Description
winner of this year's brits critics choice award - award he received on stage the earls court, during the ceremony of delivery of these awards, on February 16, ellie goulding edited his debut album, lights.
allying acoustic folk to subtle electronics and their taste for film sound bands, ellie goulding makes unique and personal songs that have also earned it the rise to the first place of the bbc sound of 2010, a table that groups the most promising names of the year, compiled from votes of editors, critics, broadcasters and influential bloggers.
The album's production is from fin Dow-Smith (also known as starsmith), a master of electronics that thus brings together his art to the songs, voice and acoustic guitar of ellie.
Artist
An English singer and songwriter, born 30 December 1986.
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. After signing to Polydor Records in 2009, she released her first EP in 2009, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding.
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. On 29 April 2011 she performed the song at the wedding reception of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Buckingham Palace. The album's title track, "Lights", was released in the US in March 2011, and reached its peak position of 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 was also certified triple platinum by the RIAA.
Goulding has a soprano vocal range and her musical style has been compared to that of Kate Nash, Meiko, Lykke Li and Tracey Thorn.
Tracks
1
Guns And Horses
2
Starry Eyed
3
This Love (Will Be Your Downfall)
4
Under The Sheets
5
The Writer
6
Everytime You Go
7
Wish I Stayed
8
Your Biggest Mistake
9
I'll Hold My Breath
10
Salt Skin
Releases
Formats
CD, CDr, File, Vinyl
Labels
Polydor, Cherrytree Records, Global Publishing
Countries
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Korea, Republic of, New Zealand, Poland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Hong Kong, UK & Europe
years
2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2020
