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''Amarantine'' is an album by Irish musician Enya. The album was released on 22 November 2005. It won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for 2007 and is the third top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Age Albums | Billboard.com )〕 The release date was announced by Roma Ryan on 23 September 2005, at the official Enya forum.〔(http://unity.enya.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11520 ) ''Unity.enya.com''〕 It was subsequently leaked to the Internet on 11 November 2005. Two songs from the album were released as singles: the title track "Amarantine" and "It's in the Rain". "Someone Said Goodbye" was released as a promotional single in the United States as well. The album was very successful and sold more than 6.5 million copies overall.〔(LIVEDAILY )〕 The success of the album kept it for 9 months and 2 weeks (38 weeks, from 10 December 2005 to 26 August 2006) in the No. 1 spot of the ''Billboard'' New Age Albums chart.〔Billboard http://www.billboard.com/charts/2005-12-10/new-age-albums〕〔Billboard http://www.billboard.com/charts/2006-08-26/new-age-albums〕 ==Critical reception== 〕 |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = 〔(AllMusic review )〕 |rev2 = ''Billboard'' |rev2score = mixed〔 |rev3 = E! Online |rev3score = C〔 |rev4 = Entertainment.ie |rev4score = 〔(Entertainment.ie review )〕 |rev5 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' |rev5score = C〔(Entertainment Weekly review )〕 |rev6 = ''The New York Times'' |rev6score = unfavorable〔(The New York Times review )〕 |rev7 = ''Uncut'' |rev7score = 〔 |rev8 = ''USA Today'' |rev8score = 〔(USA Today review )〕 }} ''Amarantine'' received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 55, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 7 reviews. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amarantine (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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