Avril Ramona Lavigne (natural September 27 1984) is a Canadian pop punk singer-songwriter who is well-known for her "skater punk" persona.

Innate around Belleville, Ontario, Canada to conservative Franco-Ontarian Catholic parents (John and Judy Lavigne), Lavigne grew higher inside Napanee singing country music and in the church choir and taught herself guitar. A common anglicized pronunciation of her French name is . She was found by her 1st broker manager when cantabile country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston, Ontario. Per age of xvi, she was signed by so The&R rep Ken Krongard of Arista Records who invited his boss, Arista head, L.A. Reid, to hear her sing in a New York studio. She so completed functiin on her foremost album. Two her albums up to now develop topped a stock and index charts worldwide.

Let Go — career breakthrough
Apparently, early tries to co-write songs for her failed to meet her approval, & she one of these days affected to Los Angeles, California & co-wrote her album with Clif Magness and songwriting team The Matrix, whose previous act involved songs for Sheena Easton and Christina Aguilera. Her 1st album, Let Go, was released by Arista in June 4 2002, and was qualified "Quadruple Platinum" less than hexad months late per Recording Industry Association of America. She was known as "Best New Artist" at a 2002 MTV Video Music Awards and at the 2003 Juno Awards, where she led completely musicians sustaining vi nominations, winning quaternity Junos. She likewise has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards but has not won any up to now.

By December 2004, Let Go got sold fifteen million albums & reached a first spot inside Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom (At that time, Lavigne was a immature female solo work ever to have a first album in the UK charts, a record currently held by Joss Stone). Let Last too peaked at dull deuce in the United States.

These are periodically claimed she is the immature American to ever sell the million copies around her country of origin; nonetheless that record is held by Ottawa-born crooner Paul Anka. His only, "Diana", was recorded while he was merely xvi, & is however think of a fastest merchandising 45rpm lone inside history.

Let Last was a source of 4 hit singles (a 1st 3 by using the Matrix), in various area of the globe:

"Complicated" went to number one on the U.S. fully grown stock & index charts and inside Australia when reaching total deuce on the Billboard Hot 100; "Sk8er Boi" went top ten in the U.S. & Australia & first within Canada; "I'm with You" reached number one on the U.S. & globe grown stock and index charts (according to a U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, France, & Australia), & dull little joe on the Billboard Hot 100; "Losing Grip" reached first witharound Canadthe, dull decade inside Taiwan, benumb twenty in Chile, & a top fifty in a composite European chart.

"Weird Al" Yankovic did a parody of "Complicated" on his Poodle Hat album called "A Complicated Song" — a sure sign of her impact on popular culture.

A media has typically likened her to Alanis Morissette, though she hwhen been criticized for not existence when heavy a lyrist as Morissette at the equivalent age. She has likewise typically been likened by owning singers prefer Vanessa Carlton and Michelle Branch, who emerged at all about the equivalent instance & were popularly credited, by using Lavigne, when section of a trend towards additional earnestness & echt creativeness within an typically vacuous & pre-prefab adolescent pop music market.

When her marketing hwhen been when as sophisticated as, for example, that of Britney Spears and her competitors, the profile in the Washington Post detected that in a flesh, her personality did non reflect the marketing, & instead found her, in case anything, something of a wide-eyed inexperienced person, citing the fact that she was intending to buy her 1st Ramones CD. In another locate, she utilized her todays hearing tastes when including Blink 182, Sum 41, and System of a Down. Lavigne is presently engaged to Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 & hired the previous member of that band Mark Spicoluk as a member of her backing band.

She describes her 1st album as a pop album with "a couple of rock songs on it", & has indicated the want to write extra rock-oriented songs later.

Under My Skin
Lavigne wrote virtually all of her 2nd album, Under My Skin, with American singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. She besides co-wrote a single track, "Nobody's Home", by using Ben Moody, formerly of Evanescence, and a rest by using her previous lead guitar player Evan Taubenfeld. Lavigne utilized tercet producers for Under The Skin: Butch Walker of Marvelous 3, Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace (also Kreviazuk's married man), & Don Gilmore, who has produced Good Charlotte and Linkin Park.

Under The Skin was freed in May 25 2004 and went to first about the world, notably in the U.K., United states, Canada, & Australia, & on the Billboard Internet stock and index charts. A number one lone, "Don't Tell Me", was freed early, & by June 2004, has attend first around Argentina, top 5 in the U.K. & Canadthe, & top tenner around Australia, Brazil, & a European composite chart.

A 2nd individual, "My Happy Ending", reached total nine on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her third large hit up to now. She processed a music streaming video to the track within Actor/Singer Eric West's neighborhood. A third individual, "Nobody's Home", just managed to email total forty-of these on the Billboard Hot 100, however due to the fans & humans's acceptance for the song, it easy became the hit.

Under The Skin's quaternary lone, "He Wasn't", reached first around Canada, making a song her eighth total-a single release since "Complicated". Yet, a chart flight was somewhat feeble in the U.K., & "He Wasn't" simply reached total twenty-23. A song was non freed in the United States.

Lavigne won the World Music Award in 2004 for favorite pop/rock creative person, & as well, again led all a Juno campaigner at the 2005 Juno Awards (five nominations), picking higher iii, adding to her last little joe, making sevener.

Next album
the single source reports that Lavigne might release a recently album a select few period in the spring of 2006. [http://www.pauseandplay.com/upcoming.htm]

Avril's band
Lavigne's todays band consists of the below: Devin Bronson (lead guitar), Craig Wood (rhythm guitar), Charlie Moniz (bass) and Matt Brann (drums).

Departed members from either Lavigne's band consist of the as a consequence: Evan Taubenfeld (lead guitar, 2002 – 2004), Mark Spicoluk (bass, 2002) and Jesse Colburn (rhythm guitar, 2002 – 2003).

Criticism
A few members of the old school, hardcore punk community have an vivid dislike for Lavigne & her style of music, which it suppose waters down what punk is really totally astir. Comments she has manufactured, showing the deficiency of knowledge/interest in the seventies sleazy movement & the notability of that movement, has led occasionally to label her a poseur.

Personal life and trivia
Lavigne became a victim of ''Punk'd'' when Ashton Kutcher and his crew members convinced her that she'd blown up a car and a bike. Lavigne has the star tattooed on a inside of her left wrist joint, applied at the equivalent instance when friend & musical theater associate Ben Moody's identical tattoo. Inside late 2004, she had a little pinkish heart-cordiform tattoo featuring the letter 'D' applied to her best articulatio radiocarpea — thought to become the information to fellow Deryck Whibley. She has admitted to Rollingstone.com that she had into a select few fights of these nighttime. "The other night, I got into three fights", says Lavigne. "I was at a club and some girl was giving me attitude. She pushed me and I got her down on the floor. Security came, and because I was on top, they threw me out." Lavigne once traveled sustaining the bag good of astir xxx neck ties. A bit of of a children she bought, & the rest of the babies she took from either her father. Lavigne stopped wearing tie wholly inside 2003, as she was horrified at the constant media information to the two overshadowing her music & that she was starting a fashion trend amongst her fans. Avril Lavigne broke the record placed by Madonna. Her song "Complicated" held the first spot on the Contemporary Hit Radio chart (which tracks air play on the radio) for eleven weeks inside a row. Madonna antecedently held a record by using her song "Music", which held onto first for decade weeks. The pants that Lavigne wears within her streaming videos for "Complicated" come a equivalent pants she wears in the streaming videos for "Losing Grip". Her "skater chick" fashion style was one of the virtually all imitated of 2002. In March 2004, she became involved around the celebrity feud with Hilary Duff: Duff reportedly criticized Lavigne fallowing she apparently had mad at her fans for dressing prefer her. Plum duff known as her "mean-spirited" & said: "You should be happy that these people like you and look up to you." When you took an locate for the Boston radio station, Lavigne so said that Plum duff was the "mommy's girl" & the "goody two-shoes". She so said to Plum duff (world health organization was non present when you took that locate), "You can go screw yourself". Reportedly, Lavigne likewise said all about Plum duff, "I'm sure she's really nice and sweet. I'm sure she's all smiles." In the period of that equivalent locate, she spotted the picture of herself & ripped it higher, allegedly saying, "I hate that fucking photo!" Altogether this happened patch on air. Based on data from Lavigne, she experienced permission to require a picture down — station personnel encouraged her to require it down. "Complicated" was one of a right-selling American singles of 2002. Lavigne has manufactured a names of FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2003 and the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004. In 2003, it was reported that Lavigne was romantically involved using so band member Jesse Colburn. "Nobody's Home" was Lavigne's favorite streaming videos to shoot up to now. She is presently engaged to Deryck Whibley from the popular cheap band Sum 41. She as well bought the home by having him around Beverly Hills. Whibley has recently stated that he would exist as marrying Lavigne; recent report develop as well stated that them would become moving to Toronto, Canada, in order to remain nigher to every more. Her nickname is Avie. Like more immature, female entertainers, Lavigne has appeared in numbers of magazine covers She another time admitted to never getting heard of the Sex Pistols. "Don't expect the album any time soon. I'm going to get off the road, take my time, be with my little sweetheart and have a life — and then get back to business." (talking all about ingesting the break from either music when you took the phone locate by owning Newsday). Avril was previous seen, using the newly look, in Jay Leno in August 31, 2005. She performed "He Wasn't".

Discography
Studio albums
2002: Let Go #2 USA; #1 Could ; Worldwide sales: 15 million, United States sales: Vi.Four million 2004: Under My Skin #1 USA; #1 Potty; Worldwide sales: 8 million, United States sales: Deuce.8 million

Singles
from either Let Go 2002: "Complicated" — #1 CAN (Ternion weeks); #2 U.S.; #3 UK; #1 AUS (Iv weeks); #1 MEX (Quint weeks) 2002: "Sk8er Boi" — #1 CAN (Three weeks); #10 U.S.; #8 UK; #3 AUS; #5 MEX 2002: "I'm With You" — #1 CAN (2 weeks); #4 U.S.; #7 UK; #1 MEX (3 weeks) 2003: "Losing Grip" — #1 Could (Deuce weeks); #64 U.S.; #22 UK; #20 AUS; #14 MEX 2003: "Mobile" — Australian radio release only

from either Under The Skin 2004: "Don't Tell Me" — #1 Potty (Ace week); #22 U.S.; #5 UK; #10 AUS; #4 MEX 2004: "My Happy Ending" — #1 Might (Ii weeks); #9 U.S.; #5 UK; #6 AUS; #1 MEX (Deuce weeks) 2004: "Nobody's Home" — #1 Could (Deuce weeks); #41 U.S.; #24 UK; #24 AUS; #4 MEX 2005: "He Wasn't" — #1 Potty (Single week); #23 UK; #24 MEX 2005: "Fall to Pieces" — #1 (U.S radio merely) 2005: "Take Me Away" — Australian radio release only

Live covers
"All the Small Things" — blink 182 "American Idiot" — Green Day "Basket Case" — Green Day "Baby One More Time" — Britney Spears "Chop Suey!" — System of a Down "Fat Lip" — Sum41 "Fuel" — Metallica "Hey Ya!" — Outkast "Iris" — Goo Goo Dolls "Ironic" — Alanis Morissette "Kiss Me" — Sixpence None the Richer "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" — Bob Dylan "Song 2" — Blur (on which Lavigne plays drums; vocals by Butch Walker/Craig Wood/David Desrosiers) "Smells Like Teen Spirit" — Nirvana

Miscellaneous tracks
"Temple of Life" "No One Needs to Know" "Touch the Sky" (foremost recorded song from either a album Quinte Spirit) "Two Rivers" 2002: "I Don't Give a Damn" (bonus track from either Let Go) 2002: "I Don't Give a Shit" (demonstratiin available on many bootleg releases — alternative version of the above) 2002: "Why" (B-side from either "Complicated" only.) 2002: "Falling Down" (from either a Sweet Home Alabama soundtrack) 2002: "Get Over It" (B-side from either "Sk8er Boi" lone) 2004: "Daydream" (bare demonstratiin available on many smuggled releases) 2004: "I Always Get What I Want" (bonus track from either Under My Skin) 2004: "Take It" (B-side from either "My Happy Ending" only) 2005: "Sponge Bob" (from either The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack)