Enya, aka Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin's, is a famous Irish singer and notoriously private. 

Beloved Irish singer Enya, of "Orinoco Flow" and "Only Time" fame, was born on May 17, 1961. 

Born as Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin in Gweedore, County Donegal, the amazing musician, famous for shying away from the public, still managed to come out on top of the best-selling female artists of all time, according to the Sunday Times 2016 Rich List.

It pays to be Enya. The Irish new age-y singer, who does whatever it takes to avoid the limelight, is the richest female singer in Britain and Ireland.

Enya, famous for her albums "Watermark" and "A Day Without Rain," which featured the single “Only Time” – the proceeds of which she donated to the FDNY families who lost loved ones in 9/11 – is sitting on a fortune of £91 million, says the Times.

Enya, 54, landed at slot 28 of the Times’ Music Millionaires of Britain and Ireland Top 50 list in 2016, two ahead of Adele at 28. She continues to live in a castle in Dublin, not far from Bono and others of her wealth.

Enya last released new music in 2015. Her Dark Sky Island CD was released November 20 and the CD peaked on Billboard’s 200 list at number eight.

“Enya hasn’t moved a great deal, she’s only up a million this year but she’s a well-established artist and over her career has sold millions of records. Once you’ve got the wealth you staying the list, it doesn’t disappear,” said Ian Coxton, editor of the Times list.

* Originally published in 2016. Updated in 2021.