and have a family’.
Why should anyone make me feel this is what I should do?
Whatever path you go down, you should feel comfortable with it.'”
In the years that have passed since that interview, Enya hasn’t changed her stance.
She hasn’t married nor had children, although she does wear a ring on her wedding ring finger.
She seems happy with the choice she made, standing by the statement she gaveThe Guardianin 2000.
“I wouldn’t change anything I’ve done over the past few years,” she said.
“That I’m not married and don’t have children has been my choice.
I don’t feel I’ve missed out in any way.”
In 2013, it had beenhalf a decade since her most recent release, 2008’sAnd Winter Came.
In spite of this,she made the Billboard Hot 100for her song “Only Time.”
So how did an old song suddenly break into the top 100?
The song was featured in a Volvo ad starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.
The ad, as of this writing, has racked upmore than 90 million views on YouTube.
What took so long between albums and what was Enya up to in all of that time?
Well, according to the singer herself, she simply needed some time to herself.
“I traveled,” she toldLiterary Hub.
“I bought a place in the South of France, did massive renovations on it.
I have family in Australia, so traveling and catching up, and basically the time just flew.
That’s what I felt: I needed to do that.”
She took three years off before starting work onDark Island Sky.
Her dad passed away
Enya made the news in 2016, but not for something happy.
Her father, Leo Brennan,passed away that year.
Enya had the opportunity to be with her father during his last days.
Leo died peacefully this morning at home, surrounded by his family.
Our thoughts are with Enya at his time.
Enya and her family request privacy during this time, as you will understand.”
Like Enya, and several other of his children who are also musical, Brennan was a gifted musician.
He played accordion, saxophone, and sang with the Slieve Foy Dance Band for much of his life.
The singerpurchased Ayesha Castle in Dublin back in 1997 a structure with quite an interesting history.
One of Enya’s neighbors is fellow singerBono, who she said she bumps into from time to time.
In 1996, one stalker was thrown out of her parents’ pub and stabbed himself in the neck.
In 2005, another broke into her home, and Enya fled to a panic room.
The manescaped before the police arrived.
In spite of such terrifying incidents, Enya chooses not to live her life in fear.
“They’re in a very unhappy place.
It’s notreallytheir fault, especially if they associate something disturbing with a song.
I had a choice to either deal with it and move on or experience all that negativity every time.
So I moved on.
It does not spook me.
This isn’t the first time Enya has received an unusual namesake.
In 1997, an asteroid that had been discovered in 1978 was dubbed6433 Enyain honor of the singer.
“I am a very slow composer”
Will Enya be releasing another album in the future?
“I am a very slow composer,” she toldLiterary Hub.
One thing is for sure: her next album will be well worth the wait!
