Jowett arranged for Lavigne to work with producer Peter Zizzo during the summer of in New York, where she wrote the song "Why". Lavigne was noticed by Arista Records during a trip to New York. By this time, Lavigne had found that she fit in naturally with her hometown high school's skater clique, an image that carried through to her first album, but although she enjoyed skateboarding, school left her feeling insecure. Having signed a record deal, and with support from her parents, she left school to focus on her music career.
Lavigne's band was chosen by Nettwerk, as they wanted young performers who were up and coming from the Canadian punk rock scene who would fit with Lavigne's personality. They spent several months in New York working with different co-writers, trying to forge an individual sound for her. Sarubin told HitQuarters that they initially struggled; although early collaborations with songwriter-producers including Sabelle Breer, Curt Frasca and Peter Zizzo resulted in some good songs, they did not match her or her voice.
It was only when Lavigne then went to Los Angeles in May and created two songs with The Matrix production team—including "Complicated", later released as her debut single—that the record company felt she had made a major breakthrough. Lavigne worked further with The Matrix and also with singer-songwriter Cliff Magness.
Recording of Lavigne's debut album, Let Go , finished in January It peaked at number one in Australia, 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 Chart at that time. By the end of , the album was certified four-times Platinum by the RIAA, making her the bestselling female artist of and Let Go the top-selling debut of the year. By May , Let Go had accumulated over 1 million sales in Canada, receiving a diamond certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
By , the album had sold over 16 million units worldwide. Lavigne's debut single, "Complicated", peaked at number one in Australia and number two in the US. With these three singles, Lavigne became the second artist in history to have three top-ten songs from a debut album on Billboard s Mainstream Top 40 chart.
In , Lavigne made a cameo appearance in the music video for "Hundred Million" by the pop punk band Treble Charger. The album was certified five-times Platinum in Canada and has sold 10 million copies, including 3. Lavigne said that Under My Skin proved her credentials as a songwriter, saying that "each song comes from a personal experience of mine, and there are so much[sic] emotions in those songs". In the US, it was a top ten entry on the Billboard Hot and became a number-one pop radio hit.
The third single, " Nobody's Home ", did not manage to make the top 40 in the US and performed moderately elsewhere.
In late , Lavigne embarked on her first world tour, the year-long Bonez Tour. Lavigne co-wrote the song " Breakaway ", which was recorded by Kelly Clarkson for the soundtrack to the film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Fox Entertainment Group approached Lavigne to write a song for the soundtrack to the fantasy-adventure film Eragon; her contribution, " Keep Holding On ", was released as a single to promote the film and its soundtrack.
Billboard , and subsequently achieved Platinum status in Canada. The album sold more than 2 million copies in the US.
Its lead single, "Girlfriend", became Lavigne's first number-one single on the U. Billboard Hot and one of the decade's biggest singles. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ranked "Girlfriend" as the most-downloaded track worldwide in , selling 7. Her concert on August 29 was thought that it would promote wrong values ahead of Malaysia's independence day on August She recorded a song for its soundtrack, " Alice ", which was played over the end credits and included on the soundtrack album Almost Alice.
Lavigne's song "I'm with You" was sampled by Rihanna on the track "Cheers Drink to That ", which is featured on Rihanna's fifth studio album, Loud It was also produced by Martin. Lavigne began recording for her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby , in her home studio in November , its opening track, " Black Star ", was written to help promote her first fragrance of the same name.
Lavigne described the album as being about her life experiences rather than focusing on relationships, and its style as less pop rock than her previous material, reflecting her age. The release date for Goodbye Lullaby was delayed several times, which Lavigne said was because of her label. Three months after the release of Goodbye Lullaby , Lavigne announced that work on her fifth studio album had already begun, describing it as the musical opposite of Goodbye Lullaby and "pop and more fun again".
In late , she confirmed that she had moved to Epic Records, headed by L. As progressed Lavigne continued to gather more fame and more accolades. In the press Lavigne was deemed the leader of the pack of a new group of edgy, female singer-songwriters, which included Pink — and Michelle Branch —.
She also endured being called the "anti-Britney," referring to Britney Spears. In interviews Lavigne expressed her distaste for the label. She's a human being. God, leave her alone. Despite her hectic schedule Lavigne returned to the studio in to record her second album, which she was determined to make her own way. Although Lavigne did write several of the songs on Let Go, she did so with the help of a slew of producers.
This time she flew to Los Angeles to work privately with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk — ; she also cowrote one song with guitarist Ben Moody — of the band Evanescence. Lavigne's record label, Arista, did not hear a single track until the newly independent singer was finished. In June Avril Lavigne became engaged to her boyfriend of a year, Deryck Whibley — , the lead singer of Canadian punk-pop group called Sum 41, whose members are known for their quick, catchy rock tunes and their highly energized live performances.
All four attended the same high school in Ajax, Ontario, and all played in various high school bands that performed in and around Toronto. In , during the summer of their junior year, Jocz and Whibley decided to join forces and form their own band; they called it Sum 41 since the group was founded on the forty-first day of summer vacation. Jocz and Whibley tried out a number of bass players and guitarists before asking Baksh and McClasin to join the band. By the group was cemented and they began to create a unique sound that borrowed from all kinds of music, including hiphop, heavy metal, and alternative rock.
By late the foursome had created their own press kit, which included a ten-minute video featuring some of their musical numbers interspersed with clips of the band mates pulling pranks. They sent the kit off to several major record labels, and within a week Sum 41 was signed by Island Records.
The band's first album, Half Hour of Power , attracted little attention, but with 's All Killer No Filler Sum 41 began to reach an international fan base, especially because of the hit single "Fat Lip," which reached number sixty-six on the U. Billboard charts. The band attracted a loyal fol-lowing who called themselves the Bomb Squad particularly because of their on-stage antics.
During Sum 41's Tour of the Rising Sun they pogo-jumped, participated in mock guitar battles, and urged the audience to join in rock song challenges. The band released two more albums by the mids: Does This Look Infected?
Since the late s the Democratic Republic of Congo had been embroiled in the Second Congo War — , a conflict that involved nine African nations, but that was centered in the DRC.
Many artists from the United States and Canada have offered humanitarian aid to the citizens of the war-torn country. Although there is tentative peace in the DRC, military threats still exist for civilians. In April Chuck received the Rock Album of the Year prize at the Juno Awards, which are presented annually in Canada to honor achievement in the music industry.
Sum Some of the press surrounding Under My Skin came as a result of a twenty-one-city mall tour that Lavigne and her band embarked on just prior to the album's release. As Lavigne explained to Deborah Evans Price of Billboard, "We thought it would be cool to put on a free show and give back to the fans. To encourage even more sales Lavigne again went out on the road doing nonstop interviews and heading out on a spring concert tour. By the end of the twenty-year-old Lavigne was the one of America's top-selling entertainers.
She also completed her second sold-out concert tour, the Bonez Tour, which was launched in October. In , just three years after her debut album appeared, Lavigne was again the top-honored entertainer at Canada's Juno Awards. She received five nominations and took home three prizes, including the Best Artist award and a second win for Best Pop Album.
Lavigne also announced that she would be adventuring more into film by lending her voice to a character in an animated movie called Over the Hedge, scheduled for a release.
Perhaps the biggest bit of personal Lavigne news came in June , when the Canadian "punk princess" became engaged to boyfriend Deryck Whibley — , lead singer of the Canadian punk-rock group Sum Although she had only two albums under her belt, most music critics predicted that Avril Lavigne had a solid future.
As USA Today correspondent Brian Mansfield told Billboard, "Avril's core audience may be a very young one, but she strikes me as the type of artist that a wide range of people respect and hope to see succeed. Those are the kind of artists who have long careers. Ali, Lorraine. Tough Gals, Rejoice. Arnold, Chuck. Burton, Rebecca Brown. Deziel, Shanda.
Kipnis, Jill. Mayfield, Geoff. Price, Deborah Evans. Willman, Chris. Avril Lavigne Web Site. This performance took place in front of a huge crowd, and once it was complete, the offers started rolling in. Barely one year later, Lavigne was offered a record deal by L. Reid, one of the biggest record producers at the time. She was signed to a label called Arista and began working on albums immediately.
She peaked at number one in the UK, making her the youngest female solo artist to do so at the time. She was just seventeen when the album launched and was already seeing overwhelming triumph.
Her music has been critically acclaimed, and the artist herself has been widely awarded. As her sound developed and her style changed, so did her music. Her albums saw nothing but success, and she was in the top ten on the charts with every release. Avril started expanding on her music, contributing tracks to television and movie productions.
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