Produced by Starsmith (who worked on most of Ellie's promising debut album Bright Lights), the song spent three consecutive weeks at Number 4 on the Official Chart in Februrary that year, around the same time she won the BRITs Critics' Choice award. Starry EyedĮllie's breakthrough hit treads a careful balance between folk, pop and dance - euphoric and otherworldly without being twee. MORE: Revenge hits – 11 songs that bit back at celebrities 7.

Though firmly denied by Ellie, it was positioned as a resonse to Ed Sheeran's Don't, which is supposedly aimed at Ellie after the pair's short-lived relationship came to an abrupt end. The trailer single for Ellie's third album Delirium immediately raised eyebrows among fans. Co-written by Tove Lo, the track was recorded for the Bridget Jones's Baby film and is a worthy sequel to 2015's Fifty Shades of Grey single Love Me Like You Do (more on that later). Still Falling For Youīy 2016 Ellie was in Big Pop Girl mode, working with serial hitmaker Max Martin and his army of collaborators, including Shellback, who produced Still Falling For You. Despite being a hit in the UK and across Europe, nowadays it feels like an overlooked gem in her catalogue, ranking as her 17th most-streamed song.

Anything Could HappenĬo-written and produced by Kish Mauve's Jim Eliot, Anything Could Happen saw Ellie blend the folk-pop of her debut with punchy, glittering electronica. Her hit rate on the Official Chart currently stands at 23 Top 40 singles, including three Number 1s, and two chart-topping albums.īelow, we count down Ellie's Official Top 10 biggest songs, based on UK sales and streams using Official Charts Company data, before revealing the full Top 20 at the bottom of the page.

The past decade has seen Ellie Goulding become one of the UK's most successful female artists ever.

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