Paint the Sky with Stars

Paint the Sky with Stars
Greatest hits album by Enya
Released 11 November 1997
Genre New age, Celtic, pop
Length 57:50
Label WEA (UK)
Reprise (US)
Producer Nicky Ryan
Enya chronology

Paint the Sky with Stars
(1997)		 A Box of Dreams
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [2]

Paint the Sky with Stars – The Best of Enya is a 1997 compilation album by Irish musician Enya featuring a selection of her best known material plus two previously unreleased tracks: "Paint the Sky with Stars" and "Only If...". The album sold over 1 million copies in Japan alone, winning the 12th Japan Gold Disc Awards for Grand Prix Album category.[3]

Track listing

All songs composed by Enya with lyrics by Roma Ryan, except for "Marble Halls"

No. TitleFrom the album Length
1. "Orinoco Flow"  Watermark 4:26
2. "Caribbean Blue"  Shepherd Moons 3:58
3. "Book of Days"  Shepherd Moons 2:56
4. "Anywhere Is"  The Memory of Trees 3:46
5. "Only If..." (previously unreleased)  3:19
6. "The Celts"  Enya / The Celts 2:57
7. "China Roses"  The Memory of Trees 4:40
8. "Shepherd Moons"  Shepherd Moons 3:40
9. "Ebudæ"  Shepherd Moons 1:52
10. "Storms in Africa"  Watermark 4:11
11. "Watermark"  Watermark 2:26
12. "Paint the Sky with Stars" (previously unreleased)  4:15
13. "Marble Halls"  Shepherd Moons 3:55
14. "On My Way Home" (Single Version)The Memory of Trees 3:38
15. "The Memory of Trees"  The Memory of Trees 4:19
16. "Boadicea"  Enya / The Celts 3:28

Singles

"Only If..." was also released as a single the same year with the previously unreleased "Willows on the Water" along with the Oíche Chiúin ("Silent Night") as accompanying tracks.

"Boadicea" was sampled by The Fugees on their UK No. 1 hit "Ready or Not"; it was also sampled by Mario Winans on his UK No. 1 and US No. 2 hit "I Don't Wanna Know".

Production

Accolades

Japan Gold Disc Awards

Year Recipient Award Result
1998 Paint the Sky with Stars Best International Pop Albums of the Year[3][4] style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[5] 4× Platinum 240,000x
Australia (ARIA)[6] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[7] Platinum 50,000x
Belgium (BEA)[8] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[9] 2× Platinum 500,000*
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[10] Gold 23,900[10]
Germany (BVMI)[11] Platinum 500,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[12] Platinum 20,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[13] Million 1,078,000[14]
Netherlands (NVPI)[15] Gold 50,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[16] Platinum 50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[17] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[18] 2× Platinum 160,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[19] Platinum 50,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] 2× Platinum 600,000^
United States (RIAA)[21] 4× Platinum 4,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[22] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*
Worldwide 12,000,000[23]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Charts

Peak positions

Chart Position
Australian ARIA Album Chart[24] 10
Austrian Albums Chart[25] 3
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[26] 9
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[27] 13
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[28] 33
Dutch Albums Chart[29] 10
Finnish Albums Chart[30] 12
German Media Control Albums Chart[31] 5
Hungarian Albums Chart[32] 12
Italian Albums Chart[33] 1
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[34] 4
New Zealand Albums Chart[35] 6
Norwegian Albums Chart[36] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[37] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[38] 7
UK Albums Chart[39] 4
U.S. Billboard 200[40] 30

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
Australian Albums Chart[41] 41
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[42] 33
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[43] 47
Chart (1998) Position
Australian Albums Chart[44] 67
Austrian Albums Chart[45] 50
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[46] 46
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[47] 83
Dutch Albums Chart[48] 57
Italian Albums Chart[33] 12
Japanese Albums Chart[49] 44
US Billboard 200[50] 83

Preceded by
Eros by Eros Ramazzotti
Aquarium by Aqua		 Italian FIMI Chart number-one album
27 November 1997 – 1 January 1998
15 January 1998 – 22 January 1998 		Succeeded by
Aquarium by Aqua
Let's Talk About Love by Celine Dion
Preceded by
Karaoke by Magnus Uggla
Aquarium by Aqua		 Swedish Chart number-one album
14 November 1997
2 January 1998 		Succeeded by
Isola by Kent
Era by Era

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City: Simon and Schuster. p. 280. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "第12回日本ゴールドディスク大賞" [Gold Disc Hall of Fame 12th]. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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  6. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  7. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky with Stars" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Enya in the field Interpret. Enter Paint the Sky with Stars in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
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  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The first web page presents the sales figures, the second presents the certification limits:
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