Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English musician and record producer, best known as the lead vocalist of the electronic music duo Goldfrapp.\n', '

Alison Goldfrapp was born in 1966 in Enfield, London, the youngest of six children. Her mother was a nurse. Her father, Nick, had been an army officer, and worked in advertising. Goldfrapp\'s surname is of German origin, and she has German ancestry through her father. While Goldfrapp was growing up, her family moved frequently, eventually settling in Alton, Hampshire, where Goldfrapp attended the independent Alton Convent School. She sang in a choir at the school and has said that she loved being in a school with nuns. However she was forced to leave at age 12 due to failing the senior exam, and attended the local comprehensive school, Amery Hill School. She moved to London aged 16. At 24 years old, she attended Middlesex University where she studied fine art and mixed media. \n', '

In 1994 she featured on the Orbital album Snivilisation and also recorded songs "The Good" and "The Bad" with trip reggae outfit Dreadzone, for their \'best of\' album The Best of Dreadzone – The Good The Bad and the Dread. Performing with them live resulted in two songs on the limited edition Performance album released in 1994. In the same year Goldfrapp featured on trip hop artist Tricky\'s 1995 song "Pumpkin" and collaborated with Stefan Girardet on two songs on the soundtrack to the 1995 film The Confessional.\n', '

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