Avril Lavigne

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Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards red carpet
Background information
Birth name	Avril Ramona Lavigne
Born	September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27)(age 24)
Origin	Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Type(s) of music	Rock, Pop, punk
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician, songwriter, actor, model
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, piano, drums
Years active	2002–present
Label(s)	Sony BMG/Arista Records, RCA
Associated acts	Sum 41, The Black List Club
Website	AvrilLavigne.com

Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Her first album was called Let Go and was released in 2002 at the age of 17. In 2004, she won a World Music Award for favorite pop/rock artist. In total, she has sold over 21 million albums to this date. She performed the track "Sponge Bob" for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.^[1] Avril has French-Canadian grandparents, however, Avril doesn't speak French. Her first name, Avril means "April" in French. Her last name, Lavigne, means "The Vine" or "The Vineyard" in French.^[2]

1 Life
2 Music
3 Filmography
4 References
5 Other websites

Life

Avril was born in Ontario. She was discovered in a bookstore while singing aloud country-pop singles. She started street performing, the made her breakthrough with Complicated, Sk8er Boi then Don't Tell Me. She usually writes her own songs, but when assisted, she was sued because "The Rubinos" had a song called "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend." Avril sang: "I want to be your girlfriend," of different to and saying "I want to" not "I wanna."^[3] Her most famous single currently is Girlfriend.

In February 2004, she began dating fellow Canadian singer, Deryck Whibley, the lead singer/guitarist of pop-punk band Sum 41. On June 27, 2005, Lavigne and Whibley became engaged. Whibley proposed to Lavigne by surprising her with a trip to Venice, Italy.^[4]

The couple married in Roman Catholic ceremony that began at 5 p.m., July 15, 2006 at a private estate in the California city of Montecito. Lavigne wore a Vera Wang gown, carried pearl white Australian roses and was walked down the aisle with her father. Their witnesses were Steve Jocz and Cone McCaslin from Sum 41, Matthew Lavigne (Avril's older brother), and Sum 41's close friend Robb Dipple. Avril's younger sister Michelle Lavigne was one of Avril's bridesmaids.^[5] She likes the colours hot pink and black.

The hit song "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls was played as their wedding song. When asked if they were ready for kids they said "not right now, but somewhere down the road."^[6]

Music

Career

In 2002, Avril released her first album, Let Go, and two months later, she won an award for the music video Complicated. The following February, she was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards, but won none. In May 2004, her second album, Under My Skin was released. The following night, on Total Request Live, she gave the middle finger to journalists after being asked for her opinions of the media, later followed by other incidences of rudeness and violence.^[7] In April 2007, her 3rd album, The Best Damn Thing was released. She then went on a world tour, known as The Best Damn Tour.

Music airings

Lavigne used to be a common favourite for public radio shows. When her songs started getting too profane they stopped airing it completely sometimes, such as Radio Disney. My Happy Ending contained the word "shit", though it still aired because it was edited into "stuff." Girlfriend, a rather popular song only appeared on YouTube and her album because it contained "motherfucking", "hell", and "damn"^[8]. Many other songs were either edited or never released on the radio.

Albums

Year	Album
2002	Let Go
2004	Under my Skin
2007	The Best Damn Thing

Singles

Year	Single	Album
2002	Complicated	Let Go
2002	Sk8er Boi	Let Go
2002	I'm with You	Let Go
2003	Losing Grip	Let Go
2003	Moblie	Let Go
2004	Don't Tell Me	Under My Skin
2004	My Happy Ending	Under My Skin
2004	Nobody's Home	Under My Skin
2005	He Wasn't	Under My Skin
2005	Fall to Pieces	Under My Skin
2006	Keep Holding On	The Best Damn Thing/Eragon
2007	Girlfriend	The Best Damn Thing
2007	When You're Gone	The Best Damn Thing
2007	Hot	The Best Damn Thing
2008	The Best Damn Thing	The Best Damn Thing

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2007	The Flock	Young Lady	Girlfriend of crime suspect
2006	Over the Hedge ^[9]	Heather	Voice
2006	Fast Food Nation ^[10]	Alice	College activist
2004	Going the Distance	Herself	Cameo, perform "Losing Grip"
2002	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch^[11]	Herself	Guest-star, perform "Sk8er Boi"