Enya discography
Enya discography | |
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Studio albums | 8 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Singles | 21 |
The discography of
Four years after Shepherd Moons, she released The Memory of Trees in 1995, 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 1997, Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya. The compilation was a huge sales success, especially in the United States and Japan, and featured two new songs: the title track and the single "Only If...". The following month, the limited box set A Box of Dreams was additionally released, containing three discs and some B-sides from previous singles.
Following a five-year break, Enya released her most successful studio album to date, A Day Without Rain. The album peaking at number two on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and became the best selling new-age album in history. The first single, "Only Time", was used in the film Sweet November and reached the top ten in the United States and number one in Germany. The second single, "Wild Child", was included as the main theme of the soundtrack of the film Calmi Cuori Appassionati, which was Enya's second album to sell over a million copies in Japan. In 2001, Enya recorded the acclaimed song "May It Be", which featured in the first installment of The Lord of the Rings film series, The Fellowship of the Ring, and was her second consecutive single to enter the German charts at number one. The following year, she released her third box set titled Only Time: The Collection.
Enya was formally credited on two hit singles in 2004, "
Two years later,
Enya has achieved worldwide record sales of more than 80 million, making her one of the
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
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IRE [4] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [6] |
CAN [7] |
GER [8] |
NLD [9] |
NZ [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
UK [13] |
US [14] | ||||
Enya | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | 69 | — |
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— | 7 | — | — | 70 | 28 | 7 | 39 | — | 10 | — |
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Watermark |
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— | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
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Shepherd Moons |
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— | 8 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 17 |
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The Memory of Trees |
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— | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
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A Day Without Rain |
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7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
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Amarantine |
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15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
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And Winter Came... |
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13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
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Dark Sky Island |
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7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
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IRE [4] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [6] |
CAN [7] |
GER [8] |
NLD [9] |
NZ [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
UK [13] |
US [14] | ||||
Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya |
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48 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
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The Very Best of Enya |
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22 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 55 |
Soundtrack albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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JPN [51] | |||||||||||||
The Frog Prince[A] |
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Themes from Calmi Cuori Appassionati[B] |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Box sets
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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AUS [5] |
GER [8] |
NLD [9] | |||||||||||
The Enya Collection |
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A Box of Dreams |
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199 | — | — | |||||||||
Only Time: The Collection |
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— | 93 | 37 | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Video albums
Title | Album details |
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Moonshadows |
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The Video Collection |
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The Very Best of Enya |
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Extended plays
Studio
Title | EP details | Sales |
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Sounds of the Season: The Enya Collection |
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Compilation
Title | EP details |
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6 Tracks |
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The Christmas EP |
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Singles
As lead artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
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IRE [53] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [6] |
FRA
[54] |
GER [8] |
ITA [55] |
NLD [9] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
UK
[13] |
US [56] | |||||
" I Want Tomorrow "
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1987 | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Enya | ||
"Orinoco Flow" | 1988 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
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Watermark | |
"Evening Falls..." | 3 | 104 | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | 20 | — | ||||
"Storms in Africa" | 1989 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | |||
"Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[C] | 6 Tracks / The Christmas EP | |||
" Exile "
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1991 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 79 | — | Watermark | ||
"Caribbean Blue" | 8 | 74 | — | — | 50 | — | 37 | 28 | 32 | 13 | 79 |
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Shepherd Moons | ||
"How Can I Keep from Singing?" | 19 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | 32 | — | ||||
"Book of Days" | 1992 | 12 | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | 10 | — | |||
"The Celts" | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | The Celts | |||
" Marble Halls "
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1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shepherd Moons | ||
"Anywhere Is" | 1995 | 8 | 34 | 8 | — | 44 | — | 19 | 33 | — | 7 | — |
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The Memory of Trees | |
"On My Way Home" | 1996 | — | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | |||
"Only If..." | 1997 | — | 94 | — | — | 68 | — | 78 | — | — | 43 | 88 | Paint the Sky with Stars | ||
"Only Time" | 2000 | 58 | 69 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 17 | 44 | 30 | 1 | 32 | 10 | A Day Without Rain | ||
"Wild Child" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | — | |||
"May It Be" | 30 | — | 12 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 60 | 16 | 24 | 50 | — |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | ||
"Amarantine" | 2005 | 50 | — | 31 | 15 | 47 | — | — | — | 39 | 53 | — | Amarantine | ||
"It's in the Rain" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Trains and Winter Rains" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | And Winter Came... | ||
"Echoes in Rain" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dark Sky Island | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
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IRE [53] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [6] |
FRA
[54] |
GER [8] |
ITA [55] |
NLD [9] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
UK
[13] |
US [56] | |||||
"Ready Or Not" (Fugees featuring Enya) |
1996 | 2 | 24 | 17 | — | 8 | — | 3 | 3 | 23 | 1 | — | The Score
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2004 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Hurt No More | ||
"You Should Really Know" (The Pirates featuring Shola Ama, Naila Boss, Ishani and Enya) |
25 | — | 41 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | Non-album singles | |||
"Dive" (Salvatore Ganacci featuring Enya and Alex Aris) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Promotional singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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US AC [60] | |||||||||||||||
"China Roses" | 1995 | — | The Memory of Trees | ||||||||||||
"If I Could Be Where You Are" | 2005 | — | Amarantine | ||||||||||||
"Someone Said Goodbye" | 2006 | 29 | |||||||||||||
"The Magic of the Night" | — | Amarantine: Special Christmas Edition | |||||||||||||
" White Is in the Winter Night "
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2008 | 8 | And Winter Came... | ||||||||||||
" My! My! Time Flies! "
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2009 | — | |||||||||||||
"Dreams Are More Precious" | — | ||||||||||||||
" So I Could Find My Way "
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2015 | — | Dark Sky Island | ||||||||||||
"The Humming" | — | ||||||||||||||
"Even in the Shadows" | 2016 | — | |||||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other charted and certified songs
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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SWI [12] |
US Bub. [57] | ||||||||||||
"Watermark" | 1988 | — | — |
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Watermark | ||||||||
"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" | 2008 | — | 9 | And Winter Came... | |||||||||
"And Winter Came..." | 51 | — | |||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Music videos
Official videos
Title | Year | Director |
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"I Want Tomorrow" | 1987 | David Richardson |
"Aldebaran" | ||
"Boadicea" | Entertainment Production | |
"Orinoco Flow" | 1988 | Michael Geoghegan |
"Evening Falls..." | ||
"Storms in Africa" | 1989 | |
"On Your Shore" | Entertainment Production | |
"Na Laetha Geal M'óige" | ||
"Exile" | 1991 | Michael Geoghegan |
"Caribbean Blue" | ||
"Shepherd Moons" | Unnamed | |
"How Can I Keep From Singing?" | Entertainment Production | |
"Marble Halls" | 1992 | |
"Book of Days" | Michael Geoghegan | |
"The Celts" | ||
"Anywhere Is" | 1995 | David Scheinmann |
"On My Way Home" | 1996 | Rob Dickins |
"Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" | 1996 | Entertainment Production |
"Only If..." | 1997 | Dan Nathan |
"Only Time" | 2000 | Graham Fink |
"Wild Child" | 2001 | |
"May It Be" | 2002 | Peter Nydrle |
"Amarantine" | 2005 | Tim Royes |
"It's In The Rain" | 2006 | |
"Trains and Winter Rains" | 2008 | Rob O'Connor |
"So I Could Find My Way" | 2015 | K. Nakagawa |
"Echoes in Rain" | ||
"Watermark" | 2021 | Unnamed |
Lyric videos
Title | Year | Director |
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"Echoes in Rain" | 2015 | Unnamed |
"So I Could Find My Way" | ||
"The Humming" | ||
"Even in the Shadows" | 2016 | |
"May It Be" | 2020 | |
"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" | ||
"Oíche Chiúin (Chorale)" | ||
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" | ||
"Journey of the Angels" | ||
"White Is in the Winter Night" | ||
"Dreams Are More Precious" |
Footnotes
References
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External links
- The Enya Discography – detailed information about Enya discography.
- Enya Releases – details about the editions of Enya releases
- Enya Non-Album Tracks – detailed guide to Enya B-sides and rarities
- Northern Skyline – Enya, Clannad & Moya Brennan news blog
- EnyaBlues – Enya's largest fansite