With a career spanning five decades, Clannad have managed over the years to find the magic formula for combining tradition with modern music, the past with the future. The potion of heavenly voices and songs that reach straight to the soul has led the Irish band to sell over fifteen million copies worldwide.
In addition, Clannad have won several awards, including Billboard's coveted 'World Song of the Year' award in 1992 and a Grammy for best new age album in '99. At home in Ireland, they already have two lifetime achievement awards.
This extraordinarily successful worldwide band is, and remains, 'family-run', firmly rooted in their traditions on the north coast of Ireland. Enya, sister of the other members of Clannad, played keyboards on their first two albums before embarking on her equally successful solo career.
"Theme from Harry's game" was their first hit, topping the European charts and becoming the soundtrack for a Volkswagen commercial in the US.
Clannad's highlights also include the soundtrack for 'Robin of Sherwood', a very successful American TV series, as well as for films such as 'The Last of the Mohicans' or 'Patriot Games'.
In addition, many international stars have collaborated with them, such as in the song 'In a Lifetime' where they duet with Bono Vox of U2.
The contribution that Clannad have made to Irish Celtic music is such that the very first definition of this musical genre, as rediscovered in the last thirty years, was 'Clannad Music'.