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Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an England|English singer-songwriter and television presenter. Best-known for her songs "Smile (Lily Allen song)|Smile" and "LDN (song)|LDN", Allen is the daughter of actor/musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Allen also hosts her own BBC Three talk show ''Lily Allen and Friends''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/lilyallen/ BBC - Lily Allen and Friends]</ref>

Her single "Smile" reached number one on the UK singles charts in July 2006. In December 2006, her debut album ''Alright, Still'' was voted the third best album of the year by Mixmag.<ref>Mixmag, December 2006</ref> In 2007, it was nominated for the award of Best British Album at the Brit Awards and for Best New Artist at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. The album was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the category of "Best Alternative Music Album".<ref>[http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-2007grammy2nom5dec05,0,4986686.htmlstory?coll=env-grammys The Envelope Please Los Angeles Times 6 December 2007]</ref>

In June 2008 Allen announced recording had been completed on a second album tentatively entitled Stuck on the Naughty Step.

Childhood and discovery
Allen was born in Hammersmith, west London, daughter of Wales|Welsh-born c... read all