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Elena Jane Goulding (born 30
December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. 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. After
signing to Polydor Records in July 2009, Goulding released her debut
extended play, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding.
In 2010, she became the second artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of...
poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same
year. She released her debut studio album, Lights, in 2010; it debuted at
No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 850,000 copies in the
United Kingdom. In November 2010, the album was reissued as Bright Lights,
which spawned two singles: a cover of Elton John's "Your Song" which was
selected for the first John Lewis Christmas advert, reached No. 2 on the
UK Singles Chart, and "Lights", which became Goulding's highest-charting
single on the US Billboard Hot 100 to date, peaking at No. 2.
Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon, was released in October 2012.
"Anything Could Happen" preceded the album as the lead single. The album
debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart, and after 65 weeks, it reached
No. 1. Halcyon debuted at No. 9 on the US Billboard 200. Halcyon Days, a
repackaged edition of Halcyon, was released in August 2013, generating
singles, such as "Burn", which became her first No. 1 single in the UK. At
the 2014 Brit Awards, she received the award for British Female Solo
Artist. Goulding released her third studio album, titled Delirium, on 6
November 2015, with "On My Mind" as the album's lead single. In December
2015, she received her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo
Performance for her single "Love Me Like You Do". Her fourth studio album
Brightest Blue was released on 17 July 2020. |
