Awards

GRAMMY Awards (USA):
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)

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

IRMA Awards (Ireland):
1989 – Best Female Irish Artist
1993 – Best Female Irish Artist

BMI Pop Music Awards (USA):
1990 – Citation of Achievement (Orinoco Flow)
2003 – Citation of Achievement (Only Time)
2005 – Citation of Achievement (I Don’t Wanna Know)

NARM Awards (USA):
1992 – Best Selling New Age Album (Shepherd Moons)

Ivor Novello Award (UK):
1998 – International Achievement

Grand Prix Awards (Japan):
Album of the Year (Paint The Sky With Stars)
Album of the Year (A Day Without Rain)

Las Vegas Film Critic Society (USA):
2001 – Best Original Song (May It Be)

Phoenix Film Critics Award (USA):
2001 – Best Original Song (May It Be)

Broadcast Film Critics Association (USA):
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

Napster U.S. Awards (USA):
2006 – Most-Played World Artist
2006 – Most-Played World Song (Only Time)

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 (Ireland):
2009 – Best Female Vocalist (voted by public)

Irish Music Awards (Ireland):
2011 – Tommy Makem Award (voted by public)

Nominations

Brit Awards (UK):
1989 – Best International Artist
1989 – Best International Female
1992 – Best International Solo Artist
1993 – Best International Solo Artist

GRAMMY Awards (USA):
1990 – Best Music Video (Orinoco Flow)
1990 – Best New Age Performance (Watermark)
2003 – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture (May It Be)
2006 – Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Drifting)

American Music Awards (USA):
2002 – Favourite Adult Contemporary Artist

Billboard Music Awards (USA):
2002 – Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year

Golden Globe (USA):
2002 – Best Song (May It Be)

Academy Awards (USA):
2002 – Best Song (May It Be)