Ellie Golding is a composer and singer who very quickly became famous all over the world for her work. She herself writes songs, actively tours the world. Despite a difficult childhood, Ellie purposefully walked towards her dream and was able to achieve significant heights.
Born in Herefordshire, Ellie Golding dreamed of music from an early age. She was fascinated by the sound of musical instruments. From adolescence, she began to try herself as a composer, and after leaving school - as a vocal performer. Success and popularity came to Ellie abruptly, but fame did not turn her head and did not turn out to be some kind of momentary. The artist releases critically acclaimed albums and goes on world tours.
Biography
Elena Jane Golding is Ellie Golding's real and full name. On December 30, 1986, she was born in the small British town of Lionshall. Her father, Arthur, was a local undertaker. Mother - Tracy - worked as a salesman in a supermarket. Ellie's family had three more children (a boy and two girls). They lived quite poorly, and when their parents divorced, the financial situation became very difficult. However, Ellie's mother remarried some time after the divorce, and Ellie, along with her brother and sisters, grew up with her stepfather.
The girl has always had a very impudent character. Studying well, she had constant discipline problems at school. In order to somehow redirect the child's energy into a peaceful channel, the mother sent the future famous star to a music school. There Ellie learned to play the clarinet. Later, at the age of 14 and 15, she herself mastered the principle of playing the guitar and wrote her first song.
Since childhood, Ellie was a creative person, she was drawn to music, she wanted to sing and perform - to shine - on stage. However, few people from Ellie's entourage believed that her dream would come true. Many believed that her voice was not suitable for a career in show business.
Ellie was educated at a girls' school, at the same time she studied acting and theater school, then entered Hereford College, and then at the university, choosing the specialization of political scientist. However, Ellie Golding did not graduate from a higher educational institution. In 2009, she, having managed to win a local music competition, finally decided that she wanted to devote her life to art. Therefore, Ellie took an academic leave and went to London.
Rapid development of a musical career
In London, Ellie was noticed by representatives of the record label Polydor Records. In 2009, the girl was admitted to the studio. Intensive work began on the first musical compositions. In the same year, the first single was released, and then the debut album. Both records received very high marks from critics and the general public, and sold very well. The disc, called Lights, started right away from the first position in the UK charts.
In 2010, Ellie Golding became the winner of the BBC Sound competition, and a little later was noted in the Critics' Choice nomination from the Brit Awards.
At the end of autumn 2010, a re-recorded first album was released, it was supplemented with new compositions. The tracks included a cover of Elton John's song Your Song. This cover brought a new wave of success to the young Ellie Golding, for example, for several weeks in 2011 it was at the top of iTunes.
In 2011, Ellie Golding released a new single - Lights. At the same time, she began preparing materials for the second full-length studio album. In 2011, Ellie decided to try herself as a composer. She wrote several songs for Dayana Vickers.
In mid-autumn 2012, the second album, Halcyon, was released. He made another sensation in the music market, managed to conquer the charts in many countries, making Ellie Golding famous and popular all over the world.
In 2013, Ellie presented a re-recorded and expanded album - Halcyon Days.
Ellie Golding later donated her song - Love me like you do - for use in the movie Fifty Shades of Gray.
In 2014, Ellie Golding won the Brit Awards for Best British Female Singer.
At the moment, preparations are underway for the publication of the fourth disc, which critics and fans of the singer's and composer's work are eagerly awaiting.
Ellie Golding's confused personal life
The press is following closely enough how Ellie Golding lives off stage. The artist herself is not particularly keen on hiding her amorous connections.
Ellie's first known passion was DJ Greg James. He worked for BBC Radio. Their relationship became known in 2010, but the couple began dating long before Ellie's world fame. Some time after the publicity, the couple broke up.
In 2012, Ellie had a new boyfriend. It was Skrillex, a musician, DJ and producer. But this relationship did not last long either. Ellie called the reason for the break with the young man the impossibility of combining work schedules.
In 2012, Ellie had a short-lived affair with actor Jeremy Irwin.
2013 was marked by a short relationship with singer Niall Horan, who is the frontman of One Direction.
In 2014, the artist announced that she had a new chosen one. It was Dougie Poynter (member of the McFly group). Their love affair lasted until 2016.
After breaking up with Dougie, Ellie Golding began dating a young athlete, Kaspar Jopling, with whom she is still in a relationship. However, she is not going to get married yet, devoting herself more to a musical career. The artist has no children at the moment.
