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Avril Lavigne
Avril is a French word stands for April, while la vigne means the vine or the vineyard.Avril Lavigne Whibley, better known by her birth name of Avril Lavigne, 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 Contest for the Best Band in the World, based on fan votes from around the world.

Lavigne's debut album, Let Go, was released in 2002, and went on to sell over 18 million copies worldwide. It was certified six times platinum in the United States. Her second and third albums, Under My Skin and The Best Damn Thing, respectively, reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200. Lavigne has scored five number one songs worldwide to date and a total of eleven top ten hits, including

• Complicated
• Skater Boy
• I'm with You
• My Happy Ending
• Girlfriend

Background:
Avril Lavigne was born in Napanee, Ontario to an earnest Christian family. Lavigne's musical talent was first spotted at the age of two when her mother says Lavigne began singing along with her 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. During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Lavigne was spotted by local folk singer Steve Medd, who invited her to sing on his song Touch 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.

Music career
Let Go (2002-2004)Let Go was released on June 4, 2002 in the United States, reaching number two there and number one in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This made Lavigne, at eighteen, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album in the UK up until that time.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 for eleven weeks in a row. Skater Boy 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.

Under My Skin (2004-2005)
Lavigne's second 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.Lead single Don't Tell Me went to number 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 single Nobody's Home did not make the top forty in the U.S., and it only went to number one in Mexico and Argentina. The fourth single from the album, He Wasn't, reached top forty positions in the UK and Australia, and was not released in the U.S.

The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Lavigne's third album, The Best Damn Thing was released on April 17, 2007 and debuted at number one in the U.S. The first single from the album was Girlfriend, which became Lavigne's first single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Lavigne has been doing a small tour to promote The Best Damn Thing, with tickets available only to members of her fan club.