Avril Lavigne Whibley exceed known by her birth name of Avril Lavigne (IPA: /ˈævrəl ləˈviːn/). (born September 27. 1984) is a Canadian rock/punk-pop singer musician and actress. In 2006. Canadian Business Magazine ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood and in 2007 she won ninth place in the Jabra Music oppose for the Best Band in the World based on fan votes from around the world. Lavigne's birth label is usually pronounced in an anglicized way as /ˈævrəl ləˈviːn/ ("La-Veen") (in cut it is commonly pronounced /avʁil laˈviɲ/ (help·info)). Avril is French for "April" while la vigne means "the vine" or "the vineyard". Lavigne's debut album. Let Go was released in 2002 and over 16 million copies were sold worldwide and was certified six times platinum in the United States. Her back up and third albums. Under My climb (2004) and The Best arouse Thing (2007) respectively reached number one on the U. S. Billboard 200. Lavigne has scored five be one songs worldwide to date and a total of eleven top ten hits including "Complicated". "Sk8er Boi". "I'm with You". "My Happy Ending" and "Girlfriend". She's ranked # 50 on VH1's "50 Greatest Women Of The Video Era" show list. She has currently sold over 30 million albums worldwide. BackgroundAvril Lavigne was born in Belleville. Ontario to a devout Religious family. Lavigne's care was the first to spot young Lavigne’s talent. At the age of two. Lavigne began singing along with her mother on church songs. The family moved to Napanee. Ontario when Lavigne was five years old. In 1998. Avril Lavigne won a competition to sing with fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain on her first major concert tour. She appeared alongside Twain at her concert in Ottawa appearing on stage to sing "What Made You Say That". She was discovered by her first professional manager. Cliff Fabri while singing country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston. Ontario. During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre. Lavigne was spotted by local folk singer Steve Medd (a relation of the influential Canadian journalist. Ben Medd) who invited her to sing on his song "comprehend the Sky" for his 1999 album Quinte Spirit. She also sang on "Temple of Life" and "Two Rivers" for his follow up album. My Window to You in 2000. At the age of sixteen she was signed by Ken Krongard the artists-and-repertoire (A&R) representative of Arista Records who invited the head of Arista. Antonio "L. A." Reid to hear her sing at the New York City studio of producer Peter Zizzo. She then completed work on her first album. Let Go. The Matrix who worked extensively with Lavigne on the album commented on her songwriting saying. "We conceived the ideas on guitar and piano. Avril would come in and sing a few melodies change a word here or there."Music careerLet Go (2002–2004)Let Go was released on June 4. 2002 in the United States reaching number two there and be one in Australia. Canada and the United Kingdom. This made Lavigne at seventeen the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album in the UK up until that time. Just over one month after its release. Let Go reached multi-platinum status in late-August and was certified triple platinum two weeks after. Before the end of 2002 just six months after its debut it was certified four times platinum by the RIAA. It sold a total of 14 million copies worldwide. It was the best selling album of the year for a female artist and for a debut album in 2002. Four singles from the album were released. "Complicated" went to number one in Australia while reaching number two on the U. S. Hot 100 and it was one of the best-selling Canadian singles of 2002. Lavigne tied a record set by Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" when "Complicated" held the number one spot on the contemporary hit radio chart (which tracks air play on the communicate) for eleven weeks in a row. "Sk8er Boi" reached the top ten in the U. S and Australia. "I'm with You" reached the top ten in the U. S and the UK and "Losing Grip" reached the top ten in Taiwan and the top twenty in Chile. Lavigne was named "Best New Artist" at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards won four Juno Awards in 2003 (out of six nominations) received a World Music allocate for "World's Best-Selling Canadian Singer" and was nominated for eight Grammy Awards including "Song of the Year" for "Complicated" and "beat New Artist". Under My Skin (2004–2005)Lavigne's back up album. Under My Skin was released on May 25. 2004 in the U. S. It debuted at number one in the U. S. the UK. Germany. Japan. Australia. Canada. Mexico. Argentina. Spain. Ireland. Thailand. Korea and Hong Kong and sold more than 380,000 copies in the U. S in its first week. Lavigne wrote most of the album with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk though some tracks were co-written by Ben Moody (formerly of Evanescence). Butch Walker of Marvellous 3 her former lead guitarist Evan Taubenfeld and her former drummer Matt Brann. Kreviazuk's preserve. Our Lady Peace front man Raine Maida co-produced the album with Butch Walker and Don Gilmore. Lead single "Don't express Me" went to be one in Argentina and Mexico the top five in the UK and Canada and the top ten in Australia and Brazil. "My Happy Ending" went to number one in Mexico and it reached the top ten in the U. S making it her third-biggest hit there but third hit "Nobody's Home" did not alter the top forty in the U. S. and it only went to number one in Mexico and Argentina. The fourth hit from the album. "He Wasn't" reached top forty positions in the UK and Australia and was not released in the U. S. "go to Pieces" was released as the final single from the album but did not do as well as previous singles. Lavigne won two World Music Awards in 2004 for "World's Best Pop/Rock Artist" and "World's Best-Selling Canadian Artist". She received five Juno Award nominations in 2005 picking up three including "Fan Choice allocate". "Artist of the Year" and "Pop Album of the Year". She won the award for "Favourite Female Singer" at the eighteenth Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Lavigne co-wrote "Breakaway" with Matthew Gerard which was recorded by Kelly Clarkson for the soundtrack to the film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). "Breakaway" was later included on Clarkson's second album. Breakaway being released as the album's first single. The song peaked inside the U. S top ten and provided Clarkson with a substantial hit. Lavigne went on a "Live and by Surprise" twenty-one city mall-tour in the U. S and Canada starting on walk 4. 2004 in Minneapolis. Minnesota to promote Under My Skin. Each performance consisted of a short be acoustic set of songs from the new album. She was accompanied by her guitarist. Evan Taubenfeld. The venue in each city was not announced until forty-eight hours before the show. The journey was very popular and was successful in promoting the album. The set at Indianapolis on March 25. 2004 at Glendale mall included "He Wasn't". "My Happy Ending". "Don't express Me". "Take Me Away". "Nobody's Home". "Sk8er Boi" and "Complicated". Selections of this journey were released on the Avril Lavigne Live Acoustic EP which was released in U. S. aim stores. Lavigne was touring throughout most of 2005 and pursuing her acting and modelling careers. She represented Canada at the closing ceremony of the 2006 pass Olympics in Turin. Italy performing her song "Who Knows" during the eight minutes of the Vancouver.
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