
Halcyon debuted at No. 9 on the US Billboard 200. The album debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart, and topped the chart after 65 weeks. Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon was released in 2012 and preceded by its lead single " Anything Could Happen". In November 2010, the album was reissued as Bright Lights, spawning two singles: a cover of Elton John's " Your Song", which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and " Lights", which peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Goulding's highest-charting single to date. She released her debut studio album, Lights, in 2010 it debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 850,000 copies in the UK. poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year. In 2010, she became the second artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of. After signing to Polydor Records in July 2009, Goulding released her debut extended play, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding later that year. Her career began when she met record producers Starsmith and Frankmusik, and she was later spotted by Jamie Lillywhite, who later became her manager and A&R. Goulding also works with the UN as a Global Environmental Ambassador and is involved in a number of other philanthropic ventures including being a patron of The Marylebone Project and fundraising for Streets Of London.Elena Jane Goulding ( / ˈ ɡ oʊ l d ɪ ŋ/ GOHL-ding born 30 December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. She has had 7 Top 10 Top 40 radio hits, garnered 14 million Instagram followers and has graced the main stage at every major US festival including Coachella and Lollapalooza. Notably, all three of her albums have been certified platinum in addition to her 18 RIAA certified singles.
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Additional new tracks Ellie has released include " Sixteen" (watch the video here), "Flux" (watch the video here), "Hollow Crown", an original song on For The Throne (Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones), and " In This Together", for Netflix's "Our Planet" nature documentary series with David Attenborough.Įllie's incredible career to date has seen her receive two Grammy Award nominations, a Golden Globe nomination, two BRIT Awards, sales of 15 million albums and over 112 million singles, and 13 billion streams worldwide. The "Red Velvet Remix" of " Close To Me", with Diplo is nominated as "Choice Electronic/Dance Song" at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards, airing August 11th on FOX. " Hate Me" is the follow-up to " Close To Me", which hit #1 at Hot AC and top 5 at Top 40 radio formats.

Critics have taken notice of "Hate Me," with Paper commenting, "Goulding's fluorescent soprano…can make anything sound epic, haunting and mysterious," while W aptly pointed out "Goulding has never wanted to be corralled inside of a box." The New York Times also recently raved, "it's eerie how effective Juice WRLD's melancholy sing-rapping feels when aligned with the aspirated chill of Ellie Goulding…" The dark and ominous clip mirrors the song's lyrics, elegantly playing on the concept of the negative side of social media at the end of a relationship.Įllie recently chatted with W Magazine, Paper Magazine and Huffington Post about the inspiration behind her latest collaborations and future projects. Watch the music video, directed by Saam Farahmand here. The infectious single was written by Goulding and Juice WRLD and produced by Jason Evigan (Demi Lovato, Madonna) & The Monsters and Strangerz (Britney Spears, J Lo, Kanye West).

Since its release, " Hate Me" has already garnered over 80 million streams globally, and the music video has amassed 22 million views in just two weeks. Additionally, she has amassed over 5 billion views globally, with "Love Me Like You Do," among the top 40 most viewed videos on YouTube, and two videos in YouTube's Billion Views Club. Ellie joined only a handful of British artists who received this YouTube honor including Coldplay, Adele, Little Mix, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa. The Billboard triumph comes on the heels of Ellie's recent YouTube Diamond Award, which marked 10 million subscribers on her YouTube channel. Other tracks include her global hits, "Burn", " Lights", " On My Mind", " Love Me Like You Do" (a #1 in 70 countries) and her recent smash with Diplo & Swae Lee, " Close To Me", among others. The achievement was earned with her latest single on Interscope Records/Universal Music, " Hate Me", with the multi-platinum selling artist Juice WRLD, marking her 14th song to enter the Hot 100 since 2000. Goulding was just recognized by Billboard as having the most entries for any British female artist on their Hot 100 Chart this century, surpassing such artists as Adele, Natasha Bedingfield, Dua Lipa and Jessie J. New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Multiplatinum-selling singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding has achieved another notable milestone in her already impressive career.
