

This resulted in her leaving university after two years of study under a gap year arrangement with her tutors,and moving to West London. 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. Goulding began playing the clarinet and writing her own pop-inspired music at the age of nine, at fourteen she learned to play the guitar. 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 the University of Kent, where she was advised to take a gap year to pursue her talent. Goulding was born in Hereford, England, her parents are Arthur and Tracey Goulding (née Clark).When she was a toddler she suffered from a skin condition from which she has never fully recovered. Her album, Lights, will be released from Cherrytree Records in the US on March 8, 2011. As of January 2011, Goulding has been nominated for two 2011 BRIT Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Artist. Goulding is currently working on her second album which will be released later on this year.

Later that year Goulding recorded a re-release of Lights entitled Bright Lights. 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. She rose to fame after topping the BBC Sound of 2010 poll and winning the Critics' Choice award at the 2010 BRIT Awards.

Ellie was born in Hereford, England and moved to Kent when she was 19Įlena Jane Goulding(born 30 December 1986), better known as Ellie Goulding, is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
