However, our singer and songwriter and only constant in the hundred or so years since we/they/he started the group does get royalties, even for so minor a song or two. As I didn’t either write any of the songs, or play on most of them, my total royalties are, to this date, nil. In my pop career, as bassist to (the name doesn’t matter) a band that peaked by scraping into the indie top twenty towards the end of the 1980’s/early 1990’s, but still making rare appearances and even the odd recording, royalties don’t come easy to us. Perhaps on her 4th or 5th single by now.Me and royalties are not very close partners.

If you asked me a year ago, I would've said at this moment in time Ellie would've been one of the major pop girls due to a highly successful era, that would still be going on. Perhaps not as much as one would have hoped, but still a hit.īut after that single, the era fell apart.Īnd Ellie has since said that she will be taking a break from music. 'On My Mind' was released as a lead and saw an alright amount of success. This song set Ellie Goulding up for having an amazing third era.

While on break between her second and third eras, Ellie released the mega hit 'Love Me Like You Do', which went #1 in more than 28 countries. (Some could argue that 'Anything Could Happen' was an international hit as well). Two years later she became known on a international stage when her song 'Lights' lit up the charts in 2012.Īs time went on Ellie continued to climb the UK charts and eventually found a second hit internationally with 'Burn' in late 2013/early 2014. Ellie Goulding began a successful music career in England in 2010 with her first Top 10 hit 'Starry Eyed' and #1 album Lights.

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