The reissue of the album titled "Bright Lights" was released in November of the same year. The album "Lights" was debuted at the top of the UK national chart, there were 37,000 copies of this album, which were sold in the first week in 2010. The next song of the singer was "Starry Eyed." It is the most successful single of Goulding to date (it takes 4th in the UK chart and has more than 30 million views on YouTube). Goulding became the main favorite of British music critics after the release of the single "Under the Sheets." In 2009, the artist signed a contract for the release of her first album. Ellie moved to West London for that, where a representative of Polydor Records noticed her. She tried to get a contract to record her debut album. Fate allowed the ambitious blonde to show herself in all her glory. However, teachers didn't believe that Elena would achieve something, considering her voice not expressive enough.
Everyone was delighted with the charismatic beauty, who participated in all student concerts. Goulding had warm relations with her groupmates. Ellie Goulding in her childhoodĮllie enrolled at Hereford College and then at the University of Kent, after receiving her high school diploma. The girl liked the imaginary world of sounds very much: the artist mastered the guitar on her own at the age of 14 and wrote her first song at the age of 15. Her mother sent her to a music school to play the clarinet to make her daughter more disciplined. The young rebel skipped classes and brought teachers to nervous breakdowns. It is known from the biography of the famous singer that Goulding was a real hooligan at school. There was a lack of money, although her parents worked everywhere. The singer Ellie GouldingĮllie`s childhood took place in an atmosphere of constant need. The singer's father Arthur Goulding was a hereditary undertaker and her mother Tracey was a salesman. Elena Jane Goulding was born on December 30, 1986, in the South-East of England in the center of Hereford. poll and won the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in 2010. She became the second artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of. Ellie Goulding is an English singer and songwriter.