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Avril Lavigne

Name: Avril Ramona Lavigne
D.O.B: September 27,1984
P.O.B: Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Hair Color: brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'3

Avril Lavigne was born in Napanee, Ontario, Canada. On September 27th, 1984. At 16, she moved to Manhattan and began work on her debut album. She dropped out of high school after 11th grade when she secured a record deal. When Avril was almost 18, she released "Complicated" from her debut album titled: "Let Go" Which went 6x platinum. A petite skater girl from a small town. Avril has shown she is independent, full of confide

nce and determination. A good combo to make "Complicated" and Avril a musical breakthrough. "Complicated" went to number #1 on Billboards Top 100. Also earning her 5 Grammy nominations, MTV music awards, MTV European music awards and many more.

One of her songs, "Losing Grip", is about an ex-boyfriend
won the 'New Artist in a Video' award for her song 'Complicated' at the 2002 VMA
Parents are Judy & John Lavigne, French-Canadians.
Her first video, "Complicated", cost over $1 million.

Her younger sister appeared in her 'SK8R BOI' Video.
She has a younger sister, Michelle and an older brother, Matthew
Was orginally pursuing a career in country and folk music, but transitioned into "punk-rock" because of its more lucrative possbilities.

Received 5 Grammy nominations, including 1 for best new artist (2003)
Debut album 'Let Go' is 6x platinum
Dropped out of high school after the 11th grade when she secured a record deal.
Won 3 MTV Asia Awards for favorite female artist, favorite breakthrough artist & style (2003)

Has been nominated for 6 Juno Awards (2003)
Her CD, "Let Go", was the third best selling album of 2002.
Won four Juno Awards: Single of the Year ("Complicated"), Album of the Year ("Let Go"), New Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.

Announced that her song 'Sk8er Boi' will be turned into a movie.
Her second album is titled "Under My Skin," which has gone 2x platinum
Has a pizza named after her at a restaurant in her home town, Napanee, Ontario.

381,000 copies were sold of her second album "Under My Skin", making it her 2nd #1 album. According to Nielsen SoundScan, it ended the #1 spot eight- week reign of Usher's "Confessions" album. "Under My Skin" album is also #1 in the UK.

Favorite pizza topping is olives
The song "Slipped Away" on her second album is about the death of her grandfather.
September 2004; Wrote the song "Breakaway" sung by Kelly Clarkson.
Is the second child out of three in her family
Is good friends with Pink and Vanessa Carlton.

Nominated for 3 Grammys: Song Of The Year ("I'm With You"), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("I'm With You") & Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ("Losing Grip") (2004)

Avril taught herself the guitar at the age of 12
Won Favorite Female Singer at the 18th Annual Kid's Choice Awards [April 2005]
2005: Won 3 Juno Awards; Fan Choice Award, Artist of the Year, and Pop Album of the Year ("Under My Skin").
Voted #1 in Teen People's Top Hottest 21 Under 21 List [April 30th - May 1st 2005]

She was kind enough to donate many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004.
Parents are Judy & John

Decided to perform in Dublin, Ireland the same day her grandfather died. After receiving the news, she knew he would have wanted her to continue on. Although all but breaking down on stage, she continued to perform in his memory.
Became engaged to Deryck Whibley on June 25, 2005.

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