Auryn was a 5-member Spanish boy band founded in 2009. Signed to Warner Music Spain, they sang in Spanish and English.

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Auryn (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈawɾin]; stylized as AURYN) was a 5-member Spanish boy band founded in 2009. Signed to Warner Music Spain, they sang in Spanish and English.\n

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Members

The band is made up of five members that appeared previously on various talent show series in Spain. Various members of the band have taken part at different occasions in contests like Factor X, Veo Veo, La Batalla de los Coros and at Junior Eurovision Song Contest qualifications. Dani Fernández represented Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006.\n

Blas Cantó and Dani Fernández have studied trumpet and piano at musical conservatories / schools. Carlos Marco has studied vocal techniques at \"Escuela Orfeo\" in Alicante. Álvaro Gango has taken part in gospel and classical choirs and has worked as actor and David Lafuente has learned in musical bands.\n

Blas Cantó Moreno
Daniel Fernández Delgado
Alvaro Garcia-Gango Guijarro
David Martin Lafuente
Carlos Perez Marco

Destino Eurovisión 2011

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Auryn gained great popularity particularly after they took part in Destino Eurovisión, the selection process to represent Spain in Eurovision Song Contest 2011 reaching the final 3. In Heat 1 held on 28 January 2011, where contestants needed to perform an earlier Eurovision song, they sang a cover of \"Fly on the Wings of Love\" from the Olsen Brothers (the Eurovision 2000 winner for Denmark). They qualified to the next round by televoting. In the semi-final round held on 11 February 2011, contestants had to pick another Eurovision classic, they sang \"Eres tú\" originally by Mocedades that finished runner-up in Eurovision 1973 for Spain. They qualified by a decision of the jury to the Finals where they were one of the Top 3, the other acts being Lucía Pérez and Melissa. Each act had to sing three original songs, with the jury picking one original song from each artist. Auryn sang \"Evangeline\", \"El sol brillará\" and \"Volver\". The latter was picked as their final song. Eventually, the Spanish qualifying entry for Eurovision 2011 went to Lucía Pérez and her song \"Que me quiten lo bailao\".\n

Career

When the band was formed in 2009, they first gained attention through their online postings on YouTube including covers for Rihanna's \"Umbrella\" and Los Secretos' \"Déjame\". That was followed by an appearance on Destino Eurovisión 2011 (see above) where they finished in the Final 3, but failed to qualify for Eurovision 2011.\n

Based on the popularity they achieved, the band released their first single \"Breathe in the Light\" later in 2011 as well as their debut album Endless Road 7058 in 2012 both reaching the top 10 of the singles and album chart respectively. It won the \"Best New Album\" award at Televisión Española (TVE). Also spawning three top 10 singles, their follow-up album is Anti-Heroes was released in 2013 and went straight to number one on the album chart and has been certified platinum. Their third album \"Circus Avenue\" was preceded by the group's first number one single \"Puppeteer\" and reached number one on the album chart where it stayed for 5 consecutive weeks. The group released their fourth album \"Ghost Town\" in December 2015, seven months before going on hiatus.\n

Origin of the name

The band's name refers to the fictional talisman AURYN from Michael Ende book The Neverending Story, being two mythological serpents, symmetrical, that bite at each other's tails. The charm of royal protection, when worn by a human, gives the wearer the power to fulfill all his wishes. Since the original word AURYN always appears in the book in all capitals, the band insists on naming its album titles in all capitals as well.\n

Solo projects

As the band went into hiatus in 2016, various members of the band launched solo projects. Blas Cantó signed to Warner Music Spain and released his debut solo single \"In Your Bed\". They officially announced the breakup of the band on 28 July 2016.\n

Discography

Studio albums

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Singles

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Other releases

2011: \"Volver\" (Destino Eurovisión 2011)
2011: \"Evangeline\" (Destino Eurovisión 2011)
2011: \"El sol brillará\" (Destino Eurovisión 2011)

CD/DVDs

2012: Endless Road, 7058
2013: Anti-Heroes
2014: Circus Avenue

Awards and nominations

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References

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External links

Auryn at IMDb
YouTube

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