Aura Dione

Aura Dione at the Ludwigshafen City Festival 2017

Aura Dione or just Aura , real name Maria Louise Joensen (born January 21, 1985 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish singer-songwriter .

Life

Aura Dione (2010)

Aura Dione is the daughter of a Faroese - French music teacher and her Danish - Spanish husband. Through her parents, who met at the Roskilde Music Festival , she came into contact with music , literature and art at an early age. For example, she wrote her first song at the age of five. Aura's father collects guitars , which also influenced her music career.

Her parents were hippies and sailed with her across the oceans until, when Aura was seven years old, they settled on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea , where she also attended school. At the age of 17 she went to Australia to continue her musical education. There she wrote many works that were influenced by the Australian Aborigines , among others . This encounter was later reflected in the song Something from Nothing . During this time Dione changed her concept of music. She designs almost all of her clothing, record covers and videos herself.

In 2008 she released the first single Something from Nothing on the Music for Dreams label in Denmark , followed by Song for Sophie and I Will Love You Monday . The Universal Music Domestic Pop ( "UDP"), a subsidiary of Universal Music, became aware of Aura Dione and took them under contract. Their first single outside Denmark, I Will Love You Monday (365) , was released in Germany on November 13, 2009. Compared to the version of the song released in Denmark, the debut single in German-speaking countries has its own refrain. The title made it into the top 10 straight away and ultimately even number one in the German single charts and number one in the German airplay charts . Dione's debut album Columbine was released on November 27, 2009 in Germany. I Will Love You Monday achieved platinum status in Germany. The second single, Song for Sophie , stayed in the German charts for a total of 22 weeks. On October 29, the third single from the album, Something from Nothing, was released . However, this could not build on the success of the predecessor.

Aura Dione at Kufstein Unlimited 2012

On October 21, 2011, Geronimo was released as the first single from the second album called Before the Dinosaurs . Aura wrote the platinum number 1 hit with David Jost , who also produced the single. Geronimo reached number 1 in her home country, making it her most successful single in Denmark to date. In Germany, the song reached number 1 on the Media Control Charts immediately after its release. Aura Dione is the second Danish act after Gitte Hænning , who managed to land two number one hits in Germany.

Aura wrote her second single, Friends , together with David Jost and the American producer and songwriter team Rock Mafia . It reached the top 10 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark and achieved gold status in Germany with over 150,000 units sold.

The third single from the album is In Love with the World , which reached number 5 in Denmark, where it was released on May 28th. On September 28, 2012 the single was also released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The single entered Germany at number 59 and in Austria at number 38. In Switzerland, the single could not place in the charts. Meanwhile, the video was presented on MyVideo on September 19th.

On May 19, 2017, the third album "Can't Steal The Music" was released. The album missed the charts worldwide.

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"I am writing with humor and irony and with a desire to make a positive difference with my music, my voice and with my life while I am here."

"I write with humor and irony and with a desire to make a positive difference with my music, my voice and my life while I'm here."

- Aura Dione

Dione has record deals with the major label Universal Music and the Danish record label Music for Dreams. Her musical style is in the area of ​​pop, which is made up of folk elements and electronic accents .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	DK
2008	Columbine	DE44 (17 weeks) DE	AT31 (8 weeks) AT	CH30 (14 weeks) CH	DK3 (13 weeks) DK	First publication (DK): January 28, 2008 First publication (DE): November 27, 2009 Sales: + 150,000
2011	Before the dinosaurs	DE14 (16 weeks) DE	AT30th gold (11 weeks)AT	CH36 (6 weeks) CH	DK6th platinum (43 weeks)DK	First published: November 4th, 2011 Sales: + 210,000
2017	Can't steal the music	-	-	-	-	First published: May 19, 2017

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	DK
2007	Something from Nothing Columbine	DE90 (1 week) DE	-	-	DK7 (10 weeks) DK	First published (DE): October 29, 2010
	Song for Sophie (I Hope She Flies) Columbine	DE12 (22 weeks) DE	AT18 (15 weeks) AT	CH68 (3 weeks) CH	DK16 (22 weeks) DK	First published (DE): April 27, 2010
2008	I Will Love You Monday Columbine (Danish Edition)	-	-	-	DK20 (5 weeks) DK	only published in Denmark
2009	I Will Love You Monday (365) Columbine (German Edition)	DE1 platinum (29 weeks)DE	AT2 platinum (27 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (25 weeks)CH	-	First published: November 10, 2009 not in Denmark; Sales: + 300,000
2011	Geronimo Before the Dinosaurs	DE1 platinum (26 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (17 weeks)AT	CH7th gold (23 weeks)CH	DK1 × 2 Platinum + double platinum (streaming) (22 weeks)DK	First published: October 21, 2011 Sales: + 380,000
2012	Friends Before the Dinosaurs	DE4th gold (22 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (15 weeks)AT	CH10 gold (17 weeks)CH	DK6th Gold + Platinum (streaming) (12 weeks)DK	First published: March 9, 2012 feat. Rock mafia; Sales: + 150,000
	In Love with the World Before the Dinosaurs	DE52 (14 weeks) DE	AT13 (16 weeks) AT	-	DK5 Gold + Platinum (streaming) (21 weeks)DK	First published: May 28, 2012
2016	Love Somebody Can't Steal the Music	-	-	-	DK27 gold (6 weeks)DK	First published: June 10, 2016

more publishments

• 2008: Stay the Same
• 2009: Only Here for a Moment
• 2012: Reconnect
• 2016: Indian Giver
• 2017: Can't Steal the Music
• 2017: King of Pain
• 2019: Shania Twain
• 2019: Last Man in the World
• 2019: Sunshine

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  DK Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH DK-DK Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH DK2DK Albums in the charts DE2DE AT2AT CH2CH DK2DK

DE  AT  CH  DK Number one singles DE2DE AT1AT CH-CH DK1DK Top 10 singles DE3DE AT3AT CH3CH DK4thDK Singles in the charts DE6thDE AT5AT CH4thCH DK8thDK

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Denmark (IFPI)	3 × gold3	6 × platinum6th	110,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	2 × platinum2	750,000	musikindustrie.de
Austria (IFPI)	3 × gold3	platinum1	70,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × gold2	platinum1	60,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	9 × gold9	10 × platinum10

Artist awards

• Danish Music Awards 2009
  • "Best Female Artist"
  • Best Pop Release for Columbine
• Radio Regenbogen Award - Category: "Radio Regenbogen Hörerpreis 2011"
• European Border Breakers Award (EBBA) 2011 for Columbine

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH DK
2. ^ ^{A b} musicline.de: Artist information and discography from and to Aura Dione. Retrieved November 27, 2009 . 
3. ↑ RadioCharts.com: Radio Charts Germany main chart. (No longer available online.) The current airplay charts, archived from the original on December 1, 2016 ; Retrieved December 19, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Review of "Geronimo" on popschredder , accessed on November 6, 2011.
5. ↑ https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Aura+Dione&titel=In+Love+With+The+World&cat=s
6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ http://www.myvideo.de/watch/8766698/Aura_Dione_In_Love_With_The_World
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Aura Dione: MySpace profile. Published on MySpace , accessed October 29, 2009 . 
9. ↑ Aura Dione: Official website of Aura Dione. Retrieved November 26, 2009 . 
10. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from 23 August 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ^ Publication of Before the Dinosaurs
12. ↑ Sales of I Will Love You Monday (365)
13. ↑ Radio Regenbogen: Aura Dione wins the Listener Award ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 27, 2011  

Web links

Commons : Aura Dione  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Porduca-Alike: Aura Dione on Bonedo.de