Aura Dione

Biography

Maria Louise Joensen (Danish pronunciation: [jœːnsn̩]; born 21 January 1985), known as Aura Dione, is a Danish singer and songwriter. In 2008, she released her debut album, Columbine×Columbine28 January 2008 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Glass Bone Crash2:242Little Louie4:303Something From Nothing3:264Picture of Moon2:445You Are the Reason3:026Song for Sophie3:207I Will Love You Monday3:348Clean Hands3:519Are You for Sale2:1010Antony4:38. The album spawned the hit single "I Will Love You Monday (365)×I Will Love You Monday (365)2 October 2009 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I Will Love You Monday (365)3:22", which reached number one in Germany, achieved over 80 million video views and was certified platinum.
After winning the European Border Breaker Award in 2011, Dione won Best Female Artist and Hit of the Year for "Geronimo×Geronimo21 October 2011 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Geronimo (The Disco Boys edit)3:242Geronimo (The Disco Boys remix)5:383Geronimo (Martin Roth remix)6:444Geronimo (LTM slowdown remix)8:13" at the Danish Music Awards 2012 and Female Artist of the Year in 2013; she is one of Denmark's top two female recording artists.

Early life

Aura Dione was born Maria Joensen on 21 January 1985 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her mother is of Faroese and French descent, while her father is of Danish and Spanish descent. Her parents introduced her to music, and she began writing songs at the age of eight. Her parents were hippies who with Aura as a child sailed all the world's oceans, until the 7-year-old was given residence on Bornholm . Here, she began her formal schooling and as a teenager enrolled in Secondary school, but in the middle of her education she chose to move to Australia where she sought inspiration from the Aborigines. This later resulted in a song "Something From Nothing×Something From Nothing26 June 2007 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Something From Nothing3:20".

2007–2010: Columbine and international breakthrough

Dione debuted in summer 2007 with the single "Something From Nothing×Something From Nothing26 June 2007 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Something From Nothing3:20", but has also gained success with the track "Song for Sophie" - both from her album Columbine×Columbine28 January 2008 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Glass Bone Crash2:242Little Louie4:303Something From Nothing3:264Picture of Moon2:445You Are the Reason3:026Song for Sophie3:207I Will Love You Monday3:348Clean Hands3:519Are You for Sale2:1010Antony4:38, which was released in 2008. The single "I Will Love You Monday" was a No.1 hit in Europe, where it was issued in an expanded version titled "I Will Love You Monday (365)×I Will Love You Monday (365)2 October 2009 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I Will Love You Monday (365)3:22".

2011–2015: Before the Dinosaurs

Dione released her second international studio album Before the Dinosaurs×Before the Dinosaurs4 November 2011 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Geronimo (Jost & Damien radio mix)3:152Reconnect3:553Friends3:414In Love With the World3:275What It’s Like3:206Into the Wild3:407Masterpiece3:558Where the Wild Roses Grow3:119America3:4410Recipe3:4211Superhuman3:5012Before the Dinosaurs4:09 on 4 November 2011. The first single release "Geronimo×Geronimo21 October 2011 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Geronimo (The Disco Boys edit)3:242Geronimo (The Disco Boys remix)5:383Geronimo (Martin Roth remix)6:444Geronimo (LTM slowdown remix)8:13" was produced by David Jost and went straight to the #1 in the official German Media Control Charts. In the very same year, Aura Dione won a European Border Breakers Award for her international breakthrough. Aura Dione recently released the second single "Friends×Friends2 March 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Friends (Rock Mafia & David Jost radio mix)4:012Friends" of her international hit album Before the Dinosaurs. The song is written and produced by Dione, David Jost and Rock Mafia and reached the official German Radio Charts #1. "Friends" is Dione's third Radio #1 single.

2024: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

Dione was one of the contestants of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024, the Danish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Mirrorball of Hope×Mirrorball of Hope25 January 2024 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Mirrorball of Hope3:06".

Personal life

Dione was engaged to Danish billionaire Janus Friis but the couple split up in April 2015. In 2023, she gave birth to her first child.

Awards and recognition

Danish Music Awards

GAFFA Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards