Ellie Goulding was born and brought up in Lyonshall on 30 December 1986 with a real name Elena Jane Goulding, Lyonshal is a small village near Kington, Herefordshire, she was the second of four children (a brother and two sisters). Her mother, Tracey (nee Clark), used to work at a supermarket, and her father, Arthur Goulding, came from a "family of undertakers".
Ellie Goulding began playing the clarinet at the age of nine, and at 14 began learning guitar. She attended Lady Hawkins' School in Kington, where she won a main part in a school production, the Wizard Of Oz, as the scarecrow. She started songwriting at the age of 15 and while in college she won a singing competition.
Goulding has a soprano vocal range and her musical style has been compared to that of Kate Nash, Meiko, Lykke Li and Tracey Thorn.
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