Ellie Goulding releases her third studio album, ‘Delirium,’ via Polydor Records. ‘Delirium’ is the follow-up to 2012's ‘Halcyon,’ which cemented Goulding's status as a global artist.

‘Delirium’ is the sound of an artist at the top of her game. “A part of me views this album as an experiment – to make a big pop album,” she says. “I made a conscious decision that I wanted it to be on another level.”

It has been a whirlwind few years for the singer from Herefordshire. Since the release of her debut ‘Lights’ in 2010, she has sold over 20 million records, had two Number One albums, won two Brit Awards and had Vevo views and streams both in excess of one billion. This year's “Love Me Like You Do” single, meanwhile, was a worldwide Number One hitting the top spot in 70 countries and breaking the record for the most streamed song in one week. Some artists might be inhibited about where to go after such success but Goulding had no doubts: make everything bigger, better and braver.

The album title felt to Goulding like it was the word that summed up everything she'd been through to get to this point. “It can be describing a really happy, crazy state, or it can be the complete opposite. I'm constantly in a state of delirium,” she says.

‘Delirium’ feels like the culmination of all Goulding has experienced. It is the sound of someone taking the triumphs and heartbreaks and fears and joys and channeling them into something powerful and mesmerizing. It's a talent only the most gifted of artists can reach. Ellie Goulding keeps finding new levels to strive for.