Paint the Sky with Stars

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Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya is the first greatest hits album by Irish singer-songwriter Enya, released on 3 November 1997 by WEA. Following her worldwide promotional tour in support of her previous album The Memory of Trees (1995), Enya began selecting tracks for a compilation album in early 1997, as her recording contract with WEA permitted her to do so. The album contains songs from her debut album Enya (1987) to The Memory of Trees (1995) and two new tracks, "Paint the Sky with Stars" and "Only If...".

Paint the Sky with Stars received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, reaching number 4 in the United Kingdom and number 30 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. In the latter territory, the album continued to sell over the next eight years, reaching four million copies shipped in 2005. In Japan, it became the first non-Japanese album under the Warner label to receive a Japan Gold Disc Award in the Grand Prix Album category for selling over one million copies.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="JGDA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Critical reception

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Track listing

All lyrics written by Roma Ryan, except for "Marble Halls", all music composed by Enya and all songs produced by Nicky Ryan. Template:Track listing Template:Track listing

Production

• Produced by Nicky Ryan
• Arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan
• Lyrics by Roma Ryan
• Marble Halls (Traditional) arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan
• All tracks published by EMI Songs Ltd
• Principal photography: David Scheinmann
• Calligraphy and Design: Brody Neuenschwander
• Mastered by Arun

Accolades

Japan Gold Disc Awards

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Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Paint the Sky with Stars

Chart (1997–1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart<ref name="auchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10
Austrian Albums Chart<ref name="atchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)<ref name="beVlchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	9
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)<ref name="bewachart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13
Canadian RPM Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	33
Dutch Albums Chart<ref name="nlchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10
Finnish Albums Chart<ref name="fichart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12
German Media Control Albums Chart<ref name="dechart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5
Hungarian Albums Chart<ref name="mahasz">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12
Italian Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart<ref name="Jachart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	4
New Zealand Albums Chart<ref name="NZchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	6
Norwegian Albums Chart<ref name="norcharts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
Spanish Albums Chart<ref name="spacharts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
Swedish Albums Chart<ref name="sechart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
Swiss Albums Chart<ref name="chchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7
UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	4
US Billboard 200<ref name="USchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30

Year-end charts

1997 year-end chart performance for Paint the Sky with Stars

Chart (1997)	Position
Australian Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	41
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	33
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	47
European Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	56
German Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	88
Swedish Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3
UK Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	19
US Billboard New Age Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	24

1998 year-end chart performance for Paint the Sky with Stars

Chart (1998)	Position
Australian Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	67
Austrian Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	50
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	46
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	83
Dutch Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	57
European Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	24
German Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	65
Japanese Albums Chart<ref name="JPYearend">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	44
Swedish Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	47
UK Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	90
US Billboard 200<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	83
US Billboard New Age Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	2

1999 year-end chart performance for Paint the Sky with Stars

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard New Age Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	3

Release history

Release dates for Paint the Sky with Stars

Country	Date	Format	Label
Europe	3 November 1997	Template:Flatlist	WEA Records
United States	11 November 1997		Reprise Records

See also

• List of best-selling albums in Brazil

External links

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