Destiny (Celtic Woman album)

Celtic Woman: Destiny is the tenth album by the group Celtic Woman. Destiny features vocalists Susan McFadden, Mairead Carlin, Éabha McMahon, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. This was the first Celtic Woman album to feature Mairead Carlin and Éabha McMahon. The album also featured vocal director and former Celtic Woman member Méav Ní Mhaolchatha as a guest singer. Celtic Woman collaborated with Oonagh on the track Tir Na nÓg.[1]

Celtic Woman: Destiny
Studio album by Celtic Woman
Released	15 January 2016 (International)
Recorded	August 2015
Genre	Celtic, world, new-age, adult contemporary, classical
Language	English, Irish, German, Italian
Label	Manhattan
Producer	Gavin Murphy, Chris O'Brien & Graham Murphy (tracks 4, 5, 7, 15), Bernd Wendlandt & William Andrews (track 13), Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen & Hannes Braun (track 8)
Celtic Woman chronology
Celtic Woman: O Christmas Tree (2014) Celtic Woman: Destiny (2016) Celtic Woman: Voices of Angels (2016)

Tara McNeill, who would later become a principal performer in Celtic Woman, performed the harp in the Destiny DVD and PBS TV special as part of the orchestra.[2][3] When PBS transmitted its video of the Destiny show, a cloaked woman (Dublin-based Irish actor, film maker, dancer and part-time model Sophie Merry) appeared in the titles sequence and the sequences that framed the pledge breaks.

The album was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. This was the first Grammy nomination for the group.

Performers

• Éabha McMahon
• Mairead Carlin
• Mairead Nesbitt
• Susan McFadden

Guest Singers

• Méav Ní Mhaolchatha
• Oonagh
• Rebecca Winckworth

Track listing

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"My Land"	Susan McFadden Mairead Carlin Eabha McMahon Máiréad Nesbitt	4:04
2.	"Siúil A Rúin"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt	2:59
3.	"Ride On"	Carlin McMahon Nesbitt	3:56
4.	"The Whole Of The Moon"	McFadden Nesbitt	4:05
5.	"Skyrim Theme (Dragonborn)"	Nesbitt	3:11
6.	"How Can I Keep From Singing"	McMahon	4:15
7.	"I See Fire"	Carlin Nesbitt	5:06
8.	"Tír na nÓg"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt Oonagh	3:09
9.	"Óró Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile"	Méav Ní Mhaolchatha McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt	3:12
10.	"Sometimes A Prayer Will Do"	McFadden	4:39
11.	"Bean Phaidin"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt	3:29
12.	"Westering Home"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt Ní Mhaolchatha Rebecca Winckworth	4:00
13.	"When You Go"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt	3:30
14.	"Like An Angel Passing Through My Room"	Mairead Carlin	5:13
15.	"Walk Beside Me"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt	4:14
16.	"The Hills Of Ireland"	Máiréad Nesbitt	3:12
17.	"Skylands"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt
18.	"O! Tannenbaum"	McFadden (English), McMahon (German), Carlin (Italian), Nesbitt
19.	"Orinoco Flow (America Tour)"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt
20.	"Isle of Innisfree"	Rebecca Winckworth
21.	"You Raise Me Up"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt

Notes

• Selections 18 to 21 are not included on the CD.
• "Walk Beside Me" was written and composed specifically for Celtic Woman by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.[4]
• "Orinoco Flow" was one of this concert's songs in their North America Tour.
• "Isle of Innisfree" was sung by Rebecca Winckworth in their Destiny show at the Mansion House, and it is included both on the Live DVD and the PBS transmission.

German bonus tracks

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
22.	"O Tannenbaum" (2013 VER OR 2015 VER)	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt	3:48
23.	"Skylands"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt	3:34
24.	"Silent Night"	Meav Ni Mhaolchatha (2013 ver)	3:38

Deluxe Edition

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
17.	"Skylands"	McFadden Carlin McMahon Nesbitt	3:34
18.	"Christmas Secrets"	Carlin McFadden Nesbitt Ní Mhaolchatha Oonagh

DVD Tour Setlist

2015

Act 1

1. "Destiny/When You Go"-(All)
2. "Siuil A Run"-(All)
3. "Ride on"-(Eabha, Mairead C,& Mairead)
4. "The Whole Of the Moon"-(Mairead & Susan)
5. "The Hills Of Ireland"-(Mairead)
6. "You Raise Me Up"-(All)
7. "Si Do Mhaimeo I"-(Mairead & Meav)
8. "How Can I Keep From Singing"-(Eabha)
9. "Skyrim Theme (Dragonborn)-(Choir, Mairead, & Meav)
10. "My Land"-(All)

●Intermission - Gown change

Act 2

1. "Bean Pháidín"-(All)
2. "I See Fire"-(Mairead C & Mairead)
3. "Isle Of Innisfree"-(Rebecca w/harp)
4. "Tír na nÓg"-(All & Oonagh)
5. "Sometimes a Prayer Will Do"-(Susan)
6. "Amazing Grace"-(Eabha, Mairead C, & Susan)
7. "Óró sé do bheatha abhaile"(All & Meav)
8. "Like an Angel Passing Through Your Room"-(Mairead C)
9. "The Butterfly"-(Mairead)
10. "Walk Beside Me"-(All)
11. "Westering Home"-(All, Meav, & Rebecca)

Additional Tour Setlist

2016

Act 1

1. "Destiny/When You Go"-(All)
2. "Siuil A Run"-(All)
3. "Ride On"-(Eabha, Mairead, & Mairead C)
4. "The Hills Of Ireland"-(Mairead)
5. "The Whole of the Moon"-(Mairead & Susan)
6. "How Can I Keep From Singing"-(Eabha)
7. "Amazing Grace"-(Eabha, Mairead C, & Susan)
8. "I See Fire"-(Mairead & Mairead C)
9. "Bean Phaldin"-(All)
10. "Danny Boy"-(All)
11. "Nil Se'n La"(All)

● Intermission - Gown change

Act 2

1. "Skyrim Theme"-(Mairead & Choir)
2. "Orinoco Flow"-(Eabha, Mairead C, & Susan)
3. "Sometimes a Prayer Will Do"-(Susan)
4. "Mná na hÉireann"-(All)
5. "Óró sé do bheatha abhaile"-(All)
6. "My Land"-(All)
7. "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"-(Mairead C)
8. "The Butterfly"-(Mairead)
9. "Walk Beside Me"-(All)
10. "Westering Home"-(All)
11. "Teir Abhaile Riu"-(All)

Charts

Destiny opened at No. 1 on the Billboard World Music chart, Celtic Woman's ninth consecutive album to debut at No. 1. The album spent 64 weeks on the Billboard World Music chart, including a total of 11 weeks at the No. 1 spot. The album remained in the chart's top 10 list for 41 consecutive weeks and 48 weeks in total. The album reached No. 60 on the US Billboard 200 chart.[5][6][7]

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8]	86
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	132
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11]	95
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	41
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	95
US Billboard 200[14]	60
US World Albums (Billboard)[15]	1

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