Lily Allen

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Lily Allen is the precocious daughter of actor/comedian Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. A handful growing up, Lily has a history of running away from home and getting expelled from school. By 15, she knew formal education wasn't for her, so left and started to concentrate on making music. Lily's sound draws on her parents' music collection, which included such groundbreaking, female-fronted acts as Rip, Rig and Panic, the Slits and Blondie. But her fondness for hip-hop and urban storytellers also shines through both in her style of delivery and in her rock steadybeats. Allen's reputation as a formidable voice from the street grew via her myspace page, and that led to her deal with Parlophone. In late 2006, Allen's single "Smile" hit No. 1, followed by debut album Alright, Still.