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She has won various World Music Awards, four Grammy Awards from nine nominations, and became the most nominated Irish artist at the Brit Awards history. [2] In 2007, Enya was honored by Ulster University with a honorary Doctor of Letters degree and by University of Galway with a honorary Doctor of Music degree.
In 1993 Enya won her first Grammy Award in the Best New Age Album category for Shepherd Moons. Soon after, Enya and Nicky entered discussions with Industrial Light & Magic, founded by George Lucas, regarding an elaborate stage lighting system for a proposed concert tour, but nothing resulted from those discussions. [78]
Enya is the artist with most cumulative weeks at number one on the US Billboard New Age Albums, she has won four Grammy Awards and seven World Music Awards. [3]
The 66th annual Grammy Awards are being handed out today (Feb. 4) at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with Trevor Noah again hosting the live CBS telecast.
As with Watermark, Enya supported the album with a worldwide promotional tour that included several interviews and televised performances. In 1993, the album won Enya a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, the first of four she has won in her career. It was reissued in 1992 and 2009; the latter was a Japanese release with bonus tracks.
The song was released as the lead single from Enya's studio album Watermark on 3 October 1988. [2] It became a global success, reaching number one in several countries, including Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, where it stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. [3]
A Christmas Special Edition was released on the album's one year anniversary, and a collectors' edition with a book shortly after. To promote the album, Enya did several interviews and televised performances, including the 2006 World Music Awards. In 2007, the album won Enya her fourth Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.
Originally called the Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording, the honor was first presented to Swiss musician Andreas Vollenweider at the 29th Grammy Awards in 1987 for his album Down to the Moon. Two compilation albums featuring Windham Hill Records artists were nominated that same year. [ 3 ]