Lily Allen is a London-born singer-songwriter who broke out via MySpace in 2005 with sharp, funny pop laced with ska and reggae. Alright, Still (2006) is the defining debut of that late-2000s British pop moment, and No Shame (2018) is the more personal later entry point. Browse Lily Allen vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen was born in Hammersmith, London on May 2, 1985. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. She launched her music career via MySpace in 2005 and signed with Regal Recordings. Her debut Alright, Still (2006), with its MySpace-era viral success approach, became a defining document of the late-2000s British pop scene. She has continued releasing material across multiple decades alongside her parallel acting career and her podcast Miss Me? (with Miquita Oliver, since 2024). She was married to actor David Harbour from 2020 to 2024.
Lily Allen's sound combines pop, indie pop, electropop, ska pop, dance-pop, and reggae fusion with her distinctive vocal delivery (often with West London accent emphasis) and lyrical content addressing relationships, celebrity, politics, and personal experience with humor and sarcasm.
Regal, Parlophone, and Warner Music pressings of the Lily Allen catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions.
Listeners new to Lily Allen typically start with Alright, Still (2006) or No Shame (2018).
