Lily Allen

British pop sensation Lily Rose Allen was born on May 2, 1985, in London, England. The daughter of comedian Keith Allen, Lily inherited both her father’s legendary sense of wit as well as his penchant for questioning authority.

Lily Allen was signed to Regal Records in 2004 and gained international notoriety after uploading a preview sampling of her music to the popular social networking site MySpace. The result was nothing short of astounding as she soon had more than 1 million people streaming her music across the world.

It's safe to say that Lily's debut album Alright, Still (2006), lived up to the public’s lofty expectations, selling more than 2.5 million copies worldwide and spawning hit singles "Smile," "Alfie," "LDN" and the Mark Ronson produced "Littlest Things" (for which he won a Grammy award). Her sophomore album, It's Not Me, It's You was released in early 2009, and includes popular songs like "The Fear" and "Not Fair."

Due in large part to her outspokenness and fiery personality, Lily has been the subject of many controversies, including high-profile spats with fellow musicians Kylie Minogue and Amy Winehouse.

You'll find bloggers talking about the singer/songwriter at sites like Oh-Lily.com.

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• Lily Allen is Sick

  
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  Just after she told the world that she would be sparing us from her musical stylings for the next year or so, there’s news that Lily Allen has been struggling through the final dates of her tour. The British train wreck of a singer has allegedly been diagnosed with both laryngitis and bronchitis, but has been ...
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• Lily Allen - Breakdowns Revealed!

  
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  Lily Allen has had three breakdowns this decade. The Not Fair singer, who recently claimed she is giving up music for at least two years, has struggled with the problems in her personal life over the last ten years. Lily - who tragically lost a baby in January 2008 and split from the father, Chemical Brothers star ...
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• Queen Victoria

  
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  Victoria & Jacob Genre: Electro / Pop From: London, United Kingdom This week has been one of those weeks when everything Ive listened to has been dull, average and uninteresting. Nothing has grabbed me by the ...
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• Lily Allen Blasts Sexist Music Industry

  
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  OUTSPOKEN Lily Allen has branded the music industry “sexist” — because female singers are rarely taken seriously.The Smile hitmaker says ladies are forced to work hard for success while men are given an easy ride.“It’s more about being a young female, because I think that men can get away with things,” she ...
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• WAPS Presents The 50 Greatest Pop Songs Of 2009!

  
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  It’s been a busy year in pop, and WAPS has been delighted to guide you through it! Looking back over our articles prompted us to compile a rundown of 2009’s best pop songs – you know, because there really aren’t enough lists flying around at the moment…and with this in mind, we whittled a shortlist of ...
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• List: Best Albums of the Decade 80-71

  
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  Part Four of my countdown of the top 110 albums of the decade. You can find 110-101 here , 100-91 here , and 90-81 here . But for now, heres 80-71... 80. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) Hurt had that video, one of the best music videos ever. But Johnny Cashs fourth Rick Rubin ...
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• Shes Just Being Miley

  
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  Miley Cyrus goes clubbing in London, UK. ...read full story
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• Gordon in the morning: Mens shirt, short skirt

  
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  Is it too early for some crossdressing news? LILY ALLEN has been appearing on stage in a variety of skimpy costumes for the last year. But she looked as if shed raided boyfriend SAM COOPERs wardrobe before this gig at the O2 in Dublin on Tuesday. Yes, Gordon reports this morning that Lily Allen is "all boy-ed up" ...
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• The Best Recordings of 2009: Annotated Version

  
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  A few notes on this best-of-2009 list . SONGS 2. The Streets “ Blinded By The Lights (Nero remix) ”: The Streets song remixed by a duo called Nero—“Blinded By The Lights”—is not new: it was first released in 2004. For the 2009 remix, Nero applied the sea-floor bass sounds and stately pace of dubstep to ...
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• Back in business

  
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  Lily Allen was back onstage in Dublin last night, after kicking a double bout of bronchitis and laryngitis. And she looked back to her best — giving fans a taste of what they’ll miss when she goes on hiatus next year. ily Allen o2 dublin
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• MUSIC: The Best Songs Of 2009, In Bigger Than The Sound

  
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  MTV News’ James Montgomery picks his top 25 songs of the year .
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• Lily Allen Caught Up in Fight at Paradise

  
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  Lily Allen got caught up in a bar fight when celebrating her sister’s birthday. The ‘Fear’ singer was horrified when police were called to Paradise in Kensal Green, north London, after a group of revellers objected to being asked to move to accommodate her, siblings Sarah and Alfie and mother Alison Owen ...
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• This Would Only Happen To White Trash Lily Allen

  
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  Just the mere sight of Lily Allen drives some people to madness and gravy flinging! Sources are saying that Illy was recently in an altercation with a group of men while out celebrating her sister, Sarahs, birthday. The men in question had made themselves comfortable at Lilys reserved table at a restaurant in ...
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• Lily Allen gets in a fight when celebrating her sister’s birthday

  
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  The ‘Fear’ singer was horrified when police were called to Paradise in Kensal Green, north London, after a group of revellers objected to being asked to move to accommodate her, siblings Sarah and Alfie and mother Alison Owen because their table in a private dining room had been double booked. A source told ...
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• The most surprising fashion icons of 2009.

  
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  Yes we know they’re everywhere – the lists of what was hot and what was definitely not in 2009. But it’s December, my mind has turned to thoughts of mince pies and festive frocks and so unless you all want to read about my wardrobe dilemmas then this is what you get. But we’re setting the bar a little higher ...
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• Lily Allen Got Her Groove On

  
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  Lily Allen performing live at the O2 Arena on December 8, 2009.Wenn
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• Lily Allen caught in a bar fight in Paradise

  
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  British pop music singer and songwriter Lily Allen got caught up in a bar fight while celebrating her sister’s birthday. Now that’s my kind of girl.  She reminds me of the good old days of mshozas. Now those were the female equivalents of pantsulas, and didn’t flinch from a fight. They could gut a man like a ...
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• Setlist: Lily Allen, O2 Dublin, 8 December 2009

  
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  I kind of pity anyone who has gone to see Lily Allen more than once this year. Shes played the exact same songs in the same order throughout her Its Not Me, Its You tour. Even if she mixed them up, or put in a different song from a list of five or so, itd be so much better. Instead it feels like shes going through ...
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• Big Day Out 3rd Lot of Acts!

  
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  Summer has begun, the New Year is just around the corner, and so is the BIG DAY OUT! We’re thrilled to let you in on the final artists who will be touring with the BIG DAY OUT in 2010 plus the local acts taking to the stage in each city.BIG DAY OUT 2010 is hosting [...]
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• The Best Albums of 2009, Part II

  
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  Yesterday we counted down position 11-6 in Stale Popcorns top albums of the year. Now we get to the pointy end. Who managed to squirm there way into the top five? Read on to find out... 5. Dragonette Fixin to Thrill In a year that Lady GaGa all but swallowed the pop world whole, I was instead focusing my ...
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