Goulding headlined the 2011 Wakestock Festival in Wales, performing on 8 July. Ellie performed, for the second consecutive year, at Radio 1's Big Weekend on Saturday 14 May. She was introduced to Prince William by Tinie Tempah at a music festival during the summer of 2010.
She served as one of the only two live performers at the wedding reception of Prince William and Kate Middleton (the other being Leona Lewis) on 29 April 2011 singing her rendition of Your Song for the couple's first dance as well as her hits The Writer and Starry Eyed and several of William and Kate's personal favourites. She appeared as the musical guest on the 700th episode of the Saturday Night Live, broadcast and hosted by Tina Fey. Goulding made her American television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live on 7 April 2011 performing "Starry Eyed". She also played live at Coachella Music Festival om April 2011. Previously she had performed at the BRITs launch party where the nominations were announced. In February 2011 she returned to the BRIT Awards where she was nominated for the Best British Female Solo Artist and the Best British Breakthrough Act where she lost out to Laura Marling after being the front runner for the award. Goulding was featured as number five artist on Rolling Stone Magazine's hotlist in February 2011. In early 2011 she recorded an original song for the film Life in a Day. In January 2011 it was announced that the title track from Lights would serve as the second single from Bright Lights. Performing live in Seattle, Washington on 11 April 2011. She began a tour of the United States and Canada in February 2011 to coincide with the release of the American edition of Lights. and Believe Me appeared in a episode of '90210'. A track from Lights, "Everytime You Go", was featured in the Vampire Diaries episode "Founder's Day", "Your Biggest Mistake" appeared in an episode of The Inbetweeners. In support of the album in Europe she performed on the first day of Pukkelpop in Belgium, at the Open'er Festival in Poland and at Benicàssim in Spain. In September she was part of the line-up at Bestival 2010 on the Isle of Wight. She played on the Nissan Juke Arena at the 2010 V Festival in late August. She made her T in the Park debut on 11 July. The whole set was later released as part of the iTunes version of Bright Lights. Her third EP was a live recording of part of her set at the iTunes Festival 2010. On 29 May she performed at the Dot to Dot Festival in Bristol.She performed a set on 25 June at the 40th annual Glastonbury Festival on the John Peel Stage. During the summer she performed at a number of festivals. Goulding toured in support of Lights and supported Passion Pit in March 2010 and John Mayer during his British tour in May 2010. The song also charted in some European countries in early 2011. The single became Goulding's highest-charting single to date, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart. Yet this was scrapped to allow her cover of Elton John's "Your Song" to be released in conjunction with the John Lewis Christmas 2010 advertising campaign in the UK. It was originally announced that the lead single from Bright Lights would be the new edit of the title track with a release scheduled for 1 November 2010. In November 2010, Lights was re-released as Bright Lights, with six new tracks added. The album was supported by Nike and was released through Polydor as a running soundtrack in an effort to get Goulding's music taken up by the national running subculture. In August 2010, Goulding released a second extended play, Run Into the Light, a remixed version of Lights. Its singles, "Starry Eyed", "Guns and Horses", and "The Writer" peaked at numbers 4, 26, and 19 respectively. The album Lights was released in March 2010, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart and number six on the Irish Albums Chart. She also won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 BRIT Awards, which prize made her the second artist to win both in the same year.Įllie Goulding performing in Amsterdam in 2010.
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"Wish I Stayed" was available as a free download as the UK iTunes Store's 'Single of the Week' from 22–28 December 2009.īefore the release of her debut studio album, Goulding won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which showcases the critics, broadcasters and music industry insiders' top choices for rising stars and artists for the coming year. with Jools Holland, performing "Under the Sheets" and "Guns and Horses". In October 2009 she toured the UK supporting Little Boots, and appeared on Later. "Under the Sheets", which was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2009, peaking outside the top 40. Signed to Polydor Records in September 2009, she made her debut single.