Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding (2017)

Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding (born December 30, 1986 in Hereford , Herefordshire , England ) is a British singer-songwriter .

biography

Ellie Goulding was in English Hereford in Herefordshire on the border with Wales was born as the second of four children. She has a brother and two sisters. She grew up in Lyonshall near Kington , where she also went to school. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Kent , but dropped out after two years.

From late 2011 to October 2012, she was with the American DJ and music producer Skrillex . From January 2013, Goulding was in a relationship with actor Jeremy Irvine for a few months and briefly with 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 relationship, she announced her engagement to the art dealer Caspar Jopling. On September 1, 2019, she finally married him.

Musical career

2009–2011: Lights and Bright Lights

At the age of 15 she learned to play the guitar and began to write her own songs. She also plays the clarinet and drums . Goulding has the range of a soprano .

During her studies she met the producer Starsmith , who had a great influence on her music and who would later become one of the producers of her debut album. 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. 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 was not too great. The song reached number 53 on the UK charts. In October 2009 she toured the UK with British singer Little Boots . An appearance at Later with Jools Holland in October 2009 brought her breakthrough. She won the Brits Critics' Choice Award at the BRIT Awards 2009 as the most promising newcomer for the coming year. She was also named as a favorite for 2010 in the BBC's Sound of 2010 list , which made her only the second artist after the singer Adele , who won both prizes in the same year. Shortly after her nomination for the BBC's Sound of 2010 list , her first EP , An Introduction to Ellie Goulding , was released on December 20, 2009 by Polydor exclusively via iTunes and Zune . This contains the songs Under the Sheets as well as Wish I Stayed and three videos. The EP was later released in America, where it got a new track list.

In March 2010 their debut album Lights was finally released and immediately reached number 1 on the UK album charts. Her second single, Starry Eyed , had previously reached number 4 on the UK charts. The song was part of the soundtrack of the comic book adaptation Kick-Ass and was also used in the last episode of the first season of the series Awkward . The third and fourth singles were the songs Guns and Horses and The Writer , which reached number 24 and 19 respectively. In August 2010 she released an EP called Run into the Light , which contains remixes of some of Lights' songs.

In November 2010 the album was re-released under the name Bright Lights and contained 6 new additional songs. The title track Lights was originally planned to be released on November 1, 2010 as the album's first single. However, these plans were abandoned in favor of the release of a cover of the song Your Song by Elton John on November 12, 2010, which should be part of the Christmas advertising of the British company John Lewis . The song became Goulding's biggest hit to date and reached number 2 on the UK singles chart. She got to sing the song and some other covers live at the wedding reception of Prince William and Duchess Kate .

In January 2011, she announced that the title song Lights would be the next single from the album. After the song was released on March 13, 2011, the song reached number 11 on the UK charts. It is her most successful single in the US to date. There it reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and was awarded double platinum . An acoustic version of the song Only Girl (In the World) by singer Rihanna was included as the B-side. In Germany, Lights was belatedly her biggest success to date and reached number 11 in the charts after she sang the title live in January 2013 on the show Schlag den Raab .

In May 2010, Lena released the song Not Following You written by Ellie Goulding on her debut album My Cassette Player , which song was titled Not Following on Lena's album . Goulding also gave her another song in 2011, Who'd Want to Find Love? called.

Many of their songs have been used as background music for various series. You could hear the song Every Time You Go in an episode of the Vampire Diaries series , while Your Biggest Mistake was used in The Inbetweeners series and Believe Me in the 90210 series .

During this time, Goulding also appeared at numerous festivals, including the British Glastonbury Festival 2010, the Belgian Pukkelpop Festival 2010, the American Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2011, the V Festival 2010 and 2011 and at the concert in honor of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in Oslo in 2011 . The third EP was a recording of her concert at the iTunes Festival 2010 on July 15, 2010.

On September 19, 2011, it was announced that Ellie Goulding would perform as the opening act on Katy Perry's California Dreams Tour . She replaced Jessie J , who was unable to attend these appointments due to a foot injury.

2012–2014: Halcyon and Halcyon Days

Ellie Goulding at the premiere of The Determination - Divergent in March 2014

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 . The German publication took place on October 5th of the same year. In advance, she published a cover of the song Hanging On by Active Child , a collaboration with British rapper Tinie Tempah, for free on her SoundCloud page. The song was also used in the trailer of the game God of War: Ascension for the Playstation 3. The album's first official single, Anything Could Happen , was released on August 21, 2012. It reached number 5 on the UK charts. The second single Figure 8 was able to place in the UK charts before it was released and reached number 33 there. The accompanying video was released on November 20, 2012. With Calvin Harris she worked on the song I Need Your Love . This is included on both Halcyon and Harris' album 18 Months .

In 2012 Ellie Goulding was also heard in the song Fall into the Sky by Zedd , which appeared on his album Clarity , and in a collaboration with Skrillex on the song Bittersweet , a contribution to the soundtrack of the film Breaking Dawn - Bis (s) for the end of the night - Part 2 , the last film in the Twilight series.

In April and May 2013 Goulding was on tour in continental Europe. Afterwards she appeared in the opening act for some concerts by Bruno Mars .

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. As the first single of the new release, the song Burn was released on August 11 of the same year. The corresponding video was published on July 8, 2013. The song was number 1 in the charts in 33 countries within a very short time. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland he reached the top 5.

At the beginning of 2015, two of her songs reached the top of the German charts in quick succession. The song Outside , in collaboration with Calvin Harris, reached number 1 at the end of January. One month later, her song Love Me like You Do , part of the soundtrack for Fifty Shades of Gray , went straight to number 1 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. With six weeks (as of March 24, 2015) in position 1, it is the most successful title by a British solo artist in 50 years. She can also be seen in the music video for Taylor Swift's single Bad Blood . The video was released on May 18, 2015.

Since 2015: delirium

Ellie Goulding (2016)

On November 6, 2015, their third studio album, Delirium, was released by Universal Music . The album was preceded by the single On My Mind . The album was produced by Max Martin , Ilya Salmanzadeh, Greg Kurstin , Ryan Tedder , Klas Ahlund, Guy Lawrence and Goulding's co-writer Jim Eliot at Polydor UK . After the album was released, the second single Army was released, but it only made it into the charts in England. The following and final single from the album Something In The Way You Move was able to place itself in the charts in many countries, including Germany, with its music video, in contrast to the previous single.

For the third part of the Bridget Jones film series, called Bridget Jones' Baby , Ellie Goulding contributed her song Still Falling for You to the soundtrack. In 2017, DJ Kygo released the single First Time with Goulding, which made it into the charts. In 2018 Ellie Goulding appeared in the song Bad Love from the EP by Sean Paul Mad Love: The Prequel . At the end of October of the same year, Goulding released the single Close To Me together with DJ Diplo and Swae Lee .

Discography

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Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Lights Polydor	DE42 (2 weeks) DE	AT56 (4 weeks) AT	CH90 (1 week) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (81 weeks)UK	US21st platinum (39 weeks)US	First published: February 26, 2010 Sales: + 1,600,000
2012	Halcyon Polydor	DE8th gold (28 weeks)DE	AT23 platinum (12 weeks)AT	CH7th gold (36 weeks)CH	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (143 weeks)UK	US9 platinum (93 weeks)US	First published: October 5, 2012 Sales: + 2,470,000
2015	Delirium Polydor	DE5 (18 weeks) DE	AT5 platinum (7 weeks)AT	CH5 (20 weeks) CH	UK3 platinum (48 weeks)UK	US3 platinum (33 weeks)US	First published: November 6, 2015 Sales: + 1,585,000
2020	Brightest Blue Polydor	DE12 (2 weeks) DE	AT29 (1 week) AT	CH9 (2 weeks) CH	UK1 (... week) UK	US29 (2 weeks) US	First published: July 17, 2020

Prizes and awards

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Tabular overview of awards and nominations
year	Award	For	category	result
2010	BBC Sound of 2010	Ellie Goulding	Sound of 2010	Won
	BRIT Awards		Critics' Choice	Won
	Q Awards		Best Female Artist	Nominated
			Best Breakthrough Artist	Nominated
	MTV Europe Music Awards		Best UK & Ireland Act	Nominated
	MP3 Music Awards		The BNC Award	Won
	BT Digital Music Awards		Best Female Artist	Nominated
	UK Festival Awards		Best Breakthrough Artist	Nominated
	Virgin Media Music Awards		Best newcomer	Nominated
		Lights	Best album	Nominated
2011	BRIT Awards	Ellie Goulding	British Female Solo Artist	Nominated
			British Breakthrough Act	Nominated
2013	Q Awards		Best solo artist	Won
2014	BRIT Awards		British Female Solo Artist	Won
2015	BMI Awards	Burn	Award winning songs	Won
	Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards	Ellie Goulding	Musician of the Year	Won
	NRJ Music Awards		Révélation Internationale de l'Année	Won
	MTV Video Music Awards	Love Me like You Do	Female video	Nominated
	MTV Europe Music Awards		Best song	Nominated
	MTV Italian Music Awards		Best tormentone	Nominated
	Teen Choice Award		Choice Music: TV or Movie Song	Nominated
2016	Billboard Music Awards	Ellie Goulding	Top radio artist	Nominated
	MTV Europe Music Awards		Best World Stage Performance	Nominated
	BRIT Awards	Love Me like You Do	British single	Nominated
			British Artist Video of the Year	Nominated
	Grammy Awards		Best pop solo performance	Nominated
	iHeartRadio Music Awards		Best Song from a Movie	Nominated
	People's Choice Award		Favorite Song Of The Year	Won
	Radio Disney Music Award		Best crush song	Nominated
2017	BRIT Awards	Ellie Goulding	British Female Solo Artist	Nominated
	iHeartRadio Music Awards	Still falling for you	Best Song from a Movie	Nominated

Web links

Commons : Ellie Goulding  - Collection of Images

• Ellie Goulding in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Ellie Goulding at Discogs (English)
• Ellie Goulding on Myspace (English)
• Official website of Ellie Goulding

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• Ellie Goulding 'at home' in Wales , BBC Midwales
• New band of the day, Guardian (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ellie Goulding - Biography , The Academy
2. ^ Ellie Goulding | Biography, News, Photos and Videos , Contactmusic.com
3. ↑ Skrillex is Dating Ellie Goulding . February 15, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
4. ^ Ellie Goulding And Skrillex Split . October 30, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
5. ^ Brits 2013: Ellie Goulding and Jeremy Irvine pucker up at Universal Music Brits after-party , Daily Mail Online
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8. ↑ Ellie Goulding: Classic engagement . In: Spiegel Online . August 7, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed January 12, 2019]).
9. ↑ Ellie Goulding: Pop's new starlet on her meteoric rise to fame . May 16, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
10. ↑ Ellie Goulding Lights Album Review . March 8, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
11. ^ ^{A b} Ellie Goulding's spiritual home of mid Wales . November 17, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
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13. ↑ Little Boots To Release New Single 'Earthquake' . September 28, 2009. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 12, 2015. 
14. ^ Welsh singer Ellie Goulding is the one to watch in 2010 , Wales Online, December 10, 2009
15. ↑ BBC Sound of 2010: Ellie Goulding
16. ↑ newcomer Ellie Goulding scoops Critics' Choice award . December 9, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
17. ^ Ellie Goulding - An Introduction to Ellie Goulding - EP . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
18. ^ Music - Ellie Goulding . Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 12, 2015. 
19. ↑ Ellie Goulding debut tops album chart . March 7, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
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21. ^ Ellie Goulding - Run Into the Light . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
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25. ^ Ellie Goulding - Chart history . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
26. ^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
27. ↑ Media Control press release on newcomers for the week of January 25, 2013
28. ↑ Klatsch-Tratsch.de: Lena Meyer-Landrut gets a song from Ellie Goulding
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32. ↑ BBC - Glastonbury Festival - Ellie Goulding . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
33. ↑ More Ellie Goulding festival dates . May 27, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
34. ↑ 'He was Obsessed with Murder': Ellie Goulding interview . February 21, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
35. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Live review: Ellie Goulding V Festival 2010
36. ^ V Festival 2011: Eminem closes the show but sound lets him down . August 22, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
37. ↑ Edgy Ellie: Starry Eyed singer Goulding trades her long blonde locks for a trendy half-shaved 'do . December 12, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
38. ^ Ellie Goulding - iTunes Festival: London 2010 - EP . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
39. ↑ Katy Perry Replaces Jessie J. With Ellie Goulding On California Dreams Tour . September 19, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
40. ↑ Ellie Goulding faces hell of a title fight . February 11, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
41. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
42. ↑ Sweet Ellie Goulding back . October 3, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
43. ↑ Ellie Goulding Covers Active Child's “Hanging On”: Listen . July 10, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
44. ↑ God of War: Ascension 'From Ashes' Live Action Trailer | IGN . YouTube . Retrieved March 10, 2012.
45. ↑ Ellie Goulding, 'Figure 8' - New Video . November 20, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
46. ^ Bruno Mars Announces The Moonshine Jungle World Tour With Ellie Goulding . February 13, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
47. ↑ Ellie Goulding confirms the repackaged album 'Halcyon Days' . July 5, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
48. ↑ How Ellie Goulding Prepped for Her Mega Tour with Bruno Mars . July 2, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
49. ↑ Create A 'Burn' Vine Video . June 21, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
50. ↑ Calvin Harris Storms to the Top on germanchartblog on January 23, 2015
51. ↑ Best British Solo Female Since 50 Years on germanchartblog on March 20, 2015
52. ↑ http://www.tonspion.de/neues/neueste/5716747
53. ↑ Finally there: Find out everything about Ellie Goulding's album "Delirium" here. In: universal-music.de. November 6, 2015, accessed November 6, 2015 . 
54. ↑ promilounge.de: Ellie Goulding: A song for Bridget Jones. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016 . 
55. ↑ Ellie Goulding is back from a musical break with “Close To Me”. October 24, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 . 
56. ↑ Sales of Lights