Pop superstar Ellie Goulding released her new anticipated fifth album Higher Than Heaven via Polydor last week. Featuring singles ‘By the End of the Night’, ‘Easy Lover’, ‘Cure for Love’, ‘Let It Die’ and ‘Like a Savior’, the album is jam packed with infectious hits.
The release follows success of ‘Miracle’ with Calvin Harris – Miracle, which entered the UK Official Chart at #3 and is hotly tipped to top the Official Singles Chart this week.
More info about Ellie Goulding’s latest album
Higher Than Heaven has seen Ellie enlist some of pop music’s finest to craft the album with her, Greg Kurstin (Sia, Maggie Rogers, Elton John), Jessie Shatkin (Charli XCX, Years & Years), Koz (Sam Ryder, Madonna, Dua Lipa) and Andrew Wells (Halsey, Yungblud), with the finished record seeing Ellie put her own spin on modern pop music.
Higher Than Heaven sees Ellie’s signature vocals take centre stage whilst the production is pop music at its finest with stomping basslines, soaring synths and euphoric melodies.
Ellie Goulding comments on the new album
“I’m so glad to finally share this album with the world. When I listen back to it I visualise myself floating, slowly downwards but never falling. I hope everyone takes something positive away from it – I want people to listen to this record and want to dance and fall in love with each other and themselves.”
Earlier this year, Ellie returned to the stage for two sold out intimate shows at London’s iconic KOKO in Camden where she captivated audiences with a set consisting of her previous hits alongside recent singles and some exclusive new music from the forthcoming album.
The Evening Standard heralded the show as “a glorious display” and awarded her five stars. Later this year Ellie will embark on her Higher Than Heaven European Tour beginning 16th October in Dublin.
To get an idea of the album’s sound, check out the music video for “Easy Lover” below:
More info about Ellie Goulding
To date Ellie has celebrated 10 platinum singles, three #1 albums, two BRIT Awards, a GRAMMY Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination. She has sold over 27 million albums and 218 million singles, amass 43 billion streams worldwide.
Ellie is also one of the most streamed female artists on Spotify with over 8 billion streams. With over 50 million followers combined on her social platforms, she also earned YouTube’s Diamond Award with 10 million subscribers on her YouTube channel and over 6.8 billion views globally.
Alongside her incredible music career, Ellie Goulding is a long-standing activist and philanthropist who uses her platform to engage young people with global issues. In 2017, Goulding was awarded the UN’s New Voices Award, and in recognition of her wider activism became a goodwill ambassador for UN Environment. Earlier this year, Goulding also became a TIME100 Impact Award winner and shortly after, announced her ambassadorship with the WWF.
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