English singer and songwriter Lily Allen has released four studio albums, two extended plays, 23 singles, two promotional singles, and 21 music videos. Allen’s range of musical genres incorporates styles such as pop, ska, electropop, and reggae fusion.
She became well known through her Myspace account, on which she started posting demo songs in 2005. The increase in popularity led to a contract with Regal Recordings. Her debut single, “Smile”, was released in 2006 and topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. Allen’s first studio album, Alright, Still (2006), was released shortly after.
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Allen is the goddaughter of Wild Colonials vocalist Angela McCluskey and third-cousin of singer Sam Smith. In May 2014, after a five-year hiatus from music, she released her third album, Sheezus, which contains a diverse mix of genres, including bubblegum pop and synth-pop. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, being Allen’s second consecutive number one in the UK, and entered the top five on the Australian Albums Chart and the Irish Albums Chart.
