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Ellie Goulding
Goulding performing at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California, 28 September 2010
Goulding performing at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California, 28 September 2010
Background information
Birth nameElena Jane Goulding[1]
Born (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 37)
Hereford, Herefordshire, England
OriginLondon, England
GenresIndie pop, electropop, synthpop, folktronica
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, drummer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, drums, piano, clarinet, tambourine
Years active2007–present
LabelsNeon Gold, Polydor, Cherrytree, Interscope
Websiteelliegoulding.com

Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding (born December 30, 1986)[2] is an English singer-songwriter. She became only the second artist to be named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of the year in the BBC's annual poll of music critics, Sound of 2010, and become the recipient of the Critics' Choice Award at the BRIT Awards in the same year, following Adele's win of both in 2008. After signing to Polydor Records in 2009, she released her first extended-play recording in 2009, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, and her debut studio album Lights followed in 2010.[3] Her album went on to debut at number one on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 380,000 copies by the end of 2010.

Her musical style has been compared to that of Kate Nash, Lykke Li, Tracey Thorn, and Björk.[4]

Background

Ellie was born and brought up in Hereford, Herefordshire, the second of four children.[5] She began playing the clarinet and writing songs at the age of nine, and at fourteen began learning guitar. She started songwriting at the age of fifteen and while in college she won a singing competition.[6]

After commencing a drama course at the University of Kent,[7] where she was exposed to electronic music, she developed her sound with the help of Frankmusik on the track "Wish I Stayed", and Starsmith, who went on to become her chief collaborator and primary producer of Lights. After two years at Kent, she was advised to take a gap year to pursue singing,[8][9] and moved to West London.[10]

She is a keen runner, running six miles every day, and in 2010 admitted plans to run a marathon.[5] In support of her second EP, Run Into the Light, she invited a small number of fans through her Facebook pages, to run with her in seven different cities on her UK tour,[11] and has announced that she will be doing the same across Europe and the United States.[12] A website, EllieRuns.com, was launched in support.[12] Goulding's keenness for exercise has given her what is considered to be an impressively athletic physique.[13][14][15]

She is currently dating BBC Radio 1's DJ Greg James.

Music career

Early career

Signed to Polydor Records in September 2009,[8] she made her debut single. "Under the Sheets", which was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2009,[16] peaking outside the top 40.[17] In October 2009 she toured the UK supporting Little Boots,[18] and appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, performing "Under The Sheets" and "Guns and Horses".[19] "Wish I Stayed" was available as a free download as the UK iTunes Store's 'Single of the Week' from 22–28 December 2009.[20]

Lights and Bright Lights

Before the release of her debut studio album, Goulding won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which showcases the critics, broadcasters and music industry insiders' top choices for rising stars and artists for the coming year.[21] She also won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 BRIT Awards, which prize made her the second artist to win both in the same year.[22]

Ellie Goulding performing in Amsterdam in 2010.

The album Lights was released in March 2010, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart and number twelve on the Irish Albums Chart.[23][24][25] Its singles, "Starry Eyed", "Guns and Horses", and "The Writer" peaked at numbers 4, 26, and 19 respectively.[17] In August 2010, Ellie released a second extended play, Run Into the Light, a remixed version of Lights. The album was supported by Nike and was released through Polydor as a running soundtrack in an effort to get Goulding's music taken up by the national running subculture.[11]

In November 2010, Lights was re-released as Bright Lights, with six new tracks added. It was originally announced that the lead single from Bright Lights would be the new edit of the title track with a release scheduled for 1 November 2010.[26] Yet this was scrapped to allow her cover of Elton John's "Your Song" to be released in conjunction with the John Lewis Christmas 2010 advertising campaign in the UK.[27] The single became Goulding's highest-charting single to date, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart.[28] The song also charted in some European countries in early 2011.[29]

Goulding toured in support of Lights and supported Passion Pit in March 2010 and John Mayer during his British tour in May 2010.[30] During the summer she performed at a number of festivals. On 29 May she performed at the Dot to Dot Festival in Bristol.[11] She performed a set on 25 June at the 40th annual Glastonbury Festival on the John Peel Stage.[31] Her third EP was a live recording of part of her set at the iTunes Festival 2010.[32] The whole set was later released as part of the iTunes version of Bright Lights.[33] She made her T in the Park debut on 11 July.[34] She played on the Nissan Juke Arena at the 2010 V Festival in late August.[35] In September she was part of the line-up at Bestival 2010 on the Isle of Wight.[36] In support of the album in Europe she performed on the first day of Pukkelpop in Belgium, at the Open'er Festival in Poland and at Benicàssim in Spain.[37] A track from Lights, "Everytime You Go", was featured in the Vampire Diaries episode "Founder's Day", while "Your Biggest Mistake" appeared in an episode of The Inbetweeners.[38] She began a tour of the United States and Canada in February 2011 to coincide with the release of the American edition of Lights.[39] She will also play at Coachella.[5]

Performing live in Seattle, Washington on April 11, 2011.

In January 2011 it was announced that the title track from Lights would serve as the second single from Bright Lights.[40] In early 2011 she recorded an original song for the film Life in a Day. Goulding was featured as number five artist on Rolling Stone Magazine's hotlist in February 2011.[41] In February 2011 she returned to the BRIT Awards where she was nominated for the Best British Female Solo Artist and the Best British Breakthrough Act. Previously she had performed at the BRITs launch party where the nominations were announced. Goulding will headline the 2011 Wakestock Festival in Wales, performing on 8 July.[42] In August she will again perform at the V Festival.[43] Following the re-release of Lights and the American launch of the album, Goulding said she would soon begin work on a second studio album with an expected release in September 2011.[44] Goulding made her American television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live on 7 April 2011 performing "Starry Eyed". She appeared as the musical guest on the 700th episode of the Saturday Night Live, broadcast 7 May 2011 and hosted by Tina Fey.[45] She served as the only live performer at the wedding reception of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29 April 2011 singing her rendition of Your Song for the couple's first dance as well as her hits The Writer and Starry Eyed and several of William and Kate's personal favourites.[46] She was introduced to Prince William by Tinie Tempah at a music festival during the summer of 2010. Ellie performed, for the second consecutive year, at Radio 1's Big Weekend on Saturday 14 May.[47] On 28 July 2011, the American video version of Starry Eyed was released on Youtube. The video reached over 1 million views in just 3 days.[48] The video features Ellie wearing blue contacts [49]

Untitled second album

In March 2011, Goulding told UK showbiz website Digital Spy that she is recording a currently untitled follow-up to Lights. When asked about the musical direction of the record, Ellie told the site:

"It's started to sound very dark and very weird. This album is going to be even more emotional - I wanted to make it so there is hope. I want to make an effect whether it's happy or sad."

— Ellie Goulding, Digital Spy[50]

The previous month, the site reported that she hopes to release the album at some point in 2011, saying, "I'm not going to go away for ages. It'll be out this year or the start of next."[51]

Work with other artists

Goulding co-wrote "Love Me 'Cause You Want To" for Gabriella Cilmi's second album, Ten, and three songs, "Remake Me + You", "Notice" and "Jumping Into Rivers," for Diana Vickers's debut album, Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree.[52] Her song "Not Following" was used by Lena Meyer-Landrut on her debut album My Cassette Player.[53][54] Goulding featured on the rapper Tinie Tempah's fifth official single "Wonderman" from his debut studio album Disc-Overy. Goulding is also featured on American rap duo Chiddy Bang's song "Under the Sheets" on their mixtape Airswell. Frankmusik told Digital Spy he hoped to collaborate with Goulding on his upcoming album.[55] The two previously worked together on Ellie's track Wish I Stayed.

Discography

Main article: Ellie Goulding discography
Studio albums
Extended plays

Awards and nominations

Year Organization Nominated Work Award Result
2010 BBC Sound of 2010 Ellie Goulding Sound of 2010 Won
2010 BRIT Awards Critics' Choice Won
2010 Q Awards Best Female Artist Nominated
Best Breakthrough Artist Nominated
2010 MTV Europe Music Awards Best UK & Ireland Act Nominated
2010 MP3 Music Awards The BNC Award Nominated
2010 BT Digital Music Awards Best Female Artist Nominated
2010 UK Festival Awards Best Breakthrough Artist Nominated
2010 Virgin Media Music Awards Best Newcomer Nominated
Lights Best Album Nominated
2011 2011 BRIT Awards Ellie Goulding British Female Solo Artist Nominated
British Breakthrough Act Nominated
2011 Glamour Magazine Awards Ellie Goulding Pandora Newcomer of the Year 2011 Won

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