
Goulding co-wrote "Love Me 'Cause You Want To" for Gabriella Cilmi's second album, Ten, and three songs ("Remake Me + You", "Notice", "Jumping into Rivers") for Diana Vickers's debut album, Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree. She also won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 Brit Awards, making her the second artist to win both in the same year.
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"Wish I Stayed" was available as a free download as Single of the Week on iTunes Store UK from 22–28 December 2009.īefore the release of her debut album, Goulding won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which showcases the music industry's top choices for rising stars. with Jools Holland (performing "Under the Sheets" and "Guns and Horses") and a UK tour supporting Little Boots. The single peaked at No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart following a successful appearance on Later. She took A levels in English, Politics, Drama and Music, passed the first 3 with "A" grades but failed Music.Īfter enrolling on a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Kent and remaining until her final year, she met Jamie Lillywhite who became her manager and introduced her to the producer Starsmith who would become her chief collaborator and the primary producer of Lights.Īlthough Ellie Goulding signed to Polydor Records in July 2009, her debut single, "Under the Sheets", was released through the independent label Neon Gold Records, appearing digitally in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2009. Goulding attended Lady Hawkins' High School in Kington and, by the age of 15, started writing songs. At 9, she began playing the clarinet and at 14 began learning guitar. In December 2015, she received her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance for her single "Love Me like You Do".Įlena Jane Goulding was born on 30 December 1986 in Hereford and raised in Lyonshall, a small village near Kington, Herefordshire. Goulding released her third studio album, titled Delirium, on 6 November 2015, with "On My Mind" as the album's lead single. At the 2014 Brit Awards she received the award for British Female Solo Artist. Halcyon Days, a repackaged edition of Halcyon, was released on 23 August 2013 it included new singles including "Burn", which became her first UK number-one single.

Halcyon debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200. Halcyon debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and after 65 weeks reached number one. "Anything Could Happen" preceded the album as the lead single. Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon, was released in October 2012. The album's title track, "Lights", was released in the US in March 2011, and peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. Her cover of Elton John's "Your Song" reached number two in the UK in December 2010 and on 29 April 2011 she performed the song at the wedding reception of Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Buckingham Palace.

She released her debut studio album, Lights, in 2010 it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 850,000 copies in the UK. poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year.

In 2010, she became the second artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of. After signing to Polydor Records in July 2009, Goulding released her debut extended play, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, later that year. Her career began when she met record producers Starsmith and Frankmusik, and she was later spotted by Jamie Lillywhite, who later became her manager and A&R. Elena Jane Goulding (/ˈɡoʊldɪŋ/ gohl-ding born 30 December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter.
