What Happened Today In Music, May 2nd 1985 was born Lily Allen (Lily Rose Beatrice Allen), English singer, songwriter, and author. 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. After announcing a hiatus from her music career in 2009, Allen launched her own record label, In the Name Of, in 2011. In 2018, she released her autobiographical book, My Thoughts Exactly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0CazRHB0so #TodayInMusic