U-Enya ungumculi wase-Ireland owazalwa ngoMeyi 17, 1961 engxenyeni esentshonalanga yeDonegal eRiphabhulikhi yase-Ireland.
Iminyaka yokuqala yomculi
Intombazane ichaze indlela akhuliswe ngayo "njengenjabulo futhi ezolile." Lapho eneminyaka engu-3, wangenela umncintiswano wakhe wokuqala wokucula emkhosini waminyaka yonke womculo. Uphinde wabamba iqhaza kuma-pantomime eGwydora Theatre wacula nezingane zakubo ekwayeni kamama wakhe eSt Mary's Church eDerrybag.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-4, intombazane yaqala ukufunda ukudlala upiyano, futhi esikoleni yafunda isiNgisi. Lapho eneminyaka engu-11, umkhulu ka-Enya wakhokhela imfundo yomzukulu wakhe esikoleni sokuhlala izindela esiqinile eMilford, esiphethwe izindela ze-oda likaLoreto.
Lapho, intombazane yaqala ukuthanda umculo we-classic, ubuciko, umdwebo wesiLatini nomdwebo wamanzi. “Kwakubi ukuhlukaniswa nomndeni omkhulu kangaka, kodwa umculo wami wawumnandi.”, kuphawula u-Enya.
Washiya isikole eneminyaka engu-17 futhi wafundela umculo we-classic ekolishi unyaka owodwa ukuze abe uthisha wepiyano.
Umsebenzi womculi u-Enya
Ngo-1980, u-Enya wajoyina iqembu elithi Clannad (ingoma yayihlanganisa abafowethu nodadewethu bomculi). Ngo-1982, walishiya leli qembu eyoqala umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa ngaphambi nje kokuba uClannad adume nge-Theme From Harry's Game. Ngo-1988, umculi wazuza impumelelo emsebenzini wakhe eyedwa ngengoma eshisa izikhotha ethi Orinoco Flow (ngezinye izikhathi ebizwa ngokuthi i-Sail).
Ezinye zezingoma aziculayo ngesi-Irish noma ngesiLatini kuphela. Umculi wenza izingoma ezingazwakala efilimini ethi "The Lord of the Rings", okungukuthi: Lothlrien, May It Be no-Anron.
Ngemuva kwekhefu leminyaka emithathu, u-Enya wabhala i-albhamu ethi Watermark, "ephule" emashadini emazweni ahlukene. Ingoma ethi Shepherd Moons yasheshe yaduma emhlabeni wonke.
Ngenxa yalokho, ikwazile ukuthengisa amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-10 futhi yathola indondo yokuqala ye-Grammy ye-Best Album. Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi impumelelo enjalo ibangelwa inguqulo yesiNgisi yeNcwadi eyodwa yezinsuku.
Emzamweni wokwandisa izethameli zakhe, lo mculi uphinde wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala kwathi u-Enya waqanjwa ngokuthi AmaCelt.
Ngemuva kwekhefu leminyaka emihlanu phakathi kwama-albhamu, i-A Day Without Rain (2000 Reprise) kwaba i-albhamu ephumelele kakhulu yomculi, ikakhulukazi ngenxa ye-albhamu eyodwa Kuphela. Ingoma yaba iculo elizwakala eziteshini zomsakazo ezinkulu emhlabeni jikelele ngemuva kokuhlasela kwangomhla ka-11/XNUMX.
Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, ngoNovemba 2000, wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eminyakeni emihlanu, A Day Without Rain. Kube yimpumelelo enkulu eNyakatho Melika, yafinyelela ku-#1 ku-Billboard 200 kanye ne-#4 kumashadi Ama-albhamu Aphezulu e-Canadian.
I-single Time yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-10 ku-US Billboard Hot 100 futhi yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 1 eshadini le-Adult Contemporary airplay. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi leli culo lathatha isimo sesizwe ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kuka-11/XNUMX.
NgoNovemba 2005, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yesitudiyo sesithupha sika-Amarantine, eyavele yashaya amashadi ayi-10 aphezulu e-US naseCanada. Ingoma yesihloko yayiyingoma ephezulu engu-20 eshisa izikhotha, yafinyelela phezulu kunombolo-12 eshadini leBillboard's Adult Contemporary.
I-albhamu entsha ethi And Winter Came... yaphuma eminyakeni emithathu kamuva futhi yafika kwabayi-10 abahamba phambili e-Canada, e-US nase-UK. Ekuqaleni yakhulelwa njenge-albhamu kaKhisimusi, yathuthukisa itimu yasebusika evamile, futhi i-albhamu iqukethe izingoma ezimbili zendabuko zikaKhisimusi. Kubangele izingoma ezingashadile ze-Top 30 Hot Adult Contemporary Trains kanye ne-Winter Rains.
I-albhamu yokuqala eyedwa yomculi
Ku-albhamu yokuqala ka-Enya (i-BBC, 1987), ephinde yakhululwa njengeThe Celts (WEA, 1992), lo mculi wasungula indlela azuza ngayo udumo emhlabeni wonke: ukusetshenziswa kwezinsimbi zomdabu zase-Ireland, isiginci sikagesi, i-synthesizer, i-bass, nangaphezulu. wonke amaphimbo, adlulwe ngokweqile kuma-echoes amaningi ukuze avuse imisindo yomlingo neyokudala.
Emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, u-Enya usayine isivumelwano sokuqopha neWarner Music UK. Lokhu kwenzeka ngenxa yokuthi usihlalo welebula, uRob Deakins, wayewuthanda umsebenzi walo mculi.
Ngaphambi kokusayina inkontileka, wahlangana naye kuma-Irish Association Awards eDublin futhi wathembisa ukusayina inkontileka. Isivumelwano siqinisekise inkululeko yomculo, ukuphazamiseka okuncane okuvela kulebula, futhi azikho izinsuku ezimisiwe zokuqeda ama-albhamu.
Deakins uthi: “Eqinisweni, inkontileka iphothulwa ukuze kwenziwe inzuzo, futhi kwesinye isikhathi kuhileleke ekusunguleni. Kusobala ukuthi bekungowokugcina. Nganginesifiso sokuzihlanganisa nomsebenzi we-Enya. Ngiphinde ngaphinda umculo wakhe, ngezwa into entsha, eyingqayizivele, eyenziwa nge-soul. Angikwazanga ukuphuthelwa ithuba futhi emhlanganweni okungahleliwe ngokuphelele hhayi ukunikeza ukubambisana.
Ngemuva kokuthi u-Enya kudingeke ukuthi aphule inkontileka futhi enze isivumelwano nenye ilebula ukuze athole ukusatshalaliswa kwezingoma zakhe zaseMelika. Lokhu kuvumele ukukhulisa izethameli zayo futhi izuze ukuqashelwa okwengeziwe.
Enya Awards
Lo mculi usethole izindondo ezine zeGrammy. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uthole ukuqokwa kwe-Oscar ngamaculo. Imiklomelo Yomhlaba Wonke Yomculo ngo-2006 yamhlonipha njengomculi wase-Ireland odayisa kakhulu emhlabeni.
