Irish singer Enya was born Eithne (pronounced Enya) Ní Bhraonáin on May 17, 1961, in Gweedore, Donegal, Ireland. Born into a family of musicians, Enya played keyboard alongside her siblings in the Irish band Clannad before pursuing a solo career. Her first success as a soloist was producing television scores for the BBC. Enya's breakthrough album Watermark (1988) established her as a singer of sweet, mystical, multi-layered tunes and included the hit single Orinoco Flow known to most people as "Sail Away”. Enya got her start as part of Clannad, a family band which performed traditional Irish music. After she split with the group, her clear voice and good looks earned her the attention of British music impresario Rob Dickens, who oversaw Watermark and its popular single Orinoco Flow. Although Enya is famously media shy (she rarely performs live) and her new releases are few and far between, she has since become Ireland's top-selling female artist and one of the richest women in the U.K. She works with producer/manager Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan, and lives in Ayesha Castle outside Dublin, Ireland. Her song May It Be from the movie Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), was nominated for an Oscar. Enya released A Day Without Rain in 2000, another worldwide success and spawning her top 10 hit in the US Billboard charts – Only Time. Another track from that album was Enya’s 2001 entry in the OGAE Song Contest which came third in that year’s contest – Wild Child. Enya's other albums include Shepherd Moons (1991), The Memory of Trees (1995) and Amarantine (2005). Late 2015 saw Enya release the album Dark Sky Island – a top 10 hit in most European album charts including the UK and Ireland. The success of the album overshadowed the well acclaimed single release Echoes In Rain – although it was a top 10 hit in Belgium.