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Greg Kurstin
Greg Kurstin
American record producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
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La Roux
La Roux
English band
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Little Boots
Little Boots
English electronic musician and singer
3
Professor Green
Professor Green
English rapper and singer-songwriter
4
Florence + the Machine
Florence + the Machine
British indie rock band
5
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
English singer and songwriter
6
Elbow
Elbow
English alternative rock band
7
Kate Nash
Kate Nash
English pop singer and actor
8
London Grammar
London Grammar
British indie pop band
9
Adele
Adele
English singer and songwriter
10
Chvrches
Chvrches
Scottish synthpop group
11
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
12
Marina Diamandis
Marina Diamandis
Welsh recording artist and singer-songwriter
13
Jessie J
Jessie J
English singer
14
Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson
British-American musician, DJ, songwriter and record producer
15
Muse
Muse
English rock band
16
Laura Marling
Laura Marling
British folk singer-songwriter
17
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
American singer-songwriter
18
Cheryl
Cheryl
English singer, dancer, and television presenter
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Kelis
Kelis
American singer–songwriter
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Macy Gray
Macy Gray
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Christine and the Queens
Christine and the Queens
French recording artist, singer, songwriter
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The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee
band
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
English singer
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Kate Bush
Kate Bush
English musician
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Sugababes
Sugababes
English pop girl group
26
Paloma Faith
Paloma Faith
British musician
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Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Robyn
Robyn
Swedish singer
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Radiohead
Radiohead
English rock band
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Katy B
Katy B
British singer-songwriter
31
Bloc Party
Bloc Party
British indie rock band
32
Melanie C
Melanie C
British singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
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The xx
The xx
British indie pop band
34
Duffy
Duffy
Welsh singer-songwriter
35
Matt Bellamy
Matt Bellamy
English singer-songwriter
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Celeste
Celeste
American-British R&B singer
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Sia
Sia
Australian artist
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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Australian singer
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Wolf Alice
Wolf Alice
British rock band
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Santigold
Santigold
American singer and songwriter
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PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
English singer-songwriter
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Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles
Canadian electronic music group
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Lorde
Lorde
New Zealand singer-songwriter
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Kasabian
Kasabian
English rock band
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Florence Welch
Florence Welch
English musician, singer and songwriter
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Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
American recording artist; singer-songwriter
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Anna Calvi
Anna Calvi
British musician
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Carla Bruni
Carla Bruni
Italian-French singer, model and spouse of former president of France
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Hurts
Hurts
English synthpop duo
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Lykke Li
Lykke Li
Swedish singer
51
Warpaint
Warpaint
American alternative rock band
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Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
British singer and entertainer
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg
British-French actor and singer
54
Little Simz
Little Simz
British rapper
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Stefflon Don
Stefflon Don
British rapper and singer
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Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher
English singer and songwriter
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Björk
Björk
Icelandic singer-songwriter
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Pixies
Pixies
American alternative rock band
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Foxes
Foxes
British singer-songwriter
Lily Allen
English singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter

Lily Allen

Intro
English singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter
Nominated For
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
News

Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and author. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Allen left school when she was 15 and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills. In 2005, she made some of her recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract with Regal Recordings.

Her first mainstream single, "Smile", reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006. Her debut record, Alright, Still, was well received, selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide and bringing Allen nominations at the Grammy Awards, the Brit Awards, and the MTV Video Music Awards. In 2008, she hosted her own television talk show, Lily Allen and Friends, on BBC Three.

In 2009, her second studio album, It's Not Me, It's You, saw a genre shift, having more of an electropop feel, rather than the ska and reggae influences of the first one. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts and was well received by critics, noting the singer's musical evolution and maturity. It spawned the hit singles "The Fear", “Not Fair” and "Fuck You". This success saw her receive the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Brit Awards. Allen and Amy Winehouse were credited with starting a process that led to the "year of the women" media label in 2009 that saw five female artists making music of "experimentalism and fearlessness" nominated for the Mercury Prize.

After announcing a hiatus from her music career in 2009, Allen launched her own record label, In the Name Of, in 2011. She has released two further albums: Sheezus (2014), which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and No Shame (2018) debuting at number eight. In 2018, Allen released her autobiographical book, My Thoughts Exactly. Allen has since ventured into acting; she appeared in the 2019 film How to Build a Girl and will appear in the play 2:22: A Ghost Story, directed by Matthew Dunster.