Z107.3  wants to take the time to give you a little more information about the artists that you hear all day, everyday on Bangor's #1 Hit Music Station.

This week we put the artist spotlight on Ellie Goulding.

REAL NAME:  Elena Jane Goulding

BIRTH DATE: December 30, 1986

WHERE FROM: Hereford, England

MUSICAL LINKS: Diplo, Passion Pit, John Mayer, U2

TO THE POINT POINTS:

  • Here music career started with playing clarient at age 9.  At 14, she learned to play guitar and at age 15 started writing her own music.
  • Ellie is one of four children, with two sisters and one brother.
  • She failed music classes in school.
  • She performed at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding reception

All information obtained by artist Facebook page and Wikipedia.

Here is a few tunes that will sound familiar to you, the Z listener.

Here she is performing on a Saturday Night Live being hosted by Tina Fey.

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