The Name
Ellie Goulding was born as Elena Jane Goulding in Hereford, UK on December 30, 1986 into a working class family and has three siblings. When she was 16, she separated from her family.
Discovery
At a university talent contest in 2009, she was spotted by Jamie Lillywhite of Turn First Artists and asked to take a year out to try her hand at a music career.
Debut and Releases
Her first release, in 2009, was an extended play titled An Introduction to Ellie Goulding. She released her debut studio album, Lights, in 2010 followed by her second album Halcyon in 2012 and Halcyon Days in 2013.
Awards
She topped the BBC Sound of 2010 list and was dubbed the “breakthrough act of 2010”. She won the Critic’s Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year becoming the second artist ever to win both in the same year.
Royal Fans
She sang at the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The royal couple loves her songs and invited her to perform at Buckingham Palace for their wedding.
Fitness Streak
A film based on her music and her training with Nike Running
She is a fitness freak and a keen runner. She has completed over five half marathons and is gearing up to run a full marathon.
Nike and Ellie Goulding
She is the new face of Nike and has also collaborated with the brand in 2013 for the Nike Women Half-Marathon in the UK.
Ellie Goulding on why fitness is a part of her life – with Nike
Running Soundtrack
She released a second extended play titled Run into the Lights supported by Nike and released through Polydor as a running sound track. It has remixes of her songs from Lights and is targeted at the running community.
Top 5 Goulding songs
1. Lights
2. Love me like you do
3. Elton John’s Your Song – Ellie Goulding Cover
4. Burn
5. Anything could happen
Burn is her first number one lead single on the UK charts
In Dubai
Ellie Goulding is performing live in Dubai on September 24 as part of the Dubai Music Week 2015 and you can read a complete guide to the event here.
