Enya discography

Enya discography
Lady with dark hair wearing a black top and a crucifix necklace.
Enya at the 2001 film premiere of Sweet November
Releases
Studio albums 8
Compilation albums 3
Singles 20

The discography of Enya, an Irish singer-songwriter, consists of eight studio albums, three compilation albums, twenty singles and a number of other appearances. Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career in 1988 with the album Watermark, the album featured the hit song "Orinoco Flow" which topped the charts in the United Kingdom and reached number 2 in Germany. Three years later, she followed with Shepherd Moons. In 1992, a re-mastered version of the Enya album was released as The Celts. Four years after Shepherd Moons she released The Memory of Trees (1995), another top five success in both the UK and Germany, as well as her first top 10 album in the US. Singles released from the album were "Anywhere Is" and "On My Way Home". In 1997, Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, again a top five album in the UK and Germany, which featured two new songs: "Paint the Sky with Stars" and "Only If...". Following a five-year break, Enya released the album A Day Without Rain in 2000. The album is Enya's most successful to date, peaking at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. The first single, "Only Time", was used in the film Sweet November and peaked at No. 10 on the US Hot 100, number 1 in Germany.

In 2001, Enya recorded "May It Be", which featured in the first instalment of the The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, and was her second consecutive single to enter the German charts at number 1. In November 2005, a new album, entitled Amarantine, was released. It reached the Top 10 in both the UK and the US, and peaked at number 3 in Germany. In 2006, Enya released several Christmas-themed CDs with newly recorded material. On 10 October 2006, Sounds of the Season: The Enya Holiday Collection was released containing six songs, which was released only in the United States. In November 2008 And Winter Came..., was released. The album is a Christmas- and Winter-themed album. The album was another sizable hit, reaching the top 10 in many countries, an unusual accomplishment for a seasonal album. She has sold over 27 million albums in the United States alone according to Nielsen Soundscan.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
IRE
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
US
[11]
Enya
  • Released: 4 March 1987
  • Label: BBC
  • Formats: CD, cassette
8 26 15 69
Watermark
  • Released: 19 September 1988
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1 8 15 2 13 1 5 1 5 25
  • World: 11,000,000
  • US: 3,877,571[13]
Shepherd Moons
  • Released: 4 November 1991
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1 8 31 21 7 3 5 13 1 17
The Celts
  • Released: 6 November 1992
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1 7 70 28 7 39 10
  • World: 4,500,000
  • US: 1,070,973[13]
The Memory of Trees
  • Released: 5 December 1995
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1 1 3 4 1 3 1 3 5 9
  • World: 10,000,000
  • US: 2,397,724[13]
A Day Without Rain
  • Released: 21 November 2000
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 6 2
  • AUS: 2× Platinum[24]
  • AUT: Platinum[21]
  • GER: 3× Platinum[16]
  • NLD: 3× Platinum[17]
  • NZ: Platinum[25]
  • SWI: 2× Platinum[18]
  • UK: 2× Platinum[26]
  • US: 7× Platinum[14]
Amarantine 15 13 4 3 5 10 4 3 8 6
  • World: 6,000,000
  • US: 1,344,593[13]
And Winter Came …
  • Released: 10 November 2008
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
13 7 6 3 2 9 4 3 6 8
  • World: 3,000,000
  • US: 838,000[30]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums

List of albums, with chart positions, sales and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
IRE
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
US
[11]
Paint the Sky with Stars
  • Released: 11 November 1997
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
48 10 3 5 10 6 1 7 4 30
  • World: 12,000,000
  • US: 3,456,664[13]
The Very Best of Enya
  • Release: 23 November 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
22 19 18 19 11 6 20 8 32 55
  • World: 1,000,000
  • US: 365,000

Box sets

List of albums with chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
The Enya Collection
  • Released: 30 November 1996
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
A Box of Dreams
  • Released: 1 December 1997
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Only Time: The Collection
  • Released: 11 November 2002
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
93 37

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title EP details
6 Tracks
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3 Tracks
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Christmas EP
  • Released: 4 November 1994
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Sounds of the Season
  • Released: 10 October 2006
  • Label: NBCUniversal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Christmas Secrets
  • Released: 28 November 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
IRE
[36]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[37]
GER
ITA
[38]
NL
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
US
[39]
1987 "I Want Tomorrow" Enya / The Celts
1988 "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" 1 7 15 2 20 1 1 1 1 24 Watermark
"Evening Falls..." 3 32 20
1989 "Storms in Africa (Part II)" 12 41
1991 "Exile"
"Caribbean Blue" 8 50 37 25 30 13 79 Shepherd Moons
"How Can I Keep from Singing?" 19 26 32
1992 "Book of Days" 12 32 10
"The Celts" 29 Enya / The Celts
1995 "Anywhere Is" 8 7 44 19 31 7 The Memory of Trees
1996 "On My Way Home" 26
1997 "Only If..." 68 78 43 88 Paint the Sky with Stars
2000 "Only Time" 1 1 48 1 17 44 28 1 32 10 A Day Without Rain
2001 "Wild Child" 72
2002 "May It Be" 30 9 40 1 12 60 14 21 50 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2005 "Amarantine" 48 28 13 47 36 53 Amarantine
2006 "It's in the Rain" 7 195
2008 "Trains and Winter Rains" 45 15 And Winter Came
"—" denotes items not released in the territory or failed to chart.

As featured artist

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
IRE
[36]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[37]
GER
ITA
[38]
NL
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
US
[39]
2004 "I Don't Wanna Know" (Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy and Enya) 2 5 3 1 5 2 10 1 1 2 Hurt No More
"You Should Really Know" (The Pirates featuring Shola Ama, Naila Boss, Ishani and Enya) 25 38 45 8

Promotional singles

Year Single Album
1989 "Oíche Chiún" N/A
1994 "Marble Halls" Shepherd Moons
1995 "China Roses" The Memory of Trees
2006 "Someone Said Goodbye" Amarantine
"If I Could Be Where You Are"
"The Magic of the Night" Christmas Secrets
2008 "White Is in the Winter Night" And Winter Came
2009 "My! My! Time Flies!"
"Dreams Are More Precious"

Other charted songs

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
SWI
[9]
US
2008 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" 123 And Winter Came...
"And Winter Came..." 51

Video albums

Music videos

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