Delirium (Ellie Goulding album)
Delirium is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding, released on 6 November 2015 by Polydor Records. Music critics were generally impressed by the overall production of the record, although they were ambivalent in regards to its originality. It debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, earning Goulding her highest-charting record in the latter country and her highest first-week sales figures in both territories. The album spawned three singles: "On My Mind", "Army" and "Something in the Way You Move".
Delirium
6 November 2015
2014–2015
- British Grove (London)[b]
- Abbey Road (London)[c]
- Echo (Los Angeles)[d]
- RAK (London)[e]
- Westlake (Los Angeles)[e]
- MXM (Los Angeles)[f]
- Wolf Cousins (Stockholm)[g]
- SMV (London)[h]
- The RedRoom (Gothenburg)[i]
- MXM (Stockholm)[j]
- P.S. (Stockholm)[k]
- Metropolis (London)[l]
- Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas)[m]
- Kinglet (Stockholm)[n]
- Apmamman (Stockholm)[o]
- Splendido (Hereford)[p]
- Little Kingdom (Los Angeles)[q]
- Golden Age (Auckland)[r]
- Sarm Music Village (London)[s]
- Musicbox (London)[t]
- Fly Eye (London)[u]
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- Klas Åhlund
- Carl Falk
- Fred
- Calvin Harris
- Joe Kearns
- Chris Ketley
- Greg Kurstin
- Guy Lawrence
- Joel Little
- Major Lazer
- Max Martin
- Jimmy Napes
- Ali Payami
- Picard Brothers
- Laleh Pourkarim
- Ilya Salmanzadeh
- The Struts
- Peter Svensson
- Ryan Tedder
- Noel Zancanella
Background
Goulding has stated that the sound of the album is more pop-oriented than her previous releases. Speaking in an interview, she said: "A part of me views this album as an experiment, to make a big pop album; I made a conscious decision that I wanted it to be on another level".[7]
Commercial performance
Delirium debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart and at number one on the UK Album Downloads Chart, with 38,429 copies sold in its first week, marking the biggest first-week sales of Goulding's career so far.[23] In Australia, Delirium charted at number three, becoming her second album to land within the top 10 and her highest-charting album in the country.[24]
In the United States, the album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 61,000 album-equivalent units (42,000 in pure album sales), earning Goulding her highest-charting album yet.[25] As of February 2016, the album had sold 117,000 copies in the US.[26]