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Avril Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and occasional actress. She was born in Belleville, Ontario (Toad from Super Mario and in Hastings County). When she was young, she moved to Napanee, Ontario (Ryan Evans from High School Musical, Lenox and Addington) and she was best known for playing Jennifer Norris in Wipeout Canada, All-Star Brawl (Beauties) and the Super Smash Bros. Bowl series and the whole universe.

Avril Lavigne was fired by Donald Trump on the first task of The Apprentice Canada by not going to Pembroke, Ontario, Allen Ford's hometown, and not editing any articles on the Super Smash Bros. Bowl Wiki like Birdo, Evan Cundal and Yoshi. She was also featured in an episode of Arm Wars, but Avril replaced Allen Ford as a Pembroke contestant.

Avril Lavigne is also a Canadian occasional actress. She has more than 15 songs in her studio albums.

Career

2000–03: Let Go

Main article: Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)

In November 2000,Template:R Ken Krongard, an A&R representative, invited Antonio "L.A." Reid, then head of Arista Records, to producer Peter Zizzo's Manhattan studio to hear Lavigne sing. Her 15-minute audition "so impressed" Reid that he immediately signed her to Arista with a deal worth $1.25 million for two albums and an extra $900,000 for a publishing advance.Template:R 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. Armed with a record deal, she dropped out to focus on her music career,Template:R but she still had to inform her parents of her decision. "I wasn't going to turn [the record deal] down. It's been my dream all my life. They knew how much I wanted this and how much I've put into it."Template:R

Reid gave A&R Joshua Sarubin the responsibility for overseeing Lavigne's development and the recording of her debut album.Template:R They spent several months in New York working with different co-writers trying to forge an individual sound for her. Sarubin told HitQuarters that for while they struggled finding her sound and although early collaborations with songwriter-producers including Sabelle Breer, Curt Frasca and Peter Zizzo resulted in some good songs, they didn't match her and her voice.Template:R It was only when Lavigne then went to Los Angeles in May 2001 and created two songs with The Matrix production team – including "Complicated" – that the record company felt she had made a major breakthrough.Template:R Lavigne then worked further with The Matrix and also with singer-songwriter Cliff Magness. Recording finished in January 2002.Template:R

Lavigne released her debut album, Let Go, on 4 June 2002 in the U.S., where it reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200. It peaked at No. 1 on the Australian, Canadian, and UK charts. This made Lavigne, at 17 years old, the youngest female soloist to have a No. 1 album in the UK until that time.Template:R By the end of 2002, the album was certified four-times platinum by the RIAA, making her the bestselling female artist of 2002 and Let Go the top-selling debut of the year.Template:R By May 2003, Let Go had accumulated over 1,000,000 sales in Canada, receiving a diamond certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association.Template:R As of 2009, the album has sold over 16 million units worldwide,Template:R and the RIAA has certified the album six-times platinum, denoting shipments of over six million units in the U.S.Template:R Template:Rquote Lavigne's debut single and the album's lead single, "Complicated", peaked at No. 1 in Australia and No. 2 in the U.S. "Complicated" was one of the bestselling Canadian singles of 2002, and it was also featured on the teen television show, Dawson's Creek. "Complicated" later ranked on the Hot 100 Singles of the Decade list at No. 83.Template:R

Subsequent singles, "Sk8er Boi" and "I'm With You" reached the top ten in the U.S.Template:R Thanks to the success of her first three singles, Lavigne was the second artist in history to have three No. 1 songs from a debut album on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40.Template:R For the music video to "Complicated", Lavigne was named Best New Artist at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.Template:R She won four Juno Awards in 2003 out of six nominations,Template:R received a World Music Award for "World's Bestselling Canadian Singer", and was nominated for eight Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Complicated" (2003).Template:R

In 2002, Lavigne made a cameo appearance in the music video to "Hundred Million" by the pop punk band Treble Charger.Template:R In March 2003, Lavigne posed for the cover of Rolling Stone magazineTemplate:R and, later in May,Template:R performed "Fuel" during MTV's Icon tribute to Metallica.Template:R During her first headlining tour, the Try To Shut Me Up Tour, Lavigne covered Green Day's "Basket Case".Template:R

Lavigne was featured in the 2003 game, The Sims: Superstar, as a non-playable celebrity.Template:R

2004–05: Under My Skin

Main article: Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album)
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Lavigne in Vancouver, Canada during the Live and By Surprise mall tour

Lavigne co-wrote "Breakaway" with Matthew Gerard, which was recorded by Kelly Clarkson for the soundtrack to the 2004 film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.Template:R "Breakaway" would later be included on Clarkson's second album and released as the album's lead single. Lavigne covered the Goo Goo Dolls song "Iris", performed with the band's lead singer John Rzeznik at Fashion Rocks,Template:R and she posed for the cover of Maxim in October 2004.Template:R She also recorded the theme song for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. "I made the song a little more edgy", Lavigne said. "There are a lot of loud guitars, and we picked the tempo up a little and sang it with a little more attitude." Lavigne rearranged the song with the help of producer Butch Walker.Template:R

Lavigne's second studio album, Under My Skin, was released on 25 May 2004, debuting at No. 1 in several countries, including Australia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, the UK, and the U.S.Template:R The album has sold more than 10 million copies. Lavigne wrote most of the album's tracks with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. Kreviazuk's husband, Our Lady Peace front man Raine Maida, co-produced the album, along with Butch Walker and Don Gilmore. Lavigne went on the Live and By Surprise twenty-one-city mall tour in the US and Canada to promote the album, accompanied by her guitarist, Evan Taubenfeld. Each performance consisted of a short live acoustic set of songs from the new album. At the end of 2004, Lavigne embarked on her first world tour, the Bonez Tour, which had stopovers in almost every continent and lasted for the entire 2005 year. Template:Rquote "Don't Tell Me", the lead single of the album, went to No. 1 in Argentina and Mexico and reached the top five in the UK and Canada and the top ten in Australia and Brazil. "My Happy Ending", the album's second single, went to No. 1 in Mexico and the top five in the UK and Australia. In the US, it reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and went to No. 1 in the Mainstream Top 40, making it her fourth-biggest hit there. The third single, "Nobody's Home", did not make the top 40 in the US, reaching No. 1 only in Mexico and Argentina. The fourth single from the album, "He Wasn't", reached top 40 positions in the UK and Australia and was not released in the U.S.Template:R

Lavigne won two World Music Awards in 2004 for "World's Best Pop/Rock Artist" and "World's Bestselling Canadian Artist". She received five Juno Award nominations in 2005, and picked up three, including "Artist of the Year". She won the award for "Favorite Female Singer" at the eighteenth annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice AwardsTemplate:R and was nominated in every MTV Award show shown around the world.

2006–08: The Best Damn Thing

Main article: The Best Damn Thing

On 26 February 2006, Lavigne represented Canada at the closing ceremony of the Torino Olympics, performing her song "Who Knows" during the eight minute Vancouver 2010 portion.Template:R

While Lavigne was in the studio for her third studio album, Fox Entertainment Group approached her to write a song for the soundtrack to the 2006 fantasy-adventure film Eragon. She wrote and recorded two "ballad-type" songs, but only one, "Keep Holding On", was used for the film.Template:R Lavigne admitted that writing the song was challenging, making sure it flowed with the film. She emphasized that "Keep Holding On", which later appeared on the album, was not indicative of what the next album would be like.Template:R

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Lavigne in 2008 performing in the Netherlands.

Lavigne's third album, The Best Damn Thing, was released on 17 April 2007, which Lavigne immediately promoted with a small tour. Its lead single, "Girlfriend", topped the Billboard Hot 100 the same week The Best Damn Thing debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. "Girlfriend" was Lavigne's first single to reach this No. 1 position.Template:R The single was a worldwide hit; it also peaked at No. 1 in Australia, Canada, Japan, and Italy and reached No. 2 in the UK and France. "Girlfriend" was recorded in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Mandarin. 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 in eight different languages.Template:R "Girlfriend" ranked on the Hot 100 Singles of the Decade list at No. 94.Template:R

"When You're Gone", the second single, went to No. 3 in the UK, the top five in Australia and Italy, the top ten in Canada, and was close to reaching the top twenty in the U.S. In December 2007, Lavigne, with annual earnings of $12 million, was ranked number eight in the Forbes "Top 20 Earners Under 25".Template:R "Hot" was the third single and has been Lavigne's least successful single in the U.S., charting only at No. 95. In Canada, "Hot" made the top ten, and in Australia, the top 20. The Best Damn Thing has sold over 6 million copies worldwide.

During this era, Lavigne won nearly every award she was nominated for, including two World Music Awards for "World's Bestselling Canadian Artist" and "World's Best Pop/Rock Female Artist". She took her first two MTV Europe Music Awards, received one Teen Choice Awards for "Summer Single", and was nominated for five Juno awards.

In mid-2007, Lavigne was featured in a two-volume graphic novel, Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes. She collaborated with artist Camilla D’Errico and writer Joshua Dysart on the manga, which was about a shy girl named Hana who, upon meeting her hero Avril Lavigne, learned to overcome her fears. Lavigne said, "I know that many of my fans read manga, and I'm really excited to be involved in creating stories that I know they will enjoy." The volumes were released on 10 April (one week prior to the release of The Best Damn Thing) and in July, respectively. The publication Young Adult Library Services nominated the series for "Great Graphic Novels for Teens".Template:R

In March 2008, Lavigne undertook a world tour named The Best Damn Tour to support the album. In that same month, she also appeared on the cover of Maxim for the second time of her career.Template:R In mid-August, Malaysia's Islamic opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, attempted to ban Lavigne's show in Kuala Lumpur, judging her stage moves "too sexy". Her concert on 29 August was considered as promoting wrong values ahead of Malaysia's independence day on 31 August.Template:R On 21 August 2008, MTV reported that the concert had been approved by the Malaysian government.Template:R

2009–11: Goodbye Lullaby

Main article: Goodbye Lullaby
File:Avril Lavigne profile, St. Petersburg (crop).jpg

Lavigne singing in Florida during her Black Star Tour, May 2011.

Only a month after completing The Best Damn Tour, Lavigne began recording in her home studio in November 2008 with the song "Black Star",Template:R written to help promote her first fragrance of the same name.Template:R By July 2009, nine tracks had been recorded for the new album,Template:R including the songs "Fine", "Everybody Hurts" and "Darlin". Several of the tracks were written in Lavigne's youth. "Darlin" was the second song Lavigne wrote as a 15-year-old while living in Napanee, Ontario. Lavigne described the album as being about "life". She stated, "It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing."Template:R With the exception of the album's lead single, "What the Hell", Lavigne described the songs on the album as different from her earlier material: "I'm older now, so I think that comes across in my music, it's not as pop-rock".Template:R

In January 2010, while simultaneously writing and recording for her new album, Lavigne worked with Disney clothing designs inspired by Tim Burton's feature film, Alice in Wonderland. She asked the executives if she could write a song for the film. The result was the song "Alice",Template:R which was played over the end creditsTemplate:R and included on the soundtrack, Almost Alice.Template:R

On 28 February, Lavigne gave a performance at the concert portion of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, performing "My Happy Ending" and "Girlfriend".Template:R Lavigne was honoured to perform at the ceremonies, but she regretted not being able to attend the U.S. vs. Canada hockey match. "They had us on lockdown. We weren't allowed to leave our trailers, for security purposes."Template:R

In September 2010, Lavigne's third single from her debut album, "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.Template:R In August 2011, she was featured in the music video for Cheers (Drink To That). "It's exciting to me because that was always one of my favorite songs, and for it to come out 10 years ago and so now to have it sampled and back out on the radio is pretty dope."Template:R In December 2010, American singer Miranda Cosgrove released "Dancing Crazy", a song written by Lavigne, Max Martin and Shellback. It was also produced by Martin.Template:R On 23 September 2011, Lavigne appeared in the Hub network show Majors & Minors as a guest mentor, alongside other singers including Adam Lambert and Leona Lewis. About the show, Lavigne stated, "I sang for them, and they performed for me. I was just blown away. I got to talk to them about music and the music industry, and they were all just so excited."Template:R

The release dates for Goodbye Lullaby and its lead single were pushed back several times. In response to these delays, Lavigne said, "I write my own music and, therefore, it takes me longer to put out records 'cause I have to live my life to get inspiration."Template:R She also said that she had enough material for two records.Template:R In November, Lavigne was featured in Maxim, where she revealed that Goodbye Lullaby took two and a half years to complete,Template:R but she cited her record company as the reason for the album's delays, stating that the album had been completed for a year.Template:R Goodbye Lullaby was released on 8 March.Template:R The lead single, "What the Hell", premiered on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on 31 December.Template:R

2011–present: Fifth studio album

Three months after the release of Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne announced that work on her fifth studio album had already begun, with eight songs written so far. The new album will musically be the opposite of Goodbye Lullaby, with a release date rumored for sometime in 2012. Template:R Lavigne explained, "[Goodbye Lullaby] was more mellow, [but] the next one will be pop and more fun again. I already have a song that I know is going to be a single, I just need to re-record it!"Template:R Later, in July 2011, Lavigne revealed the title of two of the songs from her fifth album as "Fine" and "Gone". The tracks were originally recorded for Goodbye Lullaby but never made the final cut. In late 2011, Lavigne confirmed that she had moved to Epic Records, which is now headed by L.A. Reid.Template:R

In November 2011, Lavigne stated that she entered the studio to start recording new songs for the album. Template:R During recording, she has been confirmed to have worked with the hip hop production duo The Runners, [1] Chad Kroeger of rock band Nickelback and former member of rock band Evanescence David Hodges. [2] In April 2012, Lavigne confirmed that she had "finally" finished work on her fifth album and that she would be taking a short hiatus before releasing it and embarking on "[her] next artistic journey". On August 17, 2012, Lavigne began finalizing work on her fifth album by starting the mixing process and laying down last minute ad-libs and backing vocals, before completely wrapping up production two days later on August 19.

On October 18, Sony Music Japan confirmed that Lavigne's new album is set to be released in September 2013.

BATC

When Terue Ashida died, the announcer was passed to her for the new season of Ben and Toad's Contest. In Ben and Toad's Contest season 3, she will be a contestant and Katy Perry (who was on season 1) will replace her as the announcer. She is confirmed to announce seasons 2, 4 and 5.

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Quotes

  • "That house is just a glitch!"
  • "I guess that show is just a shot away!"
  • "Whatever this shot is just away."
  • "This is a night on Ben and Toad's Contest on season 2 like Jiroemon Kimura's dance, the Bon Odori." (Week 16 of BATC)
  • "It is a close finish between Helio Castroneves and Ryan Hunter-Reay. Who will win? We say Ryan Hunter-Reay for bunching Penske out." (The Last 5 Laps of 2014 Indy 500)
  • "Let's have Lindsey Vonn on the show." (Season 1)
  • "Anke Karstens as a judge replacing Len Goodman?" (Season 5)
  • "Yoshi, you had a disappointing 2014 Firestone 600. You were bumped down to 14th place. That means Backbone is the winner." (8th race of Indy 2014)

Trivia

  • She was born three days after Sarah Knauss, the second oldest person ever in history.
  • Avril Lavigne was one parody of April Llave.
  • Lavigne was talking about the deceased Terue Ashida on BATC2 week 12.
  • Avril Lavigne was born in the Arm Melter's place and moved to Napanee.
  • Avril Lavigne was a guest on week 1 when Allen Ford was fired from the show.
  • It was announced that Avril Lavigne will replace Chuck Skrok from episode 9 becuase he quits for the all-stars episode of Wipeout Canada.
  • She is a singer for most of the songs without one in the Backyardigans, mostly in season one, two, three, and four.
  • She was born September 27, 1984 on Thursday in the place Arm Melter takes place and moved to Napanee at a young age between the late 1980s and the early 1990s, with her family.
  • Avril Lavigne and Allen Ford are tied at #104 with the least stats at the sports.
  • She has voiced in Over the Hedge in 2006, at the age of 21 as Heather.
  • Avril Lavigne, Evan Cundal and Allen Ford are absent for two episodes of The Toad Scene each.

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