Lilly Allen artist Research

Lily Allen Profile:

Full name: Lily Rose Beatrice Allen
Date of birth; 2nd May 1985
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Hammersmith, West London
Job: English recording artist (soloist)
Siblings: sister Sarah; brother Alfie and a younger sister Rebecca.
Parents: Keith Allen (actor, musician) & Alison Owen (film producer)
Music instruments: violin, guitar and trumpet and Piano.




Early Life:

At the age of 3 Allen appeared on ‘The Yob’ episode which her father had co-written. At the age of 4 Lilly’s dad had left the family home living in a council house. She attended 13 public schools however got expelled for bad behaviour.

Allen was first recognised at by Rachel Santesso overheard Allen singing Wonder wall by Oasis in the school's playground she was impressed and gave her singing lessons.

Allen’s first big role was in lady-in-waiting (1998) which was co-produced by her mother. She dropped out of school at age fifteen and earned money by working at a Plastic Fantastic record store and dealing ecstasy.

Lilly’s musical career:

After leaving school Allen she created demo songs and created a profile on My Space, where she made some of her recordings public. Allen was rejected by several labels. Lily used her father's connections to get signed to London Records a part of the Warner Music in 2002.
She began writing songs, and her manager introduced her to production duo Future Cut in 2004. They worked in a small studio in 2005, Allen was signed to Regal Recordings who also signed coldplay and Gorillaz.


First album - Alright, still

In 2006 she began to work on completing her first album and her single "Smile" which peaked in UK Singles Chart. On July 2006 Lilly’s record, Alright, Still, was top on the international market (2.6 million copies sold)
The CD includes 11 - 14 tracks most of which were previewed on her My Space page including the singles "Smile , "LDN", "Knock 'Em Out", and "Alfie". "Friday Night", co-written with Jonny Bull, was also included, alongside "Littlest Things" produced by Mark Ronson





Second album - It's not me it's you

Her second major album release, Lilly was nominated at the Grammy Awards, BRIT Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. It's Not Me, It's You is the second album by Lily Allen released on 9 February 2009 by Regal Recordings and on 10 February in North America by Parlophone Records. It sold over 900,000 copies in the UK.
The hit singles "The Fear" and "Fuck You’’ where most popular in the album.


Lilly was nominated at the Grammy Awards, BRIT Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. She then began hosting her own talk-show, Lily Allen and Friends, on BBC Three

Album cover of: It's not me it's you.

Lilly Allens hits single: The fear from the alum its not you it's me.


Lilly Allens Myspace.

Allen received a 2008 NME Award nomination for the category of "Best Band Blog."She was the fifth most popular musical act of 2008, according to the social networking site.




Lilly’s Target audience:

Lilly Allen has a target audience of teens who like pop music. She is well known for her style and fashion labels. Her fashion line directs a wider female audience than her music. Magazines that lily is often featured in grab an even wider audience so more people listen to her music. The media portrays Lilly Allen as a bold varies artists, she is shown to the audience as various this may be because her music is a mixture of different genres.