Celtic Woman
Celtic Woman is a musical group comprised of five Irish women. Members include the four vocalists Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Chloë Agnew and the violinist Máiréad Nesbitt. Their repertoire ranges from traditional Celtic tunes to modern songs. A sixth member, Hayley Westenra, a New Zealander of Irish descent joined the group on August 24, 2006.
Celtic Woman was recorded on the September 15, 2004 for PBS Television in The United States at The Helix, Dublin to a sell-out audience. The show was organized by show producer Sharone Browne and musical director and composer David Downes, and produced by Dave Kavanagh. The show was first broadcast in March 2005 in The United States and within weeks the album Celtic Woman reached number one in the World Music charts in America and on Amazon.com charts. Their huge success in Asia and in America has been credited to the already successful megastar Enya and has been called “Riverdance for the Voice”. As of July 22, 2006 the group has broken a long standing record in the music business. Their CD has been at the #1 position on the Billboard charts for an amazing 68 weeks.
On October 19th, Celtic Woman was knocked off its No.1 spot on Billboard’s World Music Charts, which it had maintained for 82 weeks, by Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration. This puts the groups 2 CDs at Nos. 1 and 2 respectively.
Celtic Woman is distributed by EMI.
