Lily Allen discography

English singer and songwriter Lily Allen has released four studio albums, two extended plays, 23 singles (including six as a featured artist), two promotional singles and 21 music videos. Allen's range of musical genres incorporates styles such as pop, ska, electropop and reggae fusion.[1] She became well known through her Myspace account, on which she started posting demo songs in 2005.[2] The increase of popularity led to a contract with Regal Recordings.[2] Her debut single, "Smile", was released in 2006 and topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks.[3] Allen's first studio album, Alright, Still (2006), was released shortly after. The album was commercially successful, earning a three times platinum certification in the United Kingdom,[4] and gold in the United States.[5] The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 50th Grammy Awards.[6] Follow-up singles "LDN", "Littlest Things" and "Alfie" did not repeat her early success, although they still sold well; "LDN" peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart.

Lily Allen discography
Allen performing at the Vieilles Charrues Festival in 2014
Studio albums4
Music videos21
EPs2
Singles23
Promotional singles2

Released in 2009, Allen's second major release, It's Not Me, It's You, saw a genre shift for her, 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, the Australian Albums Chart and the Canadian Albums Chart.[7] The first single from it, "The Fear", also debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, where it remained for four consecutive weeks.[8] Other singles include "Not Fair", another top 10 single in the UK, "Fuck You", which became her third chart entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 68,[9] "22" and her more recent "Who'd Have Known". Allen's first extended play, F.U.E.P., was released in March 2009 and her second, Paris Live Session, in November of the same year.

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. It also peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200. Its lead single, "Hard out Here", was released on 17 November 2013 and peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, giving Allen two simultaneous top 10 singles, along with "Somewhere Only We Know", which stayed at number one for three non-consecutive weeks. The second single, "Air Balloon", was released on 20 January 2014, and reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart. Other released singles were "Our Time", "URL Badman" and "As Long as I Got You".

Allen's fourth album No Shame was released in June 2018. In addition to electropop, the album utilises elements of dancehall and reggae.[10] No Shame reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart and Australian Albums Chart. The song "Trigger Bang" was promoted as a single from the record.

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
UK
[11]
AUS
[12]
BEL
(FL)

[13]
CAN
[14]
FRA
[15]
IRE
[16]
NLD
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWI
[19]
US
[20]
Alright, Still27242147627225320
It's Not Me, It's You
  • Released: 4 February 2009
  • Label: Regal, Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
115111317965
Sheezus
  • Released: 2 May 2014
  • Label: Regal, Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1431163242691612
No Shame
  • Released: 8 June 2018
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
884113820684026168
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

TitleDetails
F.U.E.P.
  • Released: 31 March 2009
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: Digital download
Paris Live Session
  • Released: 24 November 2009
  • Label: Regal
  • Format: Digital download
Spotify Sessions
  • Released: 28 April 2014
  • Label: Regal
  • Format: Digital download
Spotify Singles
  • Released: 26 September 2018
  • Label: Regal
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[11]
AUS
[12]
BEL
(FL)

[13]
FRA
[15]
GER
[35]
IRE
[16]
NLD
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWI
[19]
US
[9]
"Smile"200611427166761962149
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[4]
  • RIAA: Gold[5]
Alright, Still
"LDN"639[A]212388
"Littlest Things"21[B]
"Alfie"200715[C]3115
"Shame for You"
"The Fear"20081351512540141480It's Not Me, It's You
"Not Fair"200953121239206
"Fuck You"10423114492568
"22"141234238512792871
"Who'd Have Known"3954
"Somewhere Only We Know"20131[D]6152
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[4]
Sheezus
"Hard out Here"914247822158146[E]
"Air Balloon"2014715[F]4083065
"Our Time"4360
"URL Badman"93
"As Long as I Got You"45
"Trigger Bang"
(featuring Giggs)
2017[G]No Shame
"Lost My Mind"[42]2018
"What You Waiting For?" (Remix)
(featuring Popcaan)
2019
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[11]
AUS
[12]
BEL
(FL)

[13]
CAN
[43]
FRA
[15]
GER
[35]
IRE
[16]
NLD
[17]
NZ
[18]
US
[9]
"Who Invented Fish & Chips?"
(additional vocals for Fat Les)[44][45]
200286None
"Oh My God"
(Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen)
20078721921Version
"Drivin' Me Wild"
(Common featuring Lily Allen)
56Finding Forever
"Beds Are Burning"[46]
(with various artists)
2009Non-album single
"Just Be Good to Green"
(Professor Green featuring Lily Allen)
2010549179532Alive Till I'm Dead
"5 O'Clock"
(T-Pain featuring Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen)
201162951590912710Revolver
"True Love"
(Pink featuring Lily Allen)
2013165320524323571453The Truth About Love
"Cigarettes & Cush"[52]
(Stormzy featuring Kehlani and Lily Allen)
201730Gang Signs & Prayer
"Heaven's Gate"[54]
(Burna Boy featuring Lily Allen)
2018Outside
"Roll the Dice"[55]
(Shy FX featuring Stamina MC and Lily Allen)
Raggamuffin SoundTape
"1%"[56]
(Oscar Scheller featuring Lily Allen)
2019HTTP404[57]
"Sweet Like Chocolate"[58]
(DJ Spoony featuring Lily Allen)
Garage Classical
"Plain"
(Benee featuring Lily Allen and Flo Milli)
2020[H]Hey U X
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[60]
"The Fear (The People vs. Lily Allen)"[61]2010It's Not Me, It's You
"Back to the Start"[I]
"Sheezus"2014113Sheezus
"Higher"[63]2018No Shame
"Three"[63]
"Family Man / Mad World"[64]Non album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[65]
BEL
(FL)
Tip

[13]
FRA
[15]
GER
[35]
SWI
[19]
"Cheryl Tweedy"2006153Alright, Still
"Absolutely Nothing"136
"Everyone's at It"2009117It's Not Me, It's You
"Dream a Little Dream"
(Robbie Williams featuring Lily Allen)
2013144161608867Swings Both Ways
"L8 CMMR"20144Sheezus
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Lights Go Down"
(backing vocals for Basement Jaxx)[66]
2006Crazy Itch Radio
"Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'Aime Plus"
(backing vocals for Robbie Williams)[67]
Rudebox
"Wanna Be"
(Dizzee Rascal featuring Lily Allen)
2007Maths + English
"Rawhide"
(Jamie T featuring Lily Allen)
"Sheila" single
"Everybody's Changing"[68]The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show
"Don't Get Me Wrong"[69]Radio 1 Established 1967
"Never Miss a Beat"
(backing vocals for Kaiser Chiefs)[70]
2008Off with Their Heads
"Always Happens Like That"
(Kaiser Chiefs featuring Lily Allen)
"Straight to Hell" (with Mick Jones)[71]2009War Child Presents Heroes
"Mr C" (backing vocals for Nina Nesbitt)2014Peroxide
"Shelter You"
(with Louis Eliot)
Tarka & Friends: Life
"King Many Layers"
(with Fryars)
The Boy in the Hood
"Something's Not Right"[72]2015Pan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Little Soldier"[72]
"Something Better"[73]
(with S-X)
2018Reasons

Music videos

As lead artist

List of music videos as lead artist, showing year released and directors
TitleYearDirector(s)
"LDN" (version 1)2006Ben Jones[74]
"Smile"Sophie Muller[75]
"LDN" (version 2)Nima Nourizadeh[76]
"Littlest Things"
"Alfie"2007Sarah Chatfield[77]
"The Fear"2008Nez[78]
"Not Fair"2009Melina Matsoukas[79]
"Fuck You"Arnaud Boutin, Camille Dauteuille and Clement Dozier[80]
"22"Jake Scott[81]
"Who'd Have Known"James Caddick[82]
"The Fear (The People vs. Lily Allen)"[83]2010Unknown
"Hard out Here"2013Christopher Sweeney[84]
"Somewhere Only We Know"Unknown
"Air Balloon"2014That Go[85]
"Our Time"Christopher Sweeney[86]
"Sheezus"Ruffmercy[87]
"URL Badman"The Sacred Egg[88]
"As Long as I Got You"Christopher Sweeney[89]
"Going to a Town"2017Bafic[90]
"Trigger Bang"2018Myles Whittingham[91][92]
"Lost My Mind"

As featured artist

List of music videos as featured artist, showing year released and directors
TitleYearDirector(s)
"Who Invented Fish & Chips? (Who Invented Poo?)"
(Fat Les)
2002Unknown
"Oh My God"
(Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen)
2007Nima Nourizadeh[76]
"Drivin' Me Wild"
(Common featuring Lily Allen)
Chris Robinson[93]
"Just Be Good to Green"
(Professor Green featuring Lily Allen)
2010Henry Scholfield[94]
"5 O'Clock"
(T-Pain featuring Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen)
2011Erik White[95]
"True Love"
(Pink featuring Lily Allen)
2013Sophie Muller[96]
"Cigarettes and Cush"
(Stormzy featuring Kehlani & Lily Allen)
2017Daps[97]
"Heaven's Gate/Sekkle Down"
(Burna Boy featuring Lily Allen and J. Hus)
2018Dan Emmerson[98]
"Roll the Dice"
(Shy FX featuring Stamina MC & Lily Allen)
Louis Browne[99]

Other appearances

List of appearances in other artists' music videos
TitleYearDirector(s)
"Vindaloo"
(Fat Les)[100]
1998Unknown

Notes

References

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