Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Ko Elena Jane Goulding (GOHL-ding; i whanau i te 30 o Tihema 1986) he kaiwaiata Ingarihi me te kaituhi waiata. I tiimata tana mahi i te wa i tutaki ai ia ki nga kaiwhakanao rekoata a Starsmith me Frankmusik, ana ka kitea ia e Jamie Lillywhite, i muri mai ko ia tana kaiwhakahaere me te A&R. I muri i tana hainatanga ki a Polydor Records i te Hurae 2009, i tukuna e Goulding tana whakaaturanga tuatahi, He Whakataki ki a Ellie Goulding i muri mai i taua tau.I te 2010, ko ia te kaitoi tuarua i eke ki runga i te pooti a-tau a te BBC mo te tangi... me te wikitoria i te Tohu Whiriwhiri a te Kaitohutohu i nga Tohu Brit i taua tau ano. I tukuna e ia tana pukaemi tuatahi, Lights, i te tau 2010; i tiimata i te Nama 1 i runga i te UK Albums Chart a kua hokona atu i te 850,000 kape i te United Kingdom. I te Whiringa-a-rangi 2010, i tukuna ano te pukaemi ko Bright Lights, e rua nga takitahi: he taupoki o Elton John's "Tou Waiata" i tohua mo te panui Kirihimete tuatahi a John Lewis, i eke ki te Nama 2 i te UK Singles Chart, me "Lights", i noho ko ia te mea nui rawa atu o Goulding i te US Billboard Hot 100 tae noa ki tenei ra, ka eke ki te Nama 2.  Pātai: He aha te tohu i riro i a Ellie Goulding i te tau 2010?
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