Lara McAllen is an English singer, songwriter and vocal producer.
Lara McAllen | |
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| Also known as | Angel City |
| Origin | Guildford, Surrey, England |
| Genres | EDM |
| Years active | 2003–2011 |
| Labels | Data Records (UK, 2003–2007) |
Biography
editMcAllen is the singer for the dance-pop music project Angel City. She began dancing at the age of five, and briefly pursued a modelling career before becoming a backing dancer for the pop singer Shakira at age 19.[1] She then began her career as a dance music vocalist with Angel City when she signed her first recording contract with Ministry of Sound at age 20. Her debut single Love Me Right was picked up by Radio 1 as a “Record of the week” and soon crossed over from dance floor hit to mainstream chart hit both in the UK and Europe. Love Me Right topped the US Dance Chart as well as entering the Billboard chart. Before Angel City, Lara found dancefloor success with Stuart's 2001 house release "Free (Let It Be)", released through Incentive, an offshoot of Ministry of Sound.
While originally credited as a featured vocalist in Angel City, McAllen later joined the group (of producers) as lead singer and performed all the tracks on the debut album "Love Me Right". McAllen had further UK Top 10 records with Angel City before pursuing work both in vocal production and songwriting . She has also presented for Sky TV Channels on programmes such as FYC as well as co-presenting on Capital Disney Radio and Liverpool’s Radio City. McAllen has appeared on TV shows such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks, CD:UK, Des and Mel, This Morning and performed her debut single Love Me Right on Top of the Pops.
Between 2008 and 2010, several collaborations featuring McAllen (both vocals and songwriting) featured on Clubland albums were released through All Around the World. Having claimed that she was happier away from the performance side, McAllen again performs lead vocals on Angel City's most recent single "How Do You Sleep", a dance cover of Jesse McCartney's single.
McAllen has appeared in various media shoots including OK!, Hello! and Marie Claire, as well as shoots for Loaded, Maxim and FHM.
In October 2023, having spent more than ten years away from the industry McAllen returned to the Clubland family to perform as Angel City at the Clubland Weekender Festival; while announcing on a brand new Instagram page that she had returned to the recording studio.
Personal life
editMcAllen is married to an IT business owner and they have two children. They celebrated with a Christian wedding ceremony in Italy with only close family and friends present. Together they own property development and management businesses.
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Year | Album | Artist | UK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Love Me Right | Angel City | 44 |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Artist | UK | UK Dance | US | US Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Love Me Right" | Angel City | 11 | 1 | 60 | 1 |
| 2004 | "Touch Me" | Angel City | 18 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2005 | "Do You Know (I Go Crazy)" | Angel City | 8 | 1 | -- | 8 |
| 2005 | "Sunrise" | Angel City | 9 | 1 | -- | 1 |
| 2007 | "24/7" | Angel City | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2007 | "Piece of Heaven" | Beat Players feat. Lara McAllen | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2008 | "A Girl Like Me" | Flip & Fill feat. Lara McAllen | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2008 | "Heartbeat" | Flip & Fill Feat. Lara McAllen | -- | -- | -- | -- |
References
edit- ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Angel City". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 August 2011.