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Ailyn
Ailyn performing live with Sirenia
Background information
Birth name	Pilar Giménez García
Born	May 29, 1982 (1982-05-29) (age 27)
Origin	Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Genres	Gothic metal
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2002 - present
Labels	Napalm Records
Associated acts	Sirenia

Pilar Giménez García (May 29, 1982), known first as An Ling, then as Ailyn, is a Spanish singer born in Esplugues de Llobregat. She is the newest female vocalist of the Norwegian Gothic Metal band Sirenia, she is also known as a member of the young team in the Spanish version of X Factor.

Contents 1 Musical start 2 Solo career 3 X Factor + More 4 Sirenia 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Musical start

Her musical career started at the age of 15, when she studied solfege and classical singing at The Albéniz School of Music.

Her professional debut was in 2002 in Cornellà de Llobregat, in an annual benefit fashion show the city held to raise money for Alzheimer's sufferers.

Her first discographic contract was as part of the female trio "Charm" (a band that played J-pop and J-rock. After their first album, she wanted to try her luck as a solo artist, and under the name of An Ling (later became Ailyn), she began recording tracks on her own.

[edit] Solo career

In September 2005, she was a contestant representing Spain in the International Pop Music Festival "Canzoni Dal Mondo", being among the 10 finalists.

In October, she got the "Silver Tabaiba" to the Best Performance in the 5th Edition of the International Song Festival in the Canary Islands.

In summer of 2006 she appeared as an extra on Lua's video "Assim Chegaremos La".

In November, she got the "Gold Tabaiba" to the Best Singer Of A Published Song, in the 6th Edition of the International Song Festival in the Canary Islands. The song, "Puedo Sentir", was originally sung by Lena Park (Fall In Love).

[edit] X Factor + More

In May 2007, she was selected as a member of the young team in the Spanish version of X Factor.

In the different episodes she sang Time After Time, Moonlight Shadow, Bring Me to Life and Why. She was eliminated in the fourth episode.

[edit] Sirenia

On April 9, 2008 it was announced that Ailyn was chosen as the new singer of Sirenia out of over 500 women. "I got selected as Sirenia’s new vocalist as an accident," she later told an interviewer. "My sister added them to my myspace’s friends, but we didn’t realize that if you wanted to audition for the band you had to send them your demo or add them as friends, so I was shocked when they wrote to me asking to go to Norway and audition for the new vocalist. I went there twice, the first time was an studio audition and the second one with all the band members. I think I was selected because I’m what Morten was looking for the band, and also since the first moment we connected all the members from Sirenia and me."^[1]

The first album with the band is The 13th Floor, which was released on January 23, 2009.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.lebmetal.com/2009/10/06/interview-with-sirenia/

[edit] External links

• Official Sirenia Website