List of awards and nominations received by Enya

Irish singer and composer Enya has received various accolades in recognition of her music, primarily in the Celtic and new-age subcategories. Enya's career spans over four decades, beginning her solo career in 1982. She is the best-selling solo Irish artist—second artist only behind U2— and one of the best-selling artists of all-time.^[1]

Enya awards and nominations

Enya in 1989
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 0 1 American Music Awards 0 1 Billboard Music Awards 0 1 BRIT Awards 0 4 ECHO Music Prize 1 5 Golden Globes 0 1 Grammy Awards 4 9 Japan Gold Disc Awards 2 2 World Music Awards 6 6
Totals[a]
Wins	36
Nominations	73
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

"May It Be" from the 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring garnered her nominations at major ceremonies, including the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song, in 2002. Enya had won all of her nominated World Music Awards, four Grammy Awards of nine nominations, and became the most nominated Irish artist in history at the Brit Awards.^[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. Enya's latest award was announced on 20 February 2025, namely the RTÉ Choice Music Prize for Classic Irish Album. The winning album was her 1988 Watermark.^[3]

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Award/organization[a]	Year	Nominee/work	Category	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	2002	"May It Be"	Best Original Song	Nominated	[4]
Academy of Achievement	2000	Enya	Golden Plate Award	Won	[5]
American Music Awards	2002	Enya	Favorite Adult Contemporary	Nominated	[6]
BDSCertified Spin Awards	2002	"Only Time"	300,000 Spins	Won	[7]
Billboard Music Awards	2001	Enya	Female Albums Artist of the Year	Nominated	[8]
Billboard Number-One Awards	1989	Watermark	Top Pop Album	Nominated	[9]
			Top Pop Compact Disk	Nominated
			Top New Age Album	Nominated
		Enya	Top Pop Album Artists — Female	Nominated
			Top New Age Artist	Nominated
BMI London Awards	2005	"I Don't Wanna Know"	Pop Winning Songs	Won	[10]
			Urban Winning Songs	Won
	2024	"Creepin'"	Song of the Year (Songwriting honoree)	Won	[11]
BMI Pop Awards	1989	"Orinoco Flow"	Most-Performed Songs	Won	[12]
	2003	"Only Time"	Citations of Achievement	Won	[13]
BRIT Awards	1989	Enya	Best International Female Solo Artist	Nominated	[2]
			Best International Breakthrough Act	Nominated
	1992		Best International Solo Artist	Nominated
	1993			Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics	2005	"May It Be"	Best Song	Won	[14]
Cash Box Awards	1989	Enya	Top New Female Artist — Pop Albums	Nominated	[15]
Cash Box Year-End Awards	1992	Enya	Top Female Artist	Nominated	[16]
		Shepherd Moons	Top Pop Album	Nominated
Critics Choice Association	2002	"May It Be"	Best Original Song	Won	[17]
ECHO Music Prize	1997	Enya	Best International Female Artist	Nominated	[18]
	2002	"Only Time"	Best International Pop Song	Won	[19]
		Enya	Best International Female Artist	Nominated	[20]
	2006			Nominated	[20]
	2016	Enya	Best International Female Artist	Nominated	[21]
Golden Globes Awards	2002	"May It Be"	Best Original Song	Nominated	[22]
Golden Raspberry Awards	1993	"Book of Days"	Worst Original Song	Nominated	[23]
GoldSpirit Awards	2002	"May It Be"	Best Original Song	Nominated
Grammy Awards	1990	"Orinoco Flow"	Best Music Video	Nominated	[24]
			Best New Age Performance	Nominated
	1993	Shepherd Moons	Best New Age Album	Won
	1997	The Memory Of Trees		Won
	2002	A Day Without Rain		Won
	2003	"May It Be"	Best Song Written for Visual Media	Nominated
	2007	Amarantine	Best New Age Album	Won
		"Drifting"	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Nominated
	2017	Dark Sky Island	Best New Age Album	Nominated
Hong Kong Top Sales Music Awards	2001	A Day Without Rain	Top Ten Best Selling Foreign Albums of the Year	Won	[25]
Irish Music Awards (including the Choice Music Prize)	2011	Enya	Tommy Makem Award	Won	[26]
	2025	Watermark	Classic Irish Album	Won	[3]
Irish Recorded Music Awards (IRMA)	1989	Enya	Best Irish Female Artist	Won	[27]
	1993			Won	[28]
Ivor Novello Awards	1998	Enya	International Achievement	Won	[29]
Japan Gold Disc Awards	1997	Paint the Sky with Stars	Best International Pop Album	Won	[30]
	2001	A Day Without Rain	Best International Pop Album	Won	[31]
Los 40 Pop Awards	1992	Enya	Best New Age Artist	Nominated	[32]
Meteor Ireland Music Awards	2009	Enya	Best Irish Female	Nominated	[33]
MOBO Awards	2004	"I Don't Wanna Know" (feat Mario Winans)	Best Ringtone	Won	[34]
			Best Single	Nominated
Music & Media Year-End Awards	1992	Enya	Top 3 Female Artists — Albums	Won	[35]
	1996	Enya	Top Album Artists	Nominated	[36]
Napster Awards	2006	Enya	Most-Played World Artist — USA	Won	[37]
		"Only Time"	Most-Played World Song — USA	Won
NARM Awards	1993	Shepherd Moons	Top-Selling New Age Recording	Won	[38]
University of Galway	2007	Enya	Honorary Doctor of Music (PhD) degree	Honoree	[39]
Ulster University	2007	Enya	Honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree	Honoree	[39]
Vibe Awards	2004	"I Don't Wanna Know" (feat Mario Winans)	R&B Song of the Year	Nominated
World Music Awards	1989	Enya	World's Best Selling Female Artist	Won	[40][41]
	1992		World's Best-Selling Female Artist	Won
	2002		World's Best Selling Female Artist	Won	[42][43][44]
	2003		World's Best-Selling Irish Artist	Won	[45]
	2006		World's Best Selling Female Artist	Won	[46][47]
			World's Best New Age Artist	Won
Žebřík Music Awards	1993	Enya	Best International Female	Nominated	[48]
	1997			Nominated	[49]
	2005			Nominated	[50]

Notes

1. Charts are not included, unless they are explicitly described as "awards" or specific trophies are given.