Allen left school when she was 15 and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills
In 2005, she made some of her recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract with Regal Recordings
Her first mainstream single, "Smile", reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006
Her debut record, Alright, Still, was well received, selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide and brought Allen a nomination at the Grammy Awards, Brit Awards and MTV Video Music Awards
She began hosting her own talk-show, Lily Allen and Friends, on BBC Three
Her second studio album, It's Not Me, It's You, saw a genre shift, having more of an electropop feel, rather than the ska and reggae influences of the first one
The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts and was well received by critics, noting the singer's musical evolution and maturity
It spawned the hit singles "The Fear" and "F*ck You"
This success saw her receive the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Brit Awards
Allen and Amy Winehouse were credited with starting a process that led to the "year of the women" media label in 2009 that saw five female artists making music of "experimentalism and fearlessness" nominated for the Mercury Prize
In 2009, Allen announced that she would be taking a hiatus from musical activities
In 2011, she launched her own record label
In 2013, Allen revealed that she had begun working on her third studio album, which was later titled Sheezus
On 12 November 2013, Allen premiered the video for her first original song since 2009, "Hard out Here", which was released as a single five days later
Social media stats as of September 2020:
1.3M followers on Instagram
3.5M likes on facebook
919k subscribers on Youtube
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What users say about Lily Allen
Baz: I think she is great. I know she has done some silly things. But haven't we all? Best wishes, Baz. (June 18, 2021)Reply »
Quotes
I don't care what people think of me now, so why would I care when I'm dead?
I'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.
Yeah, I was a florist. I went to floristry school.
Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.
I change with the way the world changes. My music is always social commentary. I don't know what the world is going to be like in five years' time, but as long as I'm not ashamed of what I'm putting out, then I'm happy.