Lily Allen
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
Allen began working on her full-length album with producers such as Greg Kurstin, Mark Ronson (with whom she also collaborated on a cover of the Kaiser Chiefs Oh My God that appeared on her second mixtape), and Futurecut, and released a limited-edition 7 of LDN as her debut single in spring 2006. Both LDN and Smile, which followed that summer, were chart successes, with the former reaching number seven on the U.K. chart and the latter hitting number one the week it debuted. Hot on the heels of Smile came Allens first full-length, Alright, Still, which she supported with a slew of dates stretching out to the end of the year. Despite the speed of her success, Allen continued to update her /MySpace page with amusing blog rants, including one about her June 2006 appearance on #Top of the Pops that berated the lead singer of the Kooks for wearing broken straw hats and dark sunglasses indoors and Dirty Pretty Things for having organic sliced bread on the rider. Allen rang in 2007 with more tour dates, including gigs in Japan, Australia, and the U.S., and the U.S. release of Alright, Still. She also earned nominations for British Breakthrough Act and British Female Solo for that years Brit Awards, while Smile and Alright, Still were nominated for British Single and British Album, respectively.
