Avril Lavigne Biography
Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian pop punk singer/songwriter and actress who is well known for her "skater punk" persona. Her two albums to date, Let Go (2002) and Under My Skin (2004), have topped the charts in numerous countries. Although her name is of French origin, she herself does not speak French and her name is pronounced in an anglicized way, more or less as "La-veen" Her first name, Avril, means "April" in French and is pronounced "Av-reel" (anglicized "Ahv-ril").
Early life Born in Belleville, Ontario to conservative Franco-Ontarian Christian parents John and Judy Lavigne, Avril grew up in Napanee; having moved there at the age of five. It was in Napanee that she sang country music and in a church choir and taught herself to play guitar. 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, Avril was spotted by Steve Medd, a local folksinger, who invited her to perform vocals on his song Touch The Sky for his 1999 album Quinte Spirit. Suitably impressed, he invited her back to perform vocals on Temple Of Life and Two Rivers for his followup album, My Window To You in 2000. By the age of sixteen, she was signed by Ken Krongard, the artists-and-repertoire (A&R) representative of Arista Records, who invited his boss, Arista head Antonio "L.A." Reid, to hear her sing in a New York City studio. She then completed work on her first album. 2002 2003 Apparently, early attempts to co-write songs for her failed to meet her approval; and Lavigne eventually moved to Los Angeles, California, and co-wrote her album with Clif Magness and the songwriting team The Matrix, whose previous work included songs for Sheena Easton and Christina Aguilera. She described her first album, Let Go, as a pop album with "a couple of rock songs on it", and has indicated a desire to write more rock-oriented songs in the future. It was released by Arista on June 4, 2002 in the United States, reaching number two there and number one in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (making Lavigne the youngest female solo act ever at the time to have a number-one album in the UK). It was certified four times platinum less than six months later by the RIAA, and had sold fifteen million copies worldwide as of December 2004. Four singles from the album were released, all of them hits. "Complicated" went to number one in Australia while reaching number two on the U.S. Hot 100, and was also one of the best-selling Canadian singles of 2002. "Sk8er Boi" reached the top ten in the U.S. and Australia and number one in Canada, "I'm With You" reached the top five in the U.S., while "Losing Grip" reached number one in Canada, the top ten in Taiwan, and the top twenty in Chile. The media have often compared Lavigne to Alanis Morissette (one of her favourite artists alongside Coldplay and The Goo Goo Dolls), who is also Canadian, as well as singer-songwriters such as Vanessa Carlton and Michelle Branch, who emerged at about the same time and were popularly credited, with Lavigne, as part of a trend towards more genuine creativity in the teen pop-music market. Lavigne was named "Best New Artist" at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, won four Juno Awards in 2003 (out of six nominations), a World Music Award for World's Best-Selling Canadian Singer, and was nominated for eight Grammy Awards. 2004–the present Lavigne's second album, Under My Skin, was released on May 25, 2004 in the U.S. and went to number one in several countries, including the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia. Lavigne wrote most of the album with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, though some tracks were co-written by Lavigne and Ben Moody (formerly of Evanescence), Butch Walker of Marvelous 3, and the rest with her former lead guitarist Evan Taubenfeld. Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace Kreviazuk's husband, co-produced the album with Butch Walker and Don Gilmore.
Lavigne 'too sexy' for Malaysia gig - The Press Association
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Malaysia's Islamists want Lavigne concert canceled - The Associated Press
The Associated PressMalaysia's Islamists want Lavigne concert canceledThe Associated Press - Aug 18, 2008KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? Malaysia's Islamic opposition party has urged the government to cancel a concert by Avril Lavigne, saying the Canadian ...
Lavigne Too Sexy, de Burgh Too Incompetent - Playlouder news
Lavigne Too Sexy, de Burgh Too IncompetentPlaylouder news, UK - 18 hours agoThis is tragic news for Avril Lavigne (which is an anagram of Grave Villain) and Chris de Burgh (which isn't an anagram of Creepy Old Bastard), ...
Islamists want Avril Lavigne concert canceled - MSN India
MSN IndiaIslamists want Avril Lavigne concert canceledMSN India, India - 22 hours agoPhilip Morris International, a cigarette company promoting an Alicia Keys concert, has pulled down billboards and posters on Thursday in Indonesia's capital ...
Phelps, Schmelps! J.Lo?s also in training - MSNBC
Phelps, Schmelps! J.Lo?s also in trainingMSNBC - Aug 18, 2008Malaysia?s Islamic opposition party has urged the government to cancel Avril Lavigne?s Aug. 29 concert in Kuala Lumpur because Lavigne?s on-stage moves are ...
News & Views - Pollstar
WWJNews & ViewsPollstar - 15 hours agoMalaysia moves to protect its citizens from Avril Lavigne, cancels upcoming concert, saying the artist is "too sexy." - Associated Press Original Spinners ...Original member of The Spinners dies in Detroit USA Todayall 19 news articles
High-flying tribute - Boston Globe
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Avril?s ?Too Sexy? For Malaysia? - MTV.com
MTV.comAvril?s ?Too Sexy? For Malaysia?MTV.com - Aug 18, 2008I hear you recently said that Avril Lavigne?s stage moves are ?too sexy? and that you?re trying to cancel her show in Kuala Lumpur. ...News & Views Pollstarall 2 news articles
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