He became her manager and introduced her to the producer Starsmith, who would become her chief collaborator and the primary producer of Lights. After enrolling on a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Kent and remaining until her final year, she met Jamie Lillywhite. She took A levels in English, Politics, Drama and Music, and passed the first 3 with 'A' grades but failed music. She attended Lady Hawkins' High School in Kington, Herefordshire and, by the age of 15, started writing songs. Goulding began playing the clarinet at age nine and learning guitar at age 14. She stated that she has a 'difficult' relationship with her mother. Goulding and her siblings were raised by their mother on a council estate, with Goulding describing the family as 'super poor'. Afterwards, she had little contact with her father, a funeral director. When she was five years old, her parents separated. She has a brother, Alex, and two sisters, Isabel and Jordan. 2.5 2022–present: Upcoming fifth studio albumĮlena Jane Goulding was born on 30 December 1986 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England to Arthur and Tracey Goulding, and was brought up in the small village of Lyonshall, in Herefordshire.Her fourth studio album, Brightest Blue (2020), became her third album to top the UK Albums Chart, and her fourth consecutive RIAA–certified album. That year, she received her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance for her single ' Love Me like You Do'. Goulding released her third studio album, Delirium, in 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 in 2013 and produced the single ' Burn', which became her first No. 1 single in the UK. Halcyon debuted at No. 9 on the US Billboard 200.

The album debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart, and topped the chart after 65 weeks.

Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon was released in 2012 and preceded by its lead single ' Anything Could Happen'. In November 2010, the album was reissued as Bright Lights, spawning two singles: a cover of Elton John's ' Your Song', which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and ' Lights', which peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Goulding's highest-charting single to date. 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 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 became her manager and A&R. Elena Jane Goulding ( / ˈ ɡ oʊ l d ɪ ŋ/ GOHL-ding born 30 December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter.

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