The albumвЂ™s title track, вЂњLightsвЂќ, was released in the US in March 2011, and peaked at number two on theBillboardВ Hot 100В and was certified triple platinum by theВ Recording Industry Association of AmericaВ (RIAA). Her cover of Elton JohnвЂ™s вЂњYour SongвЂќ reached number two in the UK in December 2010 and on 29 April 2011 she performed the song at the wedding reception ofВ Prince William and Catherine MiddletonВ atBuckingham Palace. The album debuted at number one on theВ UK Albums ChartВ and has sold over 850,000 copies in the UK. Goulding released her debut studio album,В Lights, in 2010. In 2010, she became the second artist to both top theВ BBCвЂ™s annualВ Sound ofвЂ¦В poll and win the CriticsвЂ™ Choice Award at theВ Brit AwardsВ in the same year.

After signing toPolydor RecordsВ in July 2009, Goulding released her debutВ extended play,В An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, later that year.

Her career began when she met record producerStarsmithВ andВ Frankmusik, and she was later spotted by Jamie Lillywhite, who later became her manager andВ A&R. Elena JaneВ вЂњEllieвЂќВ GouldingВ (/Л€ЙЎoКЉldЙЄЕ‹/ born 30 December 1986)В is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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