As I mentioned at the end of April, UK folktronica darling Ellie Goulding made her Saturday Night Live debut, appearing on the show’s 700th episode, hosted by Tina Fey on Saturday May 7th. Goulding looked AND sounded stunning, singing two songs – “Lights” and “Your Song.” The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at #129 but re-entered the chart after her Saturday Night Live performance, peaking at #72. Over on the Billboard Digital Albums chart, Lights peaked at an impressive #15. It just goes to show what some good promotion can do for a talented artist. Thank God for Cherrytree Records. Ellie’s definitely in good hands over here.
Goulding, who recently finished a string of sold out U.S. performances, will be back in the States this summer, performing at the 20th Anniversary Lollapalooza festival in Chicago as well as some as yet un-announced additional dates. According to Ellie via Twitter, we might be hearing about the new tour as early as this next week. If you still haven’t gotten your Ellie fill after watching the below SNL performances, check out Ellie on Live! With Regis and Kelly, where she sang “Lights” on May 17th. Speaking of “Lights,” it appears that she’s releasing a remix EP for the song next week. Check out iTunes on May 23rd and download the remixes! And speaking of iTunes, the Ellie Goulding-assisted Tinie Tempah track “Wonderman” is currently this week’s iTunes single of the week so download that HERE.