Celtic woman

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Celtic Woman (2012)
Celtic Woman (2012)
General information
origin Ireland
Genre (s) Celtic Music , Folk , New Age , Christian Music , AC / Pop , Classical Crossover
founding 2004
Website www.celticwoman.com
Current occupation
singing
 Máiréad Carlin
singing
 Chloë Agnew
singing
 Megan Walsh
violin
 Tara McNeill
former members
singing
 Éabha McMahon
singing
 Susan McFadden
singing
 Órla Fallon
singing
 Lynn Hilary
singing
 Lisa Kelly
singing
 Lisa Lambe
singing
 Méav Ní Mhaolchatha
violin
 Máiréad Nesbitt
singing
 Deirdre Shannon
singing
 Alex Sharpe
singing
 Hayley Westenra

Celtic Woman is an Irish musical group consisting of three singers and one violinist . The group was founded in 2004 by Sharon Browne and David Downes , former musical director of the Irish dance show Riverdance - The Show . The repertoire of the group includes songs of Celtic tradition arranged on the group , pieces of classical European music in the broader sense, as well as titles known from musicals and pop and rock music . The group has toured the world several times and sold more than six million records worldwide.

history

The group first performed on September 15, 2004 at the sold out The Helix in Dublin . The show was organized by producer Sharon Browne, chairman and CEO Dave Kavanagh, producer and director Avril MacRory, and music director and composer David Downes. The show ran there until 2006. In March 2005, the show was aired by PBS in the United States. In the weeks that followed, their debut album reached # 1 on Billboard's World Music Charts, where it stayed for 81 weeks. On July 22nd, 2006, they broke the long-term album record of 68 weeks previously held by Andrea Bocelli . On her Asia and America tours, the show was announced with the subtitle Riverdance for the Voice .

On August 23, 2006, the second show, Celtic Woman: A New Journey, first performed at Slane Castle, County Meath , Ireland , and recorded for PBS, which aired in December 2006. In both shows the group was accompanied by The Irish Film Orchestra and the Aontas Choral Group under the direction of David Downes. The studio versions were conducted by John Page. On 25 December 2006, in was Chemnitz recorded ARD - Christmas show of folk music broadcast in the Celtic Woman first appeared on German television. The release of her second studio album Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration on October 19, 2006 pushed her first album to number 2 on the World Music Charts. Her third studio album was released on January 30, 2007 under the title Celtic Woman: A New Journey . The album immediately reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the Billboard World Music Charts. The two previous albums slipped to number 2 and 3, so the group held positions 1 to 3.

In 2007 Celtic Woman won the EBBA Award . Her fourth album, Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey , was released on October 28, 2008, and the fifth album, Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart, followed on January 26, 2010. In July 2010, it reached number 48 on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart . In 2011 the group released their sixth album, Lullaby , which reached number 1 on the World Charts and number 3 on the Children's Charts. A DVD entitled Believe was recorded on September 6th and 7th, 2011 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta . The concert was broadcast on television on December 3, 2011. On October 9, 2012, the group released their second Christmas album Home for Christmas . All productions are published by EMI .

occupation

The band history of Celtic Woman, which was shaped by numerous changes, is shown below based on the line-ups.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH IE IE US US
2005 Celtic woman DE20th
gold
gold

(10 weeks)DE 		AT74 (1 week)
AT 		CH27 (13 weeks)
CH 		IE72
gold
gold

(3 weeks)IE 		US53
platinum
platinum

(87 weeks)US
First published: March 1st, 2005
Publication: International
2006 A Christmas Celebration - - - - US35
platinum
platinum

(33 weeks)US
First published: October 3rd, 2006
Publication: International
2007 A new journey DE56 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT69 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH35 (5 weeks)
CH 		IE16 (5 weeks)
IE 		US4th
gold
gold

(41 weeks)US
First published: January 30, 2007
Publication: International
2010 Songs from the Heart DE9 (17 weeks)
DE 		AT20 (10 weeks)
AT 		CH2
platinum
platinum

(47 weeks)CH 		- US9 (17 weeks)
US
First published: January 26, 2010
Publication: International
2011 Lullaby - - - - US126 (3 weeks)
US
First published: February 15, 2011
Publication: International
A Celtic Christmas DE43 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT33 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH8 (5 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: November 25, 2011
Publication: EU
2012 Believe DE11 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH10 (15 weeks)
CH 		- US13 (10 weeks)
US
First published: January 24, 2012
Publication: International (except JP)
Home for Christmas - - CH16 (5 weeks)
CH 		IE74 (1 week)
IE 		US43 (15 weeks)
US
First published: October 9, 2012
Publication: International
2014 Emerald - Musical Gems - - CH80 (1 week)
CH 		- US29 (5 weeks)
US
First published: February 24, 2014
Publication: International
O Christmas Tree - - - - -
First published: October 21, 2014
Published: US
2015 Destiny DE27 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT70 (1 week)
AT 		CH95 (3 weeks)
CH 		- US60 (1 week)
US
with the Orchestra of Ireland
First published: October 23, 2015
Publication: International
2016 Voices of Angels - - - IE91 (1 week)
IE 		US77 (1 week)
US
First published: November 18, 2016.
Published: IE, US and AU
2018 Ancient land - - CH100 (1 week)
CH 		IE13 (1 week)
IE 		-

Awards

Web links

Commons : Celtic Woman  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH IE US
  2. ^ Emmys 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Grammy Awards 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017 .