British songwriter - Elena Jane Goulding

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Elena Jane Goulding British Single, British Female Solo Artist, songwriter. This presentation was made by Grigoryeva Viktoriya , Class 8. Teacher – Kovalenko N.A.

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Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding (born 30 December 1986) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress from Lyonshall , Herefordshire. Her career began when she met record producer 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 , later that year.

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In 2010, she became the second artist to both top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year, following Adele's win of both in 2008. Goulding released her debut studio album, Lights, in 2010. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 850,000 copies in the UK. Her cover of Elton John's "Your Song" reached number two in the UK in December 2010 and on 29 April 2011 she performed the song at the wedding reception of Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Buckingham Palace. The album's title track, "Lights", was released in the US in March 2011, and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 nearly a year and a half later during its thirty-third week charting, completing one of the longest ever climbs into the top two positions on the chart. The single, which lasted over a year on the Billboard Hot 100, was also certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America

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Goulding's second album Halcyon was released in October 2012 to generally positive reviews from critics."Anything Could Happen" preceded the album as the lead single, reaching the top five in the UK as well as the top twenty in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. Halcyon debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, and, after 65 weeks, reached number one. Halcyon debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 Chart, her first top ten debut in the United States. The album also reached the top five in New Zealand, top ten in Ireland and Canada, and top twenty in Australia.

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Before the release of her debut album, Goulding won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which showcases the critics, broadcasters and music industry insiders' top choices for rising stars and artists for the coming year. She also won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 BRIT Awards, a prize that made her the second artist to win both in the same year. Goulding co-wrote "Love Me 'Cause You Want To" for Gabriella Cilmi's second album, Ten, and three songs, "Remake Me + You", "Notice" and "Jumping Into Rivers", for Diana Vickers debut album, Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree. Her song "Not Following" was used by German singer Lena on her debut album My Cassette Player. Goulding was featured on rapper Tinie Tempah's single " Wonderman " from his debut studio album Disc- Overy

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Goulding performing in 2011 Goulding toured in support of Lights and supported Passion Pit in March 2010 and Dave Matthews Bandduring his British tour in May 2010. During the summer she performed at a number of festivals. On 29 May she performed at the Dot to Dot Festival in Bristol.She performed a set on 25 June at the Glastonbury Festival 2010 on the John Peel Stage.[38] Her third EP was a live recording of part of her set at the iTunes Festival 2010.

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She also played live at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2011.[11] Goulding made her American television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 7 April 2011 performing "Starry Eyed". She appeared as the musical guest on the 700th episode of the Saturday Night Live, broadcast 7 May 2011 and hosted by Tina Fey.

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Goulding collaborated with American electronic artist and producer Skrillex on a song titled "Summit", included on his 2011 EP Bangarang . She travelled with Skrillex on his South American tour and many other tours of his alike. Goulding headlined the 2011 Wakestock Festival in Wales, performing on 8 July.In August she performed at V Festival for her second year in a row.

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studio albums 2010: Lights / Bright Lights 2012: «Halcyon» 2013: Halcyon Days EP 2009: An Introduction to Ellie Goulding 2010: iTunes Festival: London 2010 2010: Run Into the Light 2011: Ellie Goulding : Live at Amoeba San Francisco 2012: iTunes Festival: London 2012 2013: iTunes Festival: London 2013 2013: iTunes Session