Twenty years after emerging with the landmark ‘Watermark’ album, Enya is set to release her seventh studio album ‘And Winter Came…’ on Friday 7th November on Warner Bros. Records.

‘And Winter Came…’ is the latest instalment in a phenomenally successful career that has encompassed 70 million album sales and four Grammy awards.

Warner Bros are giving Independent.ie readers an exclusive opportunity to see Enya’s latest video, her track-by-track guide to her new album, and all this week, listen to songs from her new album.

Two years in the making, ‘And Winter Came…’ was recorded at Aigle Studios near Dublin. Once again the result of Enya’s longstanding creative triumvirate alongside producer Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, ‘And Winter Came…’ was originally envisioned as a Christmas themed album.

As recording progressed, it became apparent that a broader seasonal theme had emerged; beguiling songs such ‘Trains and Winter Rains’ sit comfortably alongside the festive ‘Journey of the Angels’.

Readers will be able to listen to a song per day from Enya exclusively on Independent.ie from next Wednesday.

Enya’s new single, ‘Trains and Winter Rains’ will be released on CD and digital download formats also on Friday 7th November.

‘And Winter Came…’ is the latest release in a catalogue of work that has seen Enya sell 70 million albums. Each album since ‘Watermark’ has been a multi-million selling release: ‘Shepherd Moons’, ‘The Memory of Trees’, ‘A Day Without Rain’, ‘Amarantine’ and the compilation ‘Paint The Sky With Stars’ have all ensured that Enya is one of the world’s biggest selling female solo artists.

‘A Day Without Rain’ earned multi-Platinum status in ten countries and made Enya the world’s biggest selling artist in 2001.

Enya’s musical creativity has also yielded continued recognition from a number of the world’s most authoritative awards organisations.

She has collected four Grammy Awards, winning Best New Age Album for ‘Shepherd Moons’, ‘The Memory of Trees’, ‘A Day Without Rain’ and ‘Amarantine’, as well as three World Music Awards in 2002 for Best Selling Female Artist, Best Selling Irish Artist and Best Selling New Age Artist.

Enya has also earned an Oscar nomination for Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, both in conjunction with her musical partners Nicky and Roma Ryan for the song ‘May It Be’, which was written and recorded for ‘Lord Of The Rings – The Fellowship Of The Ring’ at the personal request of director Peter Jackson.

‘May It Be’ also won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Song and was also nominated for a Hollywood Golden Globe Award.

Independent IE | October 31, 2008