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Enya's latest album was released in 2015 (she is a self-admitted slow worker, and as such it is not uncommon for several years to elapse between albums). Although there is yet to be an official announcement of a new album, there have been several hints and updates given over the years. In November 2021, a [=YouTube=] "watch party" held for the 30th anniversary of Enya's third album ''Shepherd Moons'' contained notes from the trio, and the introductory written message from Nicky Ryan announced that he and Enya used downtime from the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic to renovate their studio, and that they would start work on new music after the renovation was finished. In June 2023, a reissue of Enya's 1997 compilation ''A Box of Dreams'' came with new liner notes in which Nicky again confirmed that they were working on a new album, and Enya wrote "Beidh muid ag teacht le chéile gan mhoile", which roughly translates from Irish to "We will meet again soon".

Enya has won four UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s for Best New Age Album, and is also the second-best selling Irish artist behind {{Music/U2}}. She also has a sort-of friendship with the [[HipHop hip-hop]] and [[RAndB R&B]] scene, as her music has been [[{{Sampling}} sampled]] [[https://www.whosampled.com/Enya/ over 150 times]] primarily by artists in those genres. Her 1987 song "Boadicea" has particularly made the rounds; among other songs, it was notably sampled in Music/TheFugees' "Ready or Not", which was itself sampled in Mario Winans and [[Music/{{Diddy}} P Diddy]]'s "I Don't Wanna Know", which was ''itself'' sampled in Metro Boomin, Music/TheWeeknd and Music/TwentyOneSavage's "Creepin'". Enya originally wanted to sue the Fugees for their sampling since it was unauthorized, but she changed her mind when she found out they weren't a GangstaRap group, and both parties settled out of court. She also almost vetoed the release of "Creepin'" under its original name ("IDWK"), and chose its current name from a list of options Metro sent her.

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Enya's latest album was released in 2015 (she 2015; she is a self-admitted slow worker, and as such it is not uncommon for several years to elapse between albums).albums. Although there is yet to be an official announcement of a new album, there have been several hints and updates given over the years. In November 2021, a [=YouTube=] "watch party" held for the 30th anniversary of Enya's third album ''Shepherd Moons'' contained notes from the trio, Enya alongside Nicky and Roma Ryan, and the introductory written message from Nicky Ryan announced that he and Enya used downtime from the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic to renovate their studio, and that they would start work on new music after the renovation was finished. In June 2023, a reissue of Enya's 1997 compilation ''A Box of Dreams'' came with new liner notes in which Nicky again confirmed that they were working on a new album, and Enya wrote "Beidh muid ag teacht le chéile gan mhoile", which roughly translates from Irish to "We will meet again soon".

Enya has won four UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s for Best New Age Album, and is also the second-best selling Irish artist behind {{Music/U2}}. She also has a sort-of friendship with the [[HipHop hip-hop]] and [[RAndB R&B]] scene, as her music has been [[{{Sampling}} sampled]] [[https://www.whosampled.com/Enya/ over 150 times]] primarily by artists in those genres. Her 1987 song "Boadicea" has particularly made the rounds; among other songs, it was notably sampled in Music/TheFugees' "Ready or Not", which was itself sampled in Mario Winans and [[Music/{{Diddy}} P Diddy]]'s "I Don't Wanna Know", which was ''itself'' sampled in Metro Boomin, Music/TheWeeknd and Music/TwentyOneSavage's "Creepin'". Enya originally wanted to sue the Fugees for their sampling since it was unauthorized, but she changed her mind when she found out they weren't a GangstaRap group, and both parties settled out of court. She also almost vetoed the release of "Creepin'" under its original name ("IDWK"), and chose its current name from a list of options Metro Boomin sent her.
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At the TurnOfTheMillennium, Enya released her fifth album, '' A Day Without Rain'', and the following year released the songs "Aníron" and "May It Be" for ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'. Her song "Only Time" also grew prominent after becoming closely identified with the 9/11 attacks, since US media repeatedly used the song as background music during coverage of the aftermath. Enya was reportedly uncomfortable with this, but agreed to re-release the single with proceeds supporting 9/11 families. Since then, the song has featured in media from {{meme|ticMutation}}s to commercials to big films, and has remained successful since its release.

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At the TurnOfTheMillennium, Enya released her fifth album, '' A Day Without Rain'', and the following year released the songs "Aníron" and "May It Be" for ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'.''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing''. Her song "Only Time" also grew prominent after becoming closely identified with the 9/11 attacks, since US media repeatedly used the song as background music during coverage of the aftermath. Enya was reportedly uncomfortable with this, but agreed to re-release the single with proceeds supporting 9/11 families. Since then, the song has featured in media from {{meme|ticMutation}}s to commercials to big films, and has remained successful since its release.
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** Enya also poses like the Maxfield Parrish painting "The Young King of The Black Isles" for the cover of ''The Memory of Trees'' in the video for "Anywhere Is", comes to life, then promptly falls asleep on her throne.

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** Enya also poses like the Maxfield Parrish painting "The ''The Young King of The Black Isles" Isles'' for the cover of ''The Memory of Trees'' in the video for "Anywhere Is", comes to life, then promptly falls asleep on her throne.
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** Enya also poses like the "Young King of The Black Isles" Maxfield Parrish painting for the cover ''The Memory of Trees'' in the video for "Anywhere Is", then comes to life, promptly falling asleep on her throne.

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** Enya also poses like the "Young Maxfield Parrish painting "The Young King of The Black Isles" Maxfield Parrish painting for the cover of ''The Memory of Trees'' in the video for "Anywhere Is", then comes to life, then promptly falling falls asleep on her throne.

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