Ellie Goulding

Pop Singer

Birthday December 30, 1986

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Hereford, England

Age 38 years old

#1,611 Most Popular

About

After winning the Critics' Choice BRIT Award in 2010, she released her debut album, Lights, which reached #1 on the UK charts.

Before Fame

She attended the University of Kent, where she discovered electronic music and wrote "Wish I Stayed." 

Trivia

She collaborated with Skrillex on the song "Summit" and her 2010 Elton John cover "Your Song" reached #1 in the U.K.  

Family Life

She has two sisters and a brother. She dated singers Dougie Pointer and Ed Sheeran. In 2019, she married Caspar Jopling. She and Jopling welcomed their first child, a son named Arthur Ever Winter Jopling, on April 29, 2021. They divorced in 2024. In July 2025, she began dating Beau Minniear.

Associated With

She cited Rihanna one of her influences and sang a cover of her song "Only Girl (In the World)." 

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Ellie Goulding Highlights
Ellie Goulding Highlights