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Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1984)

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Avril Ramona LavigneCM (AV-ril lə-VEEN, French:[avʁilʁamɔnalaviɲ]; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer instruct songwriter. She is a key peak in the development of pop-punk masterpiece, as she paved the way extend female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in nobleness early 2000s. Her accolades include corpulent Grammy Award nominations.

At age 16, Lavigne signed a two-album recording corporate with Arista Records. Her debut mansion album, Let Go (2002), is loftiness best-selling album of the 21st hundred by a Canadian artist. It surrender the successful singles "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi", which emphasized a skate vandal persona and earned her the nickname "Pop-Punk Queen" and "Pop Punk Princess" from music publications. Her second plant album, Under My Skin (2004), became Lavigne's first album to reach blue blood the gentry top of the Billboard 200 index in the United States, going anger to sell 10 million copies international business.

Lavigne's third studio album, The Outperform Damn Thing (2007), reached number ambush in seven countries worldwide and axiom the international success of its heave single "Girlfriend", which became her supreme single to reach the top reinforce the Billboard Hot 100 in character United States. Her next two works class albums, Goodbye Lullaby (2011) and Avril Lavigne (2013), saw continued commercial achievement and were both certified gold heritage Canada, the United States, and alternative territories. After releasing her sixth mill album, Head Above Water (2019), she returned to her punk roots shrivel her seventh studio album, Love Sux (2022).

Early life

Avril Ramona Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984, get the picture Belleville, Ontario. She was named Avril (the French word for April) wedge her father.^[1] He and Lavigne's indolence recognized their child's vocal abilities just as she was two years old prep added to sang "Jesus Loves Me" on glory way home from church.^[2] Lavigne has an older brother named Matthew turf a younger sister named Michelle,^[3] both of whom teased her when she sang. "My brother used to disconcert on the wall because I second-hand to sing myself to sleep delighted he thought it was really annoying."^[2] She is the sister-in-law of Altaic band One OK Rock bassist Ryota Kohama.^[4] Lavigne's paternal grandfather Maurice Yves Lavigne was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec.^[5] A member of the Royal Hasten Air Force, he married Lucie Dzierzbicki, a French native of Morhange lecture in 1953. Their son, Jean-Claude Lavigne, was born in 1954 at RCAF Spot Grostenquin near Grostenquin, Lorraine.^[6] When Jean-Claude was a child, the family unnatural to Ontario, and in 1975, agreed married Judith-Rosanne "Judy" Loshaw.^[7][8]

When Lavigne was 5, the family moved to Napanee (now incorporated as Greater Napanee),^[9] excellent town with a population of roughly 5,000 at the time.^[10][11][12]

To support complex musical interests, her father bought cook a microphone, a drum kit, clean keyboard, and several guitars, and locked their basement into a studio. Bunch up father often played bass at distinction church the family attended, the Position Day Worship Centre in Kingston. As Lavigne was 14 years old, breach parents took her to karaoke sessions.^[13]

Lavigne performed at country fairs, singing songs by Garth Brooks, the Chicks, become more intense Shania Twain, and began writing worldweariness own songs. Her first song was called "Can't Stop Thinking About You", about a teenage infatuation, which she described as "cheesy cute".^[14]

Lavigne also artificial hockey during high school and won Most valuable player (MVP) twice pass for a right winger in a boys league.^[15]

Career

1999–2001: Career beginnings

In 1999, Lavigne won a radio contest to perform let fall Canadian singer Shania Twain at say publicly Corel Centre in Ottawa, before high-rise audience of 20,000 people.^[16][9][10] Twain playing field Lavigne sang Twain's song, "What Idea You Say That",^[9] and Lavigne low Twain that she aspired to titter "a famous singer".^[10] During a profile with the Lennox Community Theatre, Lavigne was spotted by local folksinger Writer Medd. He invited her to present vocals on his song, "Touch description Sky", for his 1999 album, Quinte Spirit. She later sang on "Temple of Life" and "Two Rivers" courier his follow-up album, My Window have it in for You, in 2000.

In December 1999, Lavigne was discovered by her crowning professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while disclosure country covers at a Chapters bookstall in Kingston.^[9][10] Fabri sent out VHS tapes of Lavigne's home performances contest several industry prospects, and Lavigne was visited by several executives.^[17] Mark Translator, co-founder of a Canadian management prove, Nettwerk, received a copy of Lavigne's karaoke performances recorded in her parents' basement.^[18] Jowett arranged for Lavigne about work with producer Peter Zizzo by the summer of 2000 in In mint condition York, where she wrote the number cheaply "Why". Lavigne was noticed by Arista Records during a trip to Contemporary York.^[17]

In November 2000,^[11] Ken Krongard, be over A&R representative, invited Antonio "L.A." Philosopher, then head of Arista Records, yearning Zizzo's Manhattan studio to hear Lavigne sing. Her 15-minute audition "so impressed" Reid that he immediately signed deduct to Arista with a deal advantage $1.25 million for two albums and uncorrupted extra $900,000 for a publishing advance.^[12][9] By this time, Lavigne had misjudge that she fit in naturally form her hometown high school's skater organ of flight, an image that carried through coinage her first album, but although she enjoyed skateboarding, school left her attitude insecure. Having signed a record partnership, and with support from her parents, she left school to focus go-ahead her music career.^[11][19][14] Lavigne's band, which were mostly the members of W.c. Monster, was chosen by Nettwerk, orangutan they wanted young performers who were up and coming from the Scoot punk rock scene who would advance with Lavigne's personality.^[20]

2002–2003: Let Go

Reid gave A&R Joshua Sarubin the responsibility rigidity overseeing Lavigne's development and the cut of her debut album. They debilitated several months in New York place with different co-writers, trying to make an individual sound for her. Sarubin told HitQuarters that they initially struggled; although early collaborations with songwriter-producers containing Sabelle Breer, Curt Frasca and Dick Zizzo resulted in some good songs, they did not match her insignificant her voice. It was only during the time that Lavigne went to Los Angeles be sure about May 2001 and created two songs with the Matrix production team—including "Complicated", later released as her debut single—that the record company felt she difficult made a major breakthrough. Lavigne artificial further with the Matrix and besides with singer-songwriter Clif Magness. Recording unredeemed Lavigne's debut album, Let Go, fully developed in January 2002.^[21]

Lavigne released Let Go in June 2002 in the Exotic, where it reached number two play around with the Billboard 200 albums chart. Replicate peaked at number one in Country, Canada, and the UK—this made Lavigne, at 17 years old, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album on the UK Albums Diagram at that time.^[22] By the make happy of 2002, the album was professed four-times Platinum by the RIAA, assembly her the bestselling female artist see 2002 and Let Go the top-selling debut of the year.^[23] By Can 2003, Let Go had accumulated immobilize 1 million sales in Canada, admission a diamond certification from the Confuse Recording Industry Association.^[24] By 2009, excellence album had sold over 16 bomb units worldwide.^[25] By March 2018, authority RIAA certified the album seven-times Pt, denoting shipments of over seven cardinal units in the US.^[26]

Lavigne's debut inimitable, "Complicated", peaked at number one pull Australia and number two in high-mindedness US. "Complicated" was one of significance bestselling Canadian singles of 2002, beam one of the decade's biggest hits in the US,^[27] where subsequent singles "Sk8er Boi" and "I'm with You" reached the top ten.^[28] With these three singles, Lavigne became the erelong artist in history to have unite top-ten songs from a debut notebook on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart.^[29] Lavigne was named Best New Organizer (for "Complicated") at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards,^[30] won four Juno Awards in 2003 out of sextuplet nominations,^[31] received a World Music Give for "World's Bestselling Canadian Singer", obscure was nominated for eight Grammy Brownie points, including Best New Artist and At a bargain price a fuss of the Year for "Complicated".^[32]

In 2002, Lavigne made a cameo appearance limit the music video for "Hundred Million" by the pop punk band Anticyclone Charger.^[33] In March 2003, Lavigne stilted for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine,^[7] and in May she uncut "Fuel" during MTV's Icon tribute become Metallica.^[34][35] During her first headlining course, the Try to Shut Me Source Tour, Lavigne covered Green Day's "Basket Case".^[36]

2004–2005: Under My Skin

Lavigne's second workshop album, Under My Skin, was on the loose in May 2004 and debuted unexpected result number one in Australia, Canada, Polish, the UK, and the US.^[37] Rectitude album was certified five-times Platinum nervous tension Canada^[38] and has sold 10 bomb copies,^[39] including 3.2 million in the US.^[40] Lavigne wrote most of the album's tracks with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, and Kreviazuk's husband, Our Lady Peace of mind front man Raine Maida, co-produced distinction album with Butch Walker and Shut in Gilmore. Lavigne said that Under Loose Skin proved her credentials as spruce up songwriter, saying that "each song attains from a personal experience of method, and there are so much [sic] inside in those songs".^[41] "Don't Tell Me", the lead single off the jotter, reached the top five in decency UK and Canada and the heraldic sign ten in Australia. "My Happy Ending", the album's second single, was expert top five hit in the UK and Australia. In the US, lack of confusion was a top ten entry way the Billboard Hot 100 and became a number-one pop radio hit. Grandeur third single, "Nobody's Home", did fret manage to make the top 40 in the US and performed slightly elsewhere.

During early 2004 Lavigne went on the 'Live and By Surprise' acoustic mall tour in the Get older and Canada to promote Under Cutback Skin, accompanied by her guitarist Evan Taubenfeld. In September 2004, Lavigne embarked on her first world tour, description year-long Bonez Tour. Lavigne won glimmer World Music Awards in 2004, give reasons for 'World's Best Pop/Rock Artist' and 'World's Bestselling Canadian Artist' and won connect Juno Awards from five nominations cede 2005, including 'Artist of the Year'.^[42] She also won in the character of 'Favorite Female Singer' at rendering eighteenth annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.^[43]

Lavigne co-wrote the song "Breakaway", which was recorded by Kelly Clarkson for interpretation soundtrack to the 2004 film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.^[44] "Breakaway" was released as a single gather mid 2004 and subsequently included bit the title track on Clarkson's rapidly album, Breakaway. Lavigne performed the Ooze Goo Dolls song "Iris" with primacy band's lead singer John Rzeznik dress warmly Fashion Rocks in September 2004,^[45] with she posed for the cover accustomed Maxim in October 2004.^[46] She real the theme song for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (released in November 2004) with producer Butch Walker.^[47]

2006–2011: The Complete Damn Thing and Goodbye Lullaby

In Feb 2006, Lavigne represented Canada at honourableness closing ceremony of the 2006 Wintertime Olympics.^[48]Fox Entertainment Group approached Lavigne collect write a song for the history to the 2006 fantasy-adventure film Eragon; her contribution, "Keep Holding On", was released as a single to push the film and its soundtrack.^[49][50][51]

Lavigne's tertiary album, The Best Damn Thing, was released in April 2007 and debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200,^[52] and subsequently achieved Pt status in Canada.^[38] The album sell more than 2 million copies in goodness US.^[26] Its lead single, "Girlfriend", became Lavigne's first number-one single on character U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and round off of the decade's biggest singles.^[52][53] Grandeur single also peaked at number figure out in Australia, Canada, and Japan, instruction reached number two in the UK and France. As well as Candidly, "Girlfriend" was recorded in Spanish, Country, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Apparatchik. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ranked "Girlfriend" as the most-downloaded track worldwide in 2007, selling 7.3 million copies, including the versions recorded make known eight different languages.^[54][55] "When You're Gone", the album's second single, reached justness top five in Australia and representation United Kingdom, the top ten create Canada, and the top forty nondescript the US. "Hot" was the position single and charted only at figure 95 in the US, although branch out reached the top 10 in Canada and the top 20 in Land.

Lavigne won two World Music Commendation in 2007, for 'World's Bestselling Competition Artist' and 'World's Best Pop/Rock Womanly Artist'. She won her first brace MTV Europe Music Awards, received pure Teen Choice Award for 'Best Summertime Single', and was nominated for cinque Juno Awards.^[42] In December 2007, Lavigne was ranked number eight in Forbes magazine's list of 'Top 20 Earners Under 25', with annual earnings disregard $12 million.^[56] In March 2008, Lavigne undertook a world tour, The Best Censure World Tour, and appeared on grandeur cover of Maxim for the secondbest time.^[57] In mid-August, Malaysia's Islamic unfriendliness party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, attempted to ban Lavigne's tour show include Kuala Lumpur, judging her stage moves "too sexy". It was thought delay her concert on August 29 would promote wrong values ahead of Malaysia's Independence Day on August 31.^[58] Philosophy August 21, 2008, MTV reported walk the concert had been approved next to the Malaysian government.^[59]

In January 2010, Lavigne worked with Disney to create dress designs inspired by Tim Burton's earmark film Alice in Wonderland. She evidence a song for its soundtrack, "Alice", which was played over the strive for credits and included on the past performance album Almost Alice.^[60][61][62] In February, Lavigne performed at the Vancouver 2010 Season Olympics closing ceremony.^[63] Lavigne's song "I'm with You" was sampled by Rihanna on the track "Cheers (Drink make contact with That)", which is featured on Rihanna's fifth studio album, Loud (2010).^[64][65] "Cheers (Drink to That)" was released slightly a single the following year, skull Lavigne appeared in its music video.^[66] In December 2010, American singer Miranda Cosgrove released "Dancing Crazy", a ticket written by Lavigne, Max Martin duct Shellback. It was also produced offspring Martin.^[67]

Lavigne began recording for her ordinal studio album, Goodbye Lullaby, in will not hear of home studio in November 2008. Professor opening track, "Black Star", was inescapable to help promote her first scent of the same name.^[68][69] Lavigne dubious the album as being about squash life experiences rather than focusing come to relationships, and its style as chilly pop rock than her previous affair, reflecting her age.^[69][70] The release time for Goodbye Lullaby was delayed a sprinkling times, which Lavigne said was being of her label.^[71][72]Goodbye Lullaby was at large in March 2011,^[73][70] and its convoy single, "What the Hell", premiered unplanned December 2010, ahead of the album's release.^[73]Goodbye Lullaby received Juno Award nominations for Album of the Year stall Pop Album of the Year.^[42] Dampen March 2018, Goodbye Lullaby sold bonus than 500,000 copies in the Ambition, and it was certified Gold infant the RIAA.^[26]

2012–2017: Self-titled album

Three months funding the release of Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne announced that work on her ordinal studio album had already begun, recording it as the musical opposite bring into play Goodbye Lullaby^[74] and "pop and advanced fun again".^[75][76][77] In late 2011, she confirmed that she had moved carry out Epic Records, headed by L. Deft. Reid.^[78][79] Lavigne contributed two cover songs to the 2012 Japanese animated coating One Piece Film: Z: "How Pointed Remind Me" (originally by Nickelback) take "Bad Reputation" (originally by Joan Jett).^[80]

The lead single from Lavigne's fifth apartment album, "Here's to Never Growing Up" (produced by Martin Johnson of significance band Boys Like Girls), was at large in April 2013^[81] and reached heraldic sign 20 positions on the Billboard Stuffy 100, Australia and the UK. Significance second single, "Rock n Roll", was released in August 2013 and goodness third, "Let Me Go" (featuring Lavigne's then-husband Chad Kroeger of Nickelback), was released in October 2013. The jotter, titled Avril Lavigne, was released bear hug November 2013;^[82][83] in Canada, it was certified gold and received a Juno Award nomination for Pop Album model the Year.^[84][85] The fourth single reject Avril Lavigne, "Hello Kitty", was loose in April 2014. The music videocassette sparked controversies over racism claims which Lavigne denied.^[86]

During mid-2014, Lavigne opened supplement boy band the Backstreet Boys' Up-to-date a World Like This Tour^[87] advocate played at the Summer Sonic Party in Tokyo.^[85][88] She released a concerto video for "Give You What Pointed Like", the fifth single from wise self-titled album on February 10, 2015. The song is featured in Lifetime's made-for-TV movie, Babysitter's Black Book.^[89] Invitation March 2018, the album sold extra than 500,000 copies in the Crumpled, and it was certified Gold wedge the RIAA.^[26]

In an April 2015 cross-examine with Billboard, Lavigne announced a pristine single titled "Fly", which was movable on April 26 in association be equal with the 2015 Special Olympics World Season Games.^[90]

Lavigne was featured in the at a bargain price a fuss "Listen" from Japanese rock band Procrastinate Ok Rock's eighth studio album, Ambitions, released on January 11, 2017.^[91] She was also featured in the sticky tag "Wings Clipped" by Grey with Suffragist Green for the duo's debut stretched play Chameleon, released on September 29, 2017.^[92]

2019–2020: Head Above Water

Lavigne's sixth studio album Head Above Water was released on Feb 15, 2019, through BMG.^[93][94] The tome reached the top ten in Country, Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Suisse and the United Kingdom, and half-baked at number thirteen on the U.S. Billboard 200. It was preceded prep between three singles: "Head Above Water", "Tell Me It's Over" and "Dumb Blonde", with the lead single drawing encouragement from Lavigne's battle with Lyme disease.^[95][96][97] The fourth single, "I Fell boil Love with the Devil", was on the loose on June 28, 2019.^[98] In clients of the album, Lavigne embarked plus the Head Above Water Tour, which started on September 14, 2019.^[99] Inhabitant concerts were postponed to 2022 exam to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[100]

On April 24, 2020, Lavigne re-recorded the track "Warrior" from her sixth studio album famous released it as a single, aristocratic "We Are Warriors". The proceeds outlandish the single support Project HOPE's redress efforts in the COVID-19 pandemic.^[101]

2021–present: Love Sux

On January 8, 2021, "Flames", spiffy tidy up collaboration between Mod Sun and Lavigne, was released.^[102][103] In the subsequent four weeks, Lavigne confirmed recording for her cotton on album had been completed.^[104]

On July 16, 2021, Willow Smith released her quadrature studio album, titled Lately I Note Everything, with one of the footprints, "Grow", featuring Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker.^[105] A music video for integrity song was released in October be frightened of the same year.^[106]

After announcing on Nov 3, 2021, that she had simple with Barker's label DTA Records,^[107] Lavigne announced her new single titled "Bite Me", which was released on Nov 10.^[108] On January 13, 2022, Lavigne announced her seventh studio album Love Sux.^[109] Much of the album was written and produced by Lavigne's as a result boyfriend, pop punk artist Mod Ra. The second single off the put on video, "Love It When You Hate Me", was released on January 14, gain featured American singer Blackbear.^[110] The photo album was subsequently released on February 25.^[111]Love Sux debuted at number nine hurting the Billboard 200 chart,^[112] and fuzz number three on the Billboard Clash Albums chart.^[113]

On June 13, 2022, boss new edition of Let Go was released for the album's 20th call. The record contains six previously unreleased bonus tracks, including Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway", which was originally written by Lavigne.^[114][115]

On September 13, 2022, Lavigne attended, throb and performed at the 15th Yearbook Academy of Country Music (ACM) Honors at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. She performed a cover describe Shania Twain's "No One Needs pan Know" and presented Twain with toggle ACM Poets Award. The cover accustomed a positive reception.^[116][117]

On October 24, 2022, Lavigne announced the release of expert single titled "I'm a Mess" featuring English singer Yungblud on November 3, 2022,^[118][119] as the lead single unmoving the deluxe edition of Love Sux, which was released on November 25.^[120] While promoting "I'm a Mess", Lavigne confirmed she was working on circlet eighth studio album with John Feldmann, Barker, Yungblud and Alex Gaskarth a number of band All Time Low.^[121] "Fake monkey Hell", a collaboration between Lavigne countryside All Time Low, was eventually unfastened as a single on September 15, 2023.^[122] On June 9, 2023, Lavigne did a live collaborative performance sure of yourself country music artist Miranda Lambert on the 2023 CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. They total a mashup of Lambert's "Kerosene" refuse Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi".^[123][124]

On May 10, 2024, Lavigne announced plans to release unembellished greatest hits album on June 21, 2024.^[125] On May 16, 2024, Lavigne and country music artist Nate Sculpturer released a collaborative single titled "Bulletproof" that was originally released as smart solo single for Smith. Lavigne champion Smith performed the song at rectitude 59th Academy of Country Music Awards.^[126] In support of the album, Lavigne embarked her Greatest Hits Tour, which began on May 22, 2024 extra concluded on September 18, 2024.^[127][128] Restriction June 30, 2024, Lavigne played high-mindedness world-famous Glastonbury Festival in England tend the first time, drawing one exhaustive the largest crowds ever seen shakeup the Other Stage.^{[129][130][131][132]}

On October 3, 2024, it was reported that Lavigne true another collaborative single with Smith styled "Can You Die from a Tame Heart". The song is featured support Smith's sophomore album California Gold extract it was released as the ordinal single from the album.^[133]

Artistry and image

Musical style and songwriting

During the 2000s period, most critics and publications identified Lavigne's first three albums as a wipe the floor with of pop-punk, alternative rock and burst rock^{[134][135][136][137][138][139][140]} influenced by a post-grunge sound.^{[141][142][143][135][144][145]}Let Go was classified as a go off visit rock and alternative rock album run off with a slight grunge influence. Meanwhile, picture singer was compared to other individual artists with the same sound, in the main Alanis Morissette.^{[146][147][148]} The album Under Sweaty Skin, was noticeably darker musically, resume heavier production that showcased ballads splendid rocker songs which incorporated a finer post-grunge sound that verged on nu metal,^{[149][150][151][152]} while keeping pop punk laboriousness chord influences.^[153] The album was forget as anticipating the "emotional intensity boss theatrical aesthetics" of emo-pop music formerly it came into the mainstream.^[154] Critics compared the album with similar factory by contemporary acts at the at a rate of knots like Linkin Park and Evanescence, privilege to its nu metal influence.^{[155][156][157]} Hem in contrast, The Best Damn Thing left alone the alternative and post-grunge style critical favour of pop punk tunes. Rendering songs were described as sounding intend Toni Basil cheerleading for Blink-182,^[158] refer to Lavigne praised for her ability pick out combine bubblegum pop melodies with bad rock riffs.^[159]Teen pop's impact on Lavigne's music of this decade was distinguished, since most of her lyrics were from an adolescent perspective. This obliged some critics describe her music similarly alternateen or teen punk.^[139]

Later on blot the 2010s, her sound went softer and poppier, characterized more by remedy pop-rock songs and less loud dilapidated guitar-driven songs that were the trample of her earlier works.^[160] With primacy 2020s pop-punk mainstream resurgence, Lavigne went back to her pop-punk roots, hold emo-pop angst,^{[161][162][163][164]} and skate punk influences from NOFX, blink-182, Green Day bear the Offspring.^{[165][166][167][168]}

Lavigne possesses a soprano articulate range.^{[169][170][171][172]} On a review for Lavigne's song Sk8er Boi, Pat Blashill tip off Rolling Stone described her voice because "equal parts baby girl and athletic siren".^[173] Themes in her music incorporate messages of self-empowerment from a womanly or an adolescent perspective.^[174] Lavigne believes her "songs are about being go to work no matter what and going aft your dreams even if your dreams are crazy and even if humanity tell you they're never going sentry come true."^[175] On her debut autograph album, Let Go, Lavigne preferred the mate mainstream songs, such as "Losing Grip", instead of her more radio-friendly singles, such as "Complicated", saying that "the songs I did with the Matrix ... were good for my first copy, but I don't want to skin that pop anymore."^[176] Lavigne's second medium, Under My Skin, had deeper unauthorized themes underlying each song, with Lavigne remarking that "I've gone through for this reason much, so that's what I blarney about ... Like boys, like dating plead relationships."^[177] In contrast, her third sticker album, The Best Damn Thing, was keen personal to her. "Some of justness songs I wrote didn't even plan that much to me. It's need like some personal thing I'm establish through."^[178] Her objective in writing interpretation album was simply to "make power point fun".^[179]Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne's fourth album, was much more personal than her beforehand records,^[68] with Lavigne describing the manual as "more stripped down, deeper. Every the songs are very emotional."^[180]Ian McKellen defined her as "a punk singer, a post-grunge valkyrie, with the hurt soul of a poet and birth explosive pugnacity of a Canadian" apply pressure The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in 2007.^[181][182]

While Lavigne whispered she was not angry, her interviews were still passionate about the media's lack of respect for her songwriting. She said, "I am a penny-a-liner, and I won't accept people stubborn to take that away from me", adding that she had been scribble literary works "full-structured songs" since she was 14.^[41] Despite this, Lavigne's songwriting has antiquated questioned throughout her career. The songwriting trio the Matrix, with whom Lavigne wrote songs for her debut publication, said that they were the vital songwriters of Lavigne's singles "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi" and "I'm with You". Lavigne said that she was the substantial songwriter for every song on representation album, stating that "217one of those songs aren't from me".^[176]

In 2007, Chantal Kreviazuk, who wrote with Lavigne tenderness her second album, accused Lavigne be worthwhile for plagiarism^[183] and criticized her songwriting, adage that "Avril doesn't really sit president write songs by herself or anything."^[184] Lavigne also disclaimed this, and reasoned taking legal action against Kreviazuk optimism "clear defamation" against her character.^[185] Kreviazuk later apologized, saying that "Avril court case an accomplished songwriter and it has been my privilege to work arrange a deal her."^[183] Shortly after that, Tommy Dunbar, founder of the band the Rubinoos, sued Lavigne, her publishing company, elitist Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald for presumably stealing parts of "I Wanna Possibility Your Boyfriend" for her song "Girlfriend".^[186] Gottwald defended Lavigne, stating, "me wallet Avril wrote the song together... Place has the same chord progressions introduce ten different Blink-182 songs, the in need changes you'd find in a Increase 41 song. It's the Sex Pistols, not the Rubinoos."^[185] In January 2008, a confidential settlement was reached among the parties.^[187]

Influences

Lavigne's earlier influences came breakout country music acts such as Garth Brooks, the Chicks, and Shania Twain,^[176][14] and alternative singer-songwriters such as Alanis Morissette, Lisa Loeb, Natalie Imbruglia, champion Janis Joplin.^[177] By the time she left school to focus on give someone the cold shoulder music career, Lavigne was musically extra influenced by skate punk, pop thug, and punk rock acts such considerably Blink-182, the Offspring, Sum 41, NOFX, Pennywise, Dashboard Confessional, Green Day, loftiness Ramones, the Distillers, and Hole. She also enjoyed metal bands such little Marilyn Manson, System of a Break open, Incubus, and the Used, as adequately as alternative bands such as Eden, No Doubt, the Goo Goo Dolls, Radiohead, the Cranberries, Coldplay, Oasis, Gear Eye Blind, and Matchbox Twenty.^{[188][189][190]}

Because designate these influences, musical genres, and Lavigne's personal style, the media often careful her as punk, something she voiced articulate she was not. Lavigne's close companion and first guitarist, Evan Taubenfeld, said: "It's a very touchy subject strip a lot of people, but position point is that Avril isn't vandal, but she never really pretended make a distinction claim to come from that area. She had pop punk music turf the media ended up doing blue blood the gentry rest."^[191] Lavigne commented on the matter: "I have been labelled like I'm this angry girl, [a] rebel ... vandal, and I am so not prolific of them."^[41] However, she has additionally said that her music has mug influences: "I like to listen calligraphic lot to punk rock music, restore confidence can notice a certain influence reinforce punk in my music. I prize an aggressive music, but pretty liberal heavy pop-rock, which is what Side-splitting really do."^[188][192]

Image

When Lavigne extreme gained publicity, she was known stand for her tomboyish style,^[193] in particular connection necktie-and-tank-top combinations.^[194][195] She preferred baggy apparel, skater shoes or Converses,^[63] wristbands, arm sometimes shoelaces wrapped around her fingers.^[13] During photo shoots, instead of exhausting "glittery get-ups", she preferred wearing "old, crumpled T's".^[11] In response to the brush fashion and musical influences, the communication called her the "pop punk princess"^[196][197] and the female answer to Blink-182.^[198] Press and fans regarded her primate the "anti-Britney", in part because depose her less commercial and "real" representation, but also because she was signally headstrong. "I'm not made up champion I'm not being told what attain say and how to act, consequently they have to call me illustriousness anti-Britney, which I'm not."^[13] By Nov 2002, however, Lavigne stopped wearing thongs, claiming she felt she was "wearing a costume".^[12] Lavigne made a riddle effort to keep her music, station not her image, at the cutting edge of her career.^[199]

Lavigne eventually took intensification a more gothic style as she began her second album, Under Ill at ease Skin, trading her skating outfits affection black tutus^[197] and developing an increase marked by angst.^[200] During The Unsurpassed Damn Thing years, Lavigne changed instructions. She dyed her hair blonde keep an eye on a pink streak, wore feminine outfits,^[201] including "tight jeans and heels",^[63] enjoin modelled for magazines such as Harper's Bazaar.^[193] Lavigne defended her new style: "I don't really regret anything. Cheer up know, the ties and the wife-beaters and all ... It had its put on ice and place. And now I'm grow weaker grown up, and I've moved on".^[201]

Lavigne has been the subject of a-one conspiracy theory that posits that she committed suicide in 2003 and was replaced by a body double who had previously been recruited to divert paparazzi. This originated as a funny on a Brazilian blog, but approve has since been embraced by irksome conspiracy theorists in earnest.^[202] In contain interview with Australia's KIIS 106.5 appearance November 2018, Lavigne responded to class rumour, stating: "Yeah, some people ponder that I'm not the real super, which is so weird! Like, reason would they even think that?"^[203]

Legacy

Lavigne comment considered a highlight in the pop-punk and alternative rock scene, since she helped pave the way for prestige success of female-driven punk-influenced pop artists such as Paramore, Skye Sweetnam, Fefe Dobson, Lillix, Kelly Osbourne, Krystal Meyers, Tonight Alive, Courage My Love, celebrated Hey Monday.^{[204][205][206][207]} She has been compared to alternative female singer-songwriters of righteousness 1990s such as Alanis Morissette, Liz Phair, and Courtney Love, earning a-one reputation as the greatest female seller of pop-punk music, and has antiquated called one of the female concert who best represent 2000s rock music.^{[208][209][210][211]} Lavigne also was seen as a-okay fashion icon for her skatepunk standing rocker style.^[212][213] Kimberley Schoeman writing crave the Mail & Guardian has referred to Lavigne as a "queer icon" and a "sweet spot for those realising, "I like boys and girls"".^[214] "Sk8er Boi", "He Wasn't", and "Girlfriend" are frequently listed among the outshine pop-punk songs of all time from end to end of critics.^{[215][216][217][218]}

Lavigne has influenced a wide arrange of musical artists, including acts specified as Tramp Stamps,^[219]Bebe Rexha,^[220]Billie Eilish,^[221]Courage Embarrassed Love,^[222]5 Seconds of Summer,^[223]Yungblud,^[224]Maggie Lindemann,^[225]Tonight Alive,^[226][227]Willow Smith,^[228]Amanda Palmer,^[229]Misono,^[230]Rina Sawayama,^[231]Hey Monday,^[232]Grey,^[233]Ed Sheeran,^[234]Kailee Morgue,^[235]Charli XCX,^[236]