Ellie Goulding
Biography of Ellie Goulding
Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding was born on December 30, 1986 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England. She is a British singer-songwriter.
Ellie Goulding was born the second of four children. She has a brother and two sisters. She grew up in the town of Lyonshall near Kington, where she also went to school. After leaving school she attended the University of Kent, but dropped out after two years.
At the age of 15 she learned to play the guitar and started writing her own songs. She also plays the clarinet and drums. Goulding has the vocal range of a soprano.
After dropping out of college, she moved to London, where she performed in British pubs. There she was discovered by the record label Polydor and signed in September 2009. However, the debut single Under the Sheets was not released under this label but under the smaller indie label Neon Gold Records, so that the pressure on them would not be too great. Shortly after announcing her nomination for the BBC's Sound of 2010 list, her first EP, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, was released by Polydor on December 20, 2009 exclusively via iTunes and Zune. This contains the songs Under the Sheets and Wish I Stayed and three videos. The EP was later released in America as well, where it got a new track listing.
In March 2010 their debut album Lights was finally released. Her second single, Starry Eyed, had previously reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was featured on the Kick-Ass comic book soundtrack and was also used in the final episode of Awkward's first season. The third and fourth singles were the songs Guns and Horses and The Writer, which reached number 24 and 19, respectively.
On September 19, 2011, it was announced that Ellie Goulding would be the opening act on Katy Perry's California Dreams Tour. She replaced Jessie J, who was unable to attend due to a foot injury.
In February 2011 she announced in an interview that she had started work on her second album, which was released on October 9, 2012 in Great Britain under the name Halcyon.
In 2012, Ellie Goulding was also featured on the song Fall into the Sky by Zedd, which appeared on Zedd's album Clarity, and in a collaboration with Skrillex on the song Bittersweet, a contribution to the soundtrack of the film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, the final film in the Twilight series.
In July 2013 she announced that a re-release of the album Halcyon was planned. Halcyon Days was released in the UK on August 23, 2013.
On November 6, 2015, her third studio album Deliriumwas released by Universal Music. The album was preceded by the single On My Mind.
For the third part of the Bridget Jones film series, entitled Bridget Jones' Baby, Ellie Goulding contributed her song Still Falling for You to the soundtrack.
From late 2011 to October 2012 she dated American DJ and music producer Skrillex. As of January 2013, Goulding dated actor Jeremy Irvine for a few months and briefly dated One Direction singer Niall Horan. From March 2014 to 2016, she was in a relationship with McFly bassist Dougie Poynter. In August 2018, after a year and a half of relationship, she announced her engagement to art dealer Caspar Jopling. She finally married him on September 1, 2019. In May 2021 she gave birth to a child.
Discography
Ellie Goulding
Biography of Ellie Goulding
Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding was born on December 30, 1986 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England. She is a British singer-songwriter.
Ellie Goulding was born the second of four children. She has a brother and two sisters. She grew up in the town of Lyonshall near Kington, where she also went to school. After leaving school she attended the University of Kent, but dropped out after two years.
At the age of 15 she learned to play the guitar and started writing her own songs. She also plays the clarinet and drums. Goulding has the vocal range of a soprano.
After dropping out of college, she moved to London, where she performed in British pubs. There she was discovered by the record label Polydor and signed in September 2009. However, the debut single Under the Sheets was not released under this label but under the smaller indie label Neon Gold Records, so that the pressure on them would not be too great. Shortly after announcing her nomination for the BBC's Sound of 2010 list, her first EP, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, was released by Polydor on December 20, 2009 exclusively via iTunes and Zune. This contains the songs Under the Sheets and Wish I Stayed and three videos. The EP was later released in America as well, where it got a new track listing.
In March 2010 their debut album Lights was finally released. Her second single, Starry Eyed, had previously reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was featured on the Kick-Ass comic book soundtrack and was also used in the final episode of Awkward's first season. The third and fourth singles were the songs Guns and Horses and The Writer, which reached number 24 and 19, respectively.
On September 19, 2011, it was announced that Ellie Goulding would be the opening act on Katy Perry's California Dreams Tour. She replaced Jessie J, who was unable to attend due to a foot injury.
In February 2011 she announced in an interview that she had started work on her second album, which was released on October 9, 2012 in Great Britain under the name Halcyon.
In 2012, Ellie Goulding was also featured on the song Fall into the Sky by Zedd, which appeared on Zedd's album Clarity, and in a collaboration with Skrillex on the song Bittersweet, a contribution to the soundtrack of the filmThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, the final film in the Twilight series.
In July 2013 she announced that a re-release of the album Halcyon was planned. Halcyon Days was released in the UK on August 23, 2013.
On November 6, 2015, her third studio album Deliriumwas released by Universal Music. The album was preceded by the single On My Mind.
For the third part of the Bridget Jones film series, entitled Bridget Jones' Baby, Ellie Goulding contributed her song Still Falling for You to the soundtrack.
From late 2011 to October 2012 she dated American DJ and music producer Skrillex. As of January 2013, Goulding dated actor Jeremy Irvine for a few months and briefly dated One Direction singer Niall Horan. From March 2014 to 2016, she was in a relationship with McFly bassist Dougie Poynter. In August 2018, after a year and a half of relationship, she announced her engagement to art dealer Caspar Jopling. She finally married him on September 1, 2019. In May 2021 she gave birth to a child.
Discography
Lights (2010)
Halcyon (2012)
Delirium (2015)
Brightest Blue (2020)
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