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Lily Allen (full name Lily Rose Allen) is a pop songwriter and singer, based in London, England who has a great musical taste and an original cheeky life style.
Lily Allen left school when she was 15 years old to concentrate only on her music. She created a blog to post her demos, and one day she realized she was famous: tons of people started to visit her blog. Lily Allen was amazed.

She is mostly known for songs such as "Smile" and "LDN" and because Lily is the daughter of the actor Keith Allen and the film producer Alison Owen. Lily Allen said that she don´t want to be "the daughter of Keith", she want to be known as a self gained artist. In July 2006 her song "Smile" reached position number 1 on the United Kingdom singles charts. Lily Allen is one of the fresh promises of british music.

Smile is the first single released by Lily Allen, penned by Lily Allen and Future Cut (Iyola Babalola and Darren Lewis).The organ riff in "Smile" is a sample made by Jackie Mittoo.

The Smile music video, is directed by Sophie Muller. This video shows Lily Allen herself getting revenge on an ex boyfriend.

MTV banned the Smile video. But you can find this one and more videos in our Lily Allen videos section.

Lily Allen´s debut album "Alright, Still" was released in the UK and the rest of Europe on July 17, 2006. The cd has 11 songs, including "Smile", "LDN," "Knock 'Em Out," and "Alfie" (song dedicated to her brother), "Friday Night" and "Littlest Things".

The Lily Allen lyrics express a unique spirit with a mix of music styes like the ska, reggae, soul and pop.

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Allen embarrassed by award antics
Lily Allen tells fans she is embarrassed by her drunken behaviour at the recent Glamour Women of the Year Awards.

Papers laud Obama's nomination
Barak Obama's historic election as Democratic presidential candidate is celebrated across the papers.

Talking Shop: James Corden
Gavin and Stacey star James Corden talks about Baftas and whether or not he is dating Lily Allen.

Allen leaves Orange judging panel
Pop star Lily Allen withdraws from the judging panel of this year's Orange Prize for Fiction, blaming ill health.

Second series for Lily Allen show
Singer Lily Allen's BBC Three chat show will return for a second series, it is announced.

Allen snub angers festival boss
Isle of Wight Festival organisers hit out at Lily Allen after the singer pulls out of the event.

Stars centre stage with students
Hollywood actors Simon Callow and Alfie Allen are delivering an acting masterclass at Queen's.

'Solid start' for Lily Allen show
Pop star Lily Allen's first TV show on digital channel BBC Three gets an audience of 255,000.