Personal Life and PhilanthropyĪfter the release of her 2020 album, “Brightest Blue”, Ellie Goulding went on record to speak about how the album was her most personal yet. That all changed with the release of “Brightest Blue”, her fourth album the double-sided, 18-track album was lauded as her “career-best” in an album review by The Independent.

I just think it perhaps wasn’t an Ellie Goulding record.” However, Ellie Goulding later said in an interview with BBC News that although she liked the album, she felt that “a really brilliant pop record. She named artists such as Bon Iver and Bjork as some of her biggest influences in a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone.Įllie Goulding’s third album, “Delirium”, was released in 2015, received positive reviews from critics, and debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200. She had a lot to be proud of, like singing at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding reception, winning a Brit Award for British female solo artist, and being featured on the soundtrack to the blockbuster movie “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. This success is even more impressive once you learn that Ellie Goulding is a self-trained singer, as she mentioned in a 2012 interview with Carson Daly.Įllie Goulding also released her second studio album, “Halycon” that same year the album received a respectable 6.6 out of 10 from the notoriously critical music review website, Pitchfork, where they lauded her “instantly identifiable voice.” The single “Lights” off the album initially gained popularity in the UK but blew up internationally after it was remixed with an electronic energy.

Her debut “Lights” (or “Bright Lights”) signaled her first steps into the music industry – but some might argue that it was more of a giant leap.

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