Awards & Winners

Bill Whelan

Date of Birth 22-May-1950
Place of Birth Limerick
(Ireland, Republic of Ireland, County Limerick)
Nationality Republic of Ireland
Also know as Whelan, Whelan, Bill
Profession Composer, Film Score Composer
Bill Whelan, is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The result, Riverdance, was a seven-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze for Irish dancing and celtic music. It was released as a single in the UK in 1994, credited to "Bill Whelan and Anúna featuring the RTÉ Concert Orchestra". It reached number 9 and stayed in the charts for 16 weeks. The album of the same title reached number 31 in the album charts in 1995.

Awards by Bill Whelan

Check all the awards nominated and won by Bill Whelan.

1996


Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : Riverdance: Music From the Show

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Riverdance: Music From the Show