GRAMMY Awards:
1993 - Best New Age Album (Shepherd Moons)
1997 - Best New Age Album (The Memory of Trees)
2000 - Best New Age Album (A Day Without Rain)
2006 - Best New Age Album (Amarantine)
IRMA Awards:
1989 - Best Female Irish Artist
1993 - Best Female Irish Artist
World Music Awards:
2001 - Best Solo Irish Artist
2001 - Best New Age Artist
2002 - Best-selling Female Artist
2002 - Best-selling New Age Artist
2002 - Best-selling Irish artist
2006 - Best-selling Irish artist
Japanese Grand Prix Awards:
Album of the Year (Paint The Sky With Stars)
Album of the Year (A Day Without Rain)
Las Vegas Film Critic Society:
2001 - Best Original Song (May It Be)
Phoenix Film Critics Award:
2001 - Best Original Song (May It Be)
Broadcast Film Critics Association:
2001 - Best Original Song (May It Be)
Echo Awards (Germany):
2002 - Best pop-rock single (Only Time)
Salute to Excellence and International Achievement Summit (Ireland):
2002 - Golden Plate Award
University of Ulster (Northern Ireland)
2007 - Honorary "Doctor of Letters" degree
National University of Galway (Ireland)
2007 - Honorary "Doctor of Music" degree
Ireland's Music Awards
2009 - Best Female Vocalist (voted by public)
BPI Awards:
1989 - Best International Artist
1989 - Best International Newcomer
GRAMMY Awards:
1990 - Best Music Video (Orinoco Flow)
2003 - Best Song Written for a Motion Picture (May It Be)
2006 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Drifting)
American Music Awards:
2002 - Favourite Adult Contemporary Artist
Golden Globe:
2002 - Best Song (May It Be)
Academy Awards:
2002 - Best Song (May It Be)
GRAMMY Awards:
2006 - Best New Age Album (Amarantine)
2006 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Drifting)