We know for a fact that Enya has been producing new material over the last few years, as confirmed by her sister Moya Brennan in this story. The big question is; will the new album be released in 2020?
Enya’s 2015 album “Dark Sky Island” is still doing very well, so there’s no rush for her to deliver a new release. We were quite sure that no album would be released in 2019, so in our yearly Enya update, we instead focused on her “unofficial” debut album “The Frog Prince” (which you really should check out if you are in search of “new” Enya material). Suddenly though, in mid-December 2019, a new compilation called “Christmas Secrets” was released on Spotify and Youtube. No CD or LP versions were released.
Five years between releases is an eternity in today’s music business. Still, if you are only a casual Enya listener using Spotify, “Christmas Secrets” appears to be a “proper release” – as seen in the below picture, falsely labeled as an album. Perhaps this mere playlist may serve as a buffer in 2020, giving Enya some more time to refine her new songs?
Enya is pretty well-known among younger listeners these days (her music is being used in TV-shows and commercials), and with almost 2,5 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Enya’s mission is all about reducing risk. A new album, on the other hand, is risky. She will have to do interviews, answer endless questions about possible tours and how it is to live in a castle right next to Bono. While unreleased material, on the other hand, is money in the bank. Again; there is no rush for Enya at this stage.
So we will, most likely, not see a new Enya album in 2020. But I hope I’m wrong since it is probably 99% finished, ready to be released if her popularity is falling…
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Enya.com has been down since some time early this morning! (I’m in the Pacific time zone.) What’s up?
It may be just another server problem – or downtime due to a complete redesign and, possibly, announcement of something exciting!! Her Facebook page has been unusually active lately, but that has all been in connection with the Christmas Secret playlist. An announcement of a spring album would be amazing!
Each time her website goes down for a redesign it is due to a new album. They never redesign it just for the sake of it. I think a new album is coming… I can feel it! 🙂
I truly believe Enya is going to announce a new album in July. It will be her first summer themed album.
Well, you called that one. No album in ’20….
Love her music….
Well, here we are three and a half years later, and seemingly no closer to any new music. During the interval there have been some cryptic messages, but no clear statement of Enya’s status or plans. If a new album had been “99% finished” in 2020, it could have been completed and released by now. Regardless of her popularity or projected streams/sales, it makes no sense not to release it after doing all the work. Oh, but we did just get a grossly over-priced and under-whelming vinyl re-release of a 1997 collection…
The word is she has officially retired from music and won’t be releasing anymore. This is according to a cousin of hers. She has experienced a lot of tragedy over the last few years with family deaths so the last thing she needs now is media limelight. It’s sad but she has earned it. Still, I believe great artists overcome tragedy with their passion for music and eventually have to share it with the world regardless. So perhaps an album in 2025?