[Musicians] Avril Ramona Lavigne

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• Musician Name: Avril Ramona Lavigne
• Birthday / Location: September 27, 1984 (age 37)Belleville, Ontario, Canada
• Main instrument: Pop punk · pop rock · rock alternativo · post-grunge
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• Other Information: Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, often referred to by music critics and publications as the "Queen of Pop-Punk" due to her achievement and impact on the music industry. She is considered one of the main names that contributed to the development of punk-influenced pop music that paved the way for the rise of women in this scenario.
• Coming from a very strict Christian family, Avril grew up in the country town of Napanee, where she performed in church choirs and talent contests. After participating in a performance by Shania Twain, he went through experiences in music until signing with Arista Records, which released his first debut album, Let Go, in 2002. Preceded by the hit single "Complicated", Let Go achieved great commercial success and worldwide: it was the second best-selling album that year. The albums Under My Skin (2004) and The Best Damn Thing (2007) continued their international success, the latter of which spawned the highest-selling digital song of 2007, "Girlfriend". Lavigne composed "Alice" as the theme for the film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (2010). Her follow-up studio albums, Goodbye Lullaby (2011), Avril Lavigne (2013) and Head Above Water (2019), performed less notably compared to their predecessors.
• Her worldwide sales account for more than 40 million albums and 30 million singles, making her the fourth most successful Canadian female artist in this regard. Avril has already received eight Grammy nominations and won nine Juno Awards, in addition to being the first to reach 100 million views on YouTube, with the music video for "Girlfriend". Furthermore, she is noted for having great size and po[CENSORED]rity on the Asian continent, especially in Japan, where her first three studio albums each sold over a million copies.
• In addition to music, the artist has also been involved in the areas of fashion and perfumery. In 2008, she launched the clothing line Abbey Dawn, while, in 2009, she released the fragrance Black Star, which was followed by Forbidden Rose and Wild Rose. Her most notable works in cinematography were the voice of the character Heather in the animation Over the Hedge and her acting debut in Fast Food Nation - both in 2006. The singer was married twice: first to Deryck Whibley, frontman of Sum 41, and the second with Chad Kroeger, lead singer of Nickelback. Since she was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2014, her charity The Avril Lavigne Foundation has also focused on issues related to the infection.
• Avril Ramona Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984 in Belleville, a Canadian city located in the province of Ontario. Coming from a strictly Christian middle-class family and linked to the Baptist Church, she is the middle daughter of Jean-Claude Lavigne, born in the department French Moselle, with Anglo-Canadian Judith-Rosanne "Judy" Loshaw. Her first name was chosen in reference to the month of April in French. She has two brothers: Matthew, the eldest, and Michelle, the youngest. Her father worked at a telephone company and her mother was a housewife. Her talent was discovered by her mother when she heard her singing the Christian hymn "Jesus Loves Me" at age 2 while walking home from church. Surprised by her daughter's performance, her mother Judy started to encourage her to sing and to call her "bird". Her brothers, however, mocked her vocal abilities and told her that her nostrils would flare up if she kept singing. "My brother used to bang on the wall because I would sing myself to sleep and he thought it was really boring."
• As a child, she moved with her family to Napanee, an inland city with about five thousand inhabitants. There she received support from her parents regarding the field of music. An amateur musician who played bass in a church band in Kingston, Jean-Claude nurtured his daughter's musical ambitions by converting the family's basement into a studio. In addition, he bought her a microphone, a drum kit, a keyboard and guitars. During this period, she participated in choirs at the town's church and later went on to sing songs by country artists such as Faith Hill and the Dixie Chicks at fairs, cattle shows and local talent contests.
• As a child, she attended Westdale Park Public School, but her mother transferred her to Cornerstone Christian Academy—a private school located near the family church, Evangel Temple—in fourth grade. About her school life, she reported: "In the beginning, everyone knew me in high school as the singing girl. Everyone was like, 'Ohh yeah, that's the singing girl'. I've been singing all my life. In my last school years, I started skating and hanging out with skaters and punks, they were my crew." In her early teens, she borrowed her father's guitar and taught herself to play it by practicing Lenny Kravitz's "Fly Away." Later, she started writing her own songs.
• A pivotal point in her life came in 1998, the year she won a singing contest hosted by local radio that gave the winner the right to participate in a performance to be performed at the Corel Center by country singer Shania Twain. On the occasion, the two performed "What Made You Say That", a song by Twain, for an audience of approximately 20 thousand people. Increasingly passionate about music, when she turned 14 she was taken by her parents to karaoke sessions. On the other hand, her school performance was poor, as she did not feel motivated to study. Despite this, whenever possible she performed at venues in southern Ontario; until once, while playing at the Lennox Community Theatre, she was spotted by folk musician Stephen Medd, who runs a local music and arts festival. He invited her to contribute to a companion compilation, on which she performed the song "Touch the Sky", included on the 1999 album Quinte Spirit. She then recorded "Temple of Life" and "Two Rivers" for the album My Window. to You, from 2000.