U-Ellie Goulding (u-Elena Jane Goulding) wazalwa ngoDisemba 30, 1986 eLyons Hall (idolobhana elincane eduze kwaseHereford). Wayengowesibili ezinganeni ezine no-Arthur noTracy Goulding. Bahlukana lapho eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala. Kamuva uTracy waphinde washada nomshayeli weloli.
U-Ellie waqala ukubhala umculo nokufunda ukudlala isiginci eneminyaka engu-14. Ubekhuthele nasetiyetha yesikole. Ngenxa yalokhu, waqala ukutadisha ubuciko baseshashalazini, isayensi yezombangazwe kanye nesiNgisi eNyuvesi yaseKent.
Umculo ka-Ellie waqala ukumila ekolishi, lapho aziswa khona ngomculo we-elekthronikhi. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili esenyuvesi, welulekwa ukuba athathe ikhefu ukuze aqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe womculo. Uthuthukise i-Wish I Stayed ne-Starsmith kanye ne-Frankmusic futhi wathuthela eNtshonalanga London.
NgoSepthemba 2009, u-Ellie wasayina inkontileka yokuqopha nePolydor Records. Wakhipha ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi Under the Sheets ngawo lowo nyaka.
Kumuntu osanda kufika, u-Ellie wenze kahle kakhulu ngengoma, efike kunombolo-53 eshadini le-UK Singles. Ezinyangeni ezalandela, ubematasa ehambela izindawo futhi “ekhangisa” i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala. Kanye nokukhishwa kwezingoma ezithi Guns and Horses, Wish I Stayed.
Ellie Goulding Awards
Igama lika-Ellie lase lingaphansi kokubuyekezwa okubucayi ngo-2010. Wayephezulu ku-BBC Sound ka-2010, inhlolovo yaminyaka yonke yabagxeki bomculo we-BBC. Ukuthandwa kwakhe kuqiniswe yi-Critics' Choice Award kuma-BRIT Awards ka-2010.
Ngenxa yalokho, i-albhamu yokuqala kaLights yafinyelela ku-#1 eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK ngoMashi 2010. I-albhamu yalandelwa yi-EP enesihloko esithi Run Into the Light ngo-August walowo nyaka.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Lights iphinde yakhululwa ngoNovemba 2010 ngokwengezwa kwamathrekhi amasha ayisithupha. Manje isibizwa ngokuthi Izibani Ezikhanyayo futhi ihlanganisa ikhava yeNgoma Yakho u-Elton John. Irekhodi ngemva kokukhishwa libe yishadi elilodwa eliphakeme kakhulu, lithatha indawo yesi-2.
Ukusebenza kwakhe bukhoma ku-iTunes Festival ka-2010 kwaqoshwa i-EP ebukhoma. Yabe isifakwa njengokuqukethwe kwebhonasi enguqulweni ye-iTunes yezibani ezikhanyayo.
U-Ellie uqokwe ku-Best British Woman. Futhi "I-Best British Breakthrough" kuma-BRIT Awards ka-2011. Kodwa akazange aye ekhaya nanoma iyiphi yazo. Njengoba uhambo lwakhe lwase-Europe luphela, ithimba lika-Ally laqala ukucabanga ngendlela “yokwephula” ngayo imakethe yaseMelika.
Ingoma evela ku-Lights ikhishwe njengeyodwa. Udlale uJimmy Kimmel Live! ngo-April 2011 kanye nakuSaturday Night Live ngenyanga elandelayo. I-albhamu ethi Lights iphinde yakhishwa ngenguqulo yaseMelika.
U-Ellie uwine indawo efiselekayo yokucula noPrince William nengoduso yakhe uKate Middleton emshadweni wabashadikazi basebukhosini ngo-Ephreli 2011.
Ucule iNgoma Yakho ngomdanso wokuqala wabashadikazi. “Bekuyilungelo elimangalisayo ukuthi uKate noWilliam benze ephathini yabo. Isimo besingesihle futhi angisoze ngabukhohlwa lobo busuku,” kusho yena.
I-albhamu ye-Halcyon
Ngaphezu kokucula emikhosini, u-Ellie uchithe u-2011 enza i-albhamu yakhe yesibili, i-Halcyon. Ukuhlanganiswa kwakufanele kukhishwe ngoSepthemba walowo nyaka, kodwa kwahlehliselwa emuva ku-Okthoba 8, 2012.
U-Ellie uvumile engxoxweni ukuthi i-albhamu igqugquzelwe ukuhlukana kwakhe no-Radio 1 DJ Greg James.
"Bengizimisele ukuthi ngingakwenzi ngenxa yothando, kodwa ngoba bekukuningi ebengingakusho," utshele i-BBC. “Kodwa kuthe uma ngiqala ukubhala ngahlukana phakathi kwaba nzima impela, kwagcina sekuyingoma ngakho.”
I-Anything Could Happen ikhishwe njengengoma ephambili ngo-Agasti 2012 enamazwibela avela kwamanye amathrekhi. U-Halcyon uphume okokuqala kunombolo 2 eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK futhi wafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 65 ngemva kwamasonto angu-1.
I-albhamu ikhishwe okokuqala kunombolo 9 ku-Billboard 200. I-Halcyon Days, (uhlelo olupakishwe kabusha lwe-Halcyon) ikhishwe ngo-Agasti 23, 2013. Yayihlanganisa izingoma ezintsha, kuhlanganise neBurn. Ifike kunombolo 1 e-US ngenyanga efanayo.
NgoNovemba 2014, uGolding wamemezela ukuthi uzogxila ku-albhamu yesithathu yesitudiyo. Yize imininingwane ye-albhamu beyikade iyimfihlo. U-Artstka ufake isandla engomeni yomsindo wethi Fifty Shades of Grey. Ubhale ingoma ethi Love Me Like You Do, eyaphuma ngoJanuwari 2015.
Eyodwa yaba yimpumelelo kwezohwebo, yachitha amasonto ambalwa ku-UK Singles Chart. Njengamanje ifinyelele kunombolo 3 kuBillboard Hot 100.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Ellie Goulding
U-Ellie Goulding wajola ne-BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James kusukela ngo-2009 kuya ku-2011. I-albhamu yakhe ethi Halcyon yathonywa ukuhlukana kwakhe noJames. Uke wajola no-Skrillex ngo-2012 kanye no-Ed Sheeran ngo-2013.
Wavula ngobudlelwano bakhe nomculi uDoogie Pointer ngoMeyi 2014. Laba bashadikazi babe sebeqala ukubonakala ndawonye emicimbini eyahlukene. Bahlukana ngoMashi 2016 ngenxa yokuba matasa emsebenzini.
Lo mculi wahlaselwa wuvalo olunzima ngaphambi kokudlala ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe. Waqala ukuzivocavoca ukuze alawule ukukhathazeka kwakhe, elwela ukugijima amamayela ayi-6 ngosuku. Ngo-2011 u-Ellie wabamba iqhaza emcimbini wokupha we-Student Run LA. Futhi ngo-2013, wangenela umncintiswano wokuqala we-Nike Women's Half Marathon.
U-Ellie wacula ekhonsathini ye-Gucci e-London esekela umkhankaso we-Chime for Change wokuqwashisa ngezinkinga zabesifazane.
Lo mculi wenze ingoma eyodwa ethi "How Long I Love You" (2013) yomkhankaso othi "Izingane Ezidinga". Uphinde waqopha ethi "Do They Know It's Christmas?" njengengxenye yeqembu le-Band Aid 30 elisiza abantulayo ukuze bathole izimali zokulwa ne-Ebola.
