Solo 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 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). In May 2007, she was selected as a member of the young team in the
Spanish version of
X Factor, where she sang "
Time After Time", "
Moonlight Shadow", "
Bring Me to Life", and "
Why". She was eliminated in the fourth episode.
With Sirenia (2008–2016) concert On 9 April 2008, it was announced that Ailyn was chosen as the fourth singer of
Sirenia out of over 500 women."I got selected as Sirenia's new vocalist as an accident. 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 a 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."She was featured on Sirenia's fourth album
The 13th Floor, which was released on 23 January 2009. Sirenia's fifth album
The Enigma of Life, was released on 21 January 2011. This made her the only singer who recorded two full-length albums with Sirenia, since Henriette Bordvik only performed vocals on one album,
An Elixir for Existence and one EP,
Sirenian Shores. In July 2013, Sirenia released their sixth album
Perils of the Deep Blue. On 3 April 2014, the band announced they had returned to
Napalm Records with a pending album release for early 2015.
The Seventh Life Path, Sirenia's seventh album was released on 8 May 2016. On 5 July 2016, it was announced via the band's website that Sirenia and Ailyn were amicably separating "for personal reasons", and that the name of the new singer would be announced on 8 September 2016, ahead of the November release of their new album
Dim Days of Dolor. The same day, Ailyn stated on her Facebook that she did not make the decision. Her replacement in Sirenia was the French
mezzo-soprano singer
Emmanuelle Zoldan. Ailyn recorded four albums in eight years with Sirenia. Until the 2018 release of
Arcane Astral Aeons, she was the only Sirenia singer to sing on more than one full Sirenia album. During her stay in Sirenia she also sang some Japanese and Spanish versions of the band's songs, drawing from her previous experiences singing in those languages.
Her Chariot Awaits (2020–present) In 2020, Ailyn announced her collaboration with
Adrenaline Mob guitarist
Mike Orlando in a new project called Her Chariot Awaits. Their self titled debut album was scheduled for release on 10 April 2020, but was delayed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic and released on 22 May 2020.
Trail of Tears (2020–present) in 2025 When Norwegian
gothic metal band
Trail of Tears resurfaced seven years after their 2013 disbanding, it was with Ailyn as their female vocalist. Due to the pandemic, they were off for a rough start with Ailyn stranded in Spain, but they have since played a few festivals and released the EP
Winds of Disdain (2024).
Lunarian In 2022, a collaboration with
Secret Sphere's guitarist Aldo Lonobile named Lunarian was announced. The debut album entitled
Burn The Beauty was released on September 9 that year, with videos for the singles "Dream Catcher" and "Endless Sleep" released.
Other works In 2011, she contributed to Austrian power metal band
Serenity's album
Death & Legacy, singing on the songs "The Chevalier" and "Prayer". She is also featured in the video "The Chevalier". In 2014, she collaborated with several other bands, such as Spanish symphonic metal band
Diabulus in Musica, for whom she contributed vocals to the song "Furia de Libertad" from their album
Argia. The Greek symphonic metal band Enemy of Reality featured her in the song "Needle Bites" and its music video, from their album
Rejected Gods. She performed live with German/Norwegian symphonic metal band
Leaves' Eyes at their 10th anniversary show in
Wieze, Belgium. Ailyn Giménez is mentioned in the booklet of the Dutch metal band
The Gentle Storm's album
The Diary for useful advice she gave regarding the band's "Shores of India" music video. Ailyn participated on two albums by the metal opera project Melted Space;
The Great Lie (2015) and
Darkening Light (2018). In 2017, Ailyn announced her collaboration with Italian metal band Secret Rule: She will be featured on their upcoming album
The Key to the World and in a music video. She also hinted that there are some more collaborations to be announced. She is also composing music for her solo project but does not want to rush this process. == Personal life ==