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| instrument = Vocals | years_active = 2008–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = }} }} Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding ( ; born 30 December 1986) is an English singer and multi-instrumentalist. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The BRIT Awards 2013 )〕 In 2010, she became the second artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year. She released her debut studio album, ''Lights'', in 2010; it 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 US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.〔("Carly Rae Jepsen Claims Longest Hot 100 No. 1 Run of 2012" ). ''Billboard''. Retrieved 8 August 2012〕〔("Ellie Goulding, Katy Perry Scale Airplay Chart Summits" ). ''Billboard''. Retrieved 26 November 2012〕 Goulding's second studio album, ''Halcyon'', was released in October 2012. "Anything Could Happen" preceded the album as the lead single. ''Halcyon'' debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and after 65 weeks reached number one. ''Halcyon'' debuted at number nine on the US ''Billboard'' 200. ''Halcyon Days'', a repackaged edition of ''Halcyon'', was released on 23 August 2013; it included new singles including "Burn", which became her first UK number-one single. At the 2014 Brit Awards she received the award for British Female Solo Artist.〔("Brit Awards 2014: David Bowie wins best British male award" ). BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2014〕 Goulding released her third studio album, titled ''Delirium'', on 6 November 2015, with "On My Mind" as the album's lead single. ==Early life== Elena Jane Goulding was born in Hereford and raised in Lyonshall, a small village near Kington, Herefordshire, the second of four children (she has a brother and two sisters).〔Ellie Goulding's "Lights" music video. 1.32 – 1.35 in.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About " Ellie Goulding )〕 Her father, Arthur Goulding, came from a family of undertakers, while her mother, Tracy (née Clark), used to work at a supermarket.〔 When she was 5, her parents separated; later she had a stepfather who was a lorry driver,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mother's pride over Brit winner Ellie )〕 whom she considered "horrible". At 9, she began playing the clarinet and at 14 began learning guitar. She attended Lady Hawkins' High School in Kington where she won a lead part in a school production, the ''Wizard of Oz'', as the scarecrow. At 15, she started songwriting and while at Hereford Sixth Form College entered a singing competition and won. After commencing drama, politics, and English courses at the University of Kent,〔 where she was exposed to electronic music, she was spotted by Jamie Lillywhite of Turn First Artists at a university talent contest. After she successfully showcased for Turn First head Sarah Stennett, she was told to leave university and was set up in a house in West London.〔 Lillywhite became her manager and introduced her to the producer Starsmith who would become her chief collaborator and the primary producer of ''Lights''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellie Goulding」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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