Lily Allen is a popular British singer. She has only a few professional albums to her credit, but she has already left her mark on the history of the music industry. Her first album, released in 2006, was a resounding success.
And although now the singer spends more time at home than at concerts and recording studios, her songs are still very popular.
Childhood
Lily Allen is a singer whose full name is Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper. She was born on 1985-02-05 in London, in Hammersmith. The girl's father is the famous actor Keith Allen, and her mother is producer Alison Owen. In addition to Lily, Kit and Alison also raised a son, Alfie, and a daughter, Sarah. Now Alfie Allen is an actor who played one of the roles in the TV series Game of Thrones, and Sarah Owen is a fairly successful retro designer.
Lily Allen grew up in a creative environment, from childhood she was fond of music. In her collection of music discs, the albums of Elton John and the band Kiss coexisted quietly.
At school, teachers tried to avoid communication with the future singer. A girl from a famous family was distinguished by a rather complexcharacter and over the years of study has changed thirteen different prestigious schools. Lily was often expelled from educational institutions for drinking alcohol, for smoking.
At the age of fifteen, the girl decided to leave school and come to grips with music. Now the girl mastered the violin, trumpet, guitar and piano. During these years, Lily led a wild life, and, in her own words, tried all the alcohol that could be obtained, and even dabbled in drugs.
The beginning of a musical career
During a vacation in Ibiza at the age of 16, the girl meets the manager of the Audio Bullys, George Lam. And he, in turn, introduces Lily to the music producer Future Cut. With this producer, Allen subsequently recorded her first songs. At the same time, thanks to the influence of her parents, she signed a contract with Warner Records. This agreement was subsequently cancelled.
The girl signed her next music contract with a fairly large label in 2005. This time Allen decided to work with Regal Records.
Popularity
How did Lily Allen's creative career start? Lily posted songs of her own composition on her page on the MySpace social network. In the same place, the girl publishes interesting notes about her life. The compositions of the singer caused a real stir on the Web. The producers offered the girl contracts with the most attractive terms of cooperation.
In six months, Lily Allen recorded her first album, Alright Still. The main composition of the album is the song Smile - prettyeasily topped the UK Singles Chart. Lily's songs sounded all over Europe.
Allen's second album LDN was also quite successful. A video clip was released with him, in which Lily appeared before the audience in all her glory.
The third work of the singer The Littlest Things was not as popular on the air as the first two. To date, the singer's first album has sold six million copies worldwide.
The single Fear, which was released in 2008, was received very warmly by critics. It has been called Allen's finest musical work.
In 2009, Lily recorded the album It's Not Me, It's You, and in 2014 the singer released the album Sheezus. The video for the song Sheezus hit the charts of the largest European music channels.
Private life
Lily Allen, whose photos began to appear frequently in the press, is now increasingly drawing attention to her personal life, and not to music. She used to often quarrel with her boyfriend in public places, she has problems with alcohol. The girl survived two miscarriages. Despite all life's problems, Lily Allen received treatment for her addictions.
In 2011, the singer married Sam Cooper and gave birth to a daughter named Ethel Mary. Now Lili writes songs for other pop singers and helps her sister Sarah grow her business. Lily does not deny the possibility of returning to her career in a couple of years.
