Ellie Goulding

Profile

Real Name: Elena Jane Goulding
Date of Birth: December 30, 1986
Place of Birth: Hereford, England
Father: Arthur Goulding
Mother: Tracey Goulding (née Clark)

Albums

Lights (2010)
Bright Lights (2010)

Biography

Ellie Goulding, is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame after topping the BBC Sound of 2010 poll and winning the Critics' Choice award at the 2010 BRIT Awards. After signing to Polydor Records in 2009, Goulding released her first extended play, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, followed by her debut full-length studio album, Lights, in 2010.

Born in Hereford, England, to Arthur and Tracey Goulding (née Clark). Ellie Goulding is the second of four children. She was educated at Lady Hawkins School in Kington, Herefordshire and Hereford Sixth Form College before moving on to University of Kent, where she was advised to take a gap year to pursue her talent.

Goulding began playing the clarinet and guitar and writing her own pop-inspired music at the age of nine. While attending the University of Kent to study drama, and exposed to electronic music, she developed her sound initially with the help of Frankmusik on the track "Wish I Stayed", and then later with Starsmith, who went on to become her chief collaborator and primary producer of her debut album, Lights. This resulted in her leaving university after two years of study under a gap year arrangement with her tutors, and moving to West London.

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Links

Official Website: http://elliegoulding.com/
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Goulding