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Date of Birth2 May 1985, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Birth NameLily Rose Beatrice Allen
Height5' 2" (1.57 m)
Trivia
Attended "Bedales School" with Natalia Tena, the same school which Minnie Driver and Daniel Day-Lewis attended.
Is the daughter of Keith Allen and Alison Owen.
Her single 'Smile' went to #1 for two weeks in the UK singles chart in 2006. Her album 'Alright, Still' debuted at #2 in the UK album charts.
Has a younger brother Alfie Allen, and an older sister Sarah (born in 1980).
"Alfie", the final track on "Alright, Still" is about her brother, the actor Alfie Allen.
After uploading her first demo tracks to community website MySpace.com in November 2005, she became an overnight sensation in the UK.
Was voted the third coolest person of the year on the Cool List of "NME" magazine, but also ranked #10 in BBC3's The Most Annoying People of 2006 (2006) (TV).
Scooped three nominations for the 2007 Brit Awards including "British Female Solo Artist", "British Album" and "British Breakthrough Artist" (16 January 2007).
Niece of Kevin Allen.
Has a half sister Teddie who was born in 2006.
Former stepdaughter of Harry Enfield.
Her former step-father Harry Enfield based characters 'Kevin' the neurotic teenager on Lily's elder sister Sarah. Also, The baby characters 'Harry' and 'Lulu' from the 'Harry Enfield and Chums' show were based on Lily and Alfie when they were youngsters, the only difference was the reversal of the genders. The 'babies' were played by Harry and Kathy Burke.

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Record label and MySpace interest (2005–06)
Allen met her first manager, George Lamb in Ibiza. Allen was rejected by several labels, which she attributed to her drinking and being the daughter of Keith Allen. Lily eventually used her father's connections to get signed to London Records a part of the Warner Music in 2002. When the executive who had signed her left, the label lost interest and she left without releasing the folk songs[which?] many of which were written by her father.
Allen studied horticulture to become a florist, but changed her mind and returned to music. She began writing songs, and her manager introduced her to production duo Future Cut in 2004. They worked in a small studio in the basement of an office building. In 2005, Allen was signed to Regal Recordings; they gave her £25,000 to produce an album, though they were unable to provide much support for it due to their preoccupation with other releases such as X&Y (Coldplay) and Demon Days (Gorillaz).
Allen created an account on MySpace and began posting demos in November 2005. The demos attracted thousands of listeners, and 500 limited edition 7" vinyl singles of "LDN" were rush-released, reselling for as much as £40. Allen also produced two mixtapes — My First Mixtape and My Second Mixtape — to promote her work: they included tracks by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dizzee Rascal, and Ludacris. As she accumulated tens of thousands of MySpace friends, The Observer Music Monthly (OMM), a magazine published in T he Observer, took interest. Few people outside of her label's A&R department knew who she was, so the label was slow in responding to publications wanting to report about her.
In March 2006, OMM included an article about Allen's success through MySpace. She received her first major mainstream coverage, appearing in the magazine's cover story two months later. The success of her songs convinced her label to allow her more creative control over the album and to use some of the songs that she had written instead of forcing her to work with mainstream producers. Allen decided to work with producers Greg Kurstin and Mark Ronson, finishing the rest of the album in two weeks.
The social networking site was the primary hub for messages of support and condolence from people who didn't actually know her following her January 2008 miscarriage. Allen received a 2008 NME Award nomination for the category of "Best Band Blog." Allen's songs have been downloaded from her MySpace page 19 million times. As of 9 February 2009, Allen had 448,000 MySpace friends. She was the fifth most popular musical act of 2008, according to the social networking site. Allen used her MySpace blog for controversies surrounding her. By February 2009 she had stopped the practice because "It's boring when people just pick stuff up and write about it. People get hurt, people get upset."

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