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• BIRTHDAY: September 27, 1984
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "Complicated" (2002)
• BIGGEST LP: Let Go (2002)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 0
• "I'm just coming out and I'm going to clearly be myself - I write what I feel, I never worry what others think." - Avril Lavigne

• A singer, a songwriter, a 'skater-punk' - and a teen - Avril Lavigne's talents hit the mainstream in 2002. Born in Canada, Avril began performing very early at church, festivals and talent contests. Eventually she scored with a record deal with Arista Records after winning a trip to New York City and catching the attention of Antonio "LA" Reid. Avril was 16 and moving to New York to work on her debut LP. Avril told VH1.com: "When I was 2 my mom said she knew I was going to be a singer. I've been performing ever since I was a young kid. So I've known I wanted to do this for awhile. I always knew in my heart that I'd be (singing)."

# 5 Singles Artist of the Year

• June 1: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Complicated." Avril said about the song: "I was fed up with people being two-faced and phony. It can be a boyfriend or a friend or people you work with... That's what that song's about: people being fake."
• June 4: Avril released her debut LP - Let Go. She said of the LP: "I couldn't go as alternative on this record as I wanted to, but I just didn't want to be bubble gum pop."

• July 6: Avril hit the Top 10 with "Complicated."
• July 12: Let Go was certified platinum.
• July 27: Avril hit #1 for 5 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Complicated."
• July 27: Avril topped the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 8 weeks and Top 40 Tracks chart for 7 weeks with "Complicated."

• August 3: Avril topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart for 16 weeks with "Complicated."
• August 29: Avril's video for "Complicated" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist.
• August 30: Let Go was certified 2x platinum.
• August 31: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Sk8er Boi."

• September: Avril could be heard on the soundtrack of Sweet Home Alabama with "Falling Down."
• September 10: Let Go was certified 3x platinum.

• October 5: Avril hit the Top 10 with "Sk8er Boi."
• October 26: Avril hit #1 for 1 week on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Sk8er Boi."
• October 26: Avril topped the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for 1 week with "Sk8er Boi."

• November 30: Avril hit the Top 40 with "I'm With You."

• December 2: Let Go was certified 4x platinum.
• December 21: Avril hit the Top 10 with "I'm With You."
• December 31: Let Go ended the year as the 3rd biggest selling LP of the year with over 4.1 million copies sold in the US.
• December 31: Rolling Stone magazine readers picked Avril as Best Female Performer and Best New Artist.

# 15 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 5: Let Go topped the UK LP charts for 3 weeks.
• January 6: Let Go was certified 5x platinum.
• January 11: Avril performed "I'm With You" and "Complicated" on Saturday Night Live.

• February 1: Avril hit #1 for 3 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "I'm With You."
• February 8: Avril topped the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for 4 weeks with "I'm With You."
• February 22: Avril topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart for 10 weeks with "I'm With You."
• February 23: Avril was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("Complicated"), Best Pop Vocal Album (Let Go), Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female ("Sk8er Boi") , and Best New Artist.

• March 20: Avril graced the cover of Rolling Stone.

• April 5: Avril hit theARC Weekly Top 40 with "Losing Grip."
• April 30: Let Go was certified 6x platinum.

• May 10: Avril hit the Top 10 with "Losing Grip."

• August 1: Avril could be heard on the soundtrack for American Wedding with "I Don't Give."
• August 28: Avril's video for "I'm With You" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.

• November 16: Avril was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.

# 5 Singles Artist of the Year

• February 8: Avril was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year (songwriter) ("I'm With You" with The Matrix), and Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female ("Losing Grip").

• March 13: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Don't Tell Me."

• May 8: Avril hit the Top 10 with "Don't Tell Me."
• May 8: Avril performed "Don't Tell Me" and "My Happy Ending" on Saturday Night Live.
• May 25: Avril released her next LP Under My Skin.
• May 30: Under My Skin topped the LP charts for 1 week.

• June 12: Avril topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week with Under My Skin - selling over 381,000 copies in the US its first week of release.

• July: Avril could be heard on the compilation LP Unity - Athens 2004 Olympics with "Knocking On Heaven's Door."
• July 3: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "My Happy Ending."
• July 12: Under My Skin was certified platinum.

• August 3: Avril could be heard on the soundtrack for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement with "I Always Get What I Want."
• August 7: Avril hit the Top 10 with "My Happy Ending."
• August 29: The video for "Don't Tell Me" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award including Best Pop Video.

• October 9: Avril hit #1 for 2 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "My Happy Ending."
• October 16: Avril topped the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart for 1 week with "My Happy Ending."

• November 6: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Nobody's Home."
• November 14: Avril was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.
• November 15: Under My Skin was certified 2x platinum.

• December 25: Avril hit the Top 10 with "Nobody's Home."

• # 94 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

# 43 Singles Artist of the Year

• May 5: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Fall To Pieces."

• January 18: Under My Skin was certified 3x platinum.

• July 15: Avril married Sum 41's Deryck Whibley. The couple divorced in 2010.

• December 16: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Keep Holding On" from the Eragon soundtrack.

# 9 Singles Artist of the Year

• March 24: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Girlfriend."

• April 14: Avril hit the Top 10 with "Girlfriend."
• April 14: Avril performed "Girlfriend" and "I Can Do Better" on Saturday Night Live.
• April 17: Avril released her next LP The Best Damn Thing.
• April 22: Avril topped the UK LP charts for 1 week with The Best Damn Thing.

• May 5: Avril topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 1 week, Pop 100 chart for 1 week, Digital Songs chart for 1 week, and Digital Tracks chart for 1 week with "Girlfriend."
• May 19: Avril hit #1 for 3 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Girlfriend."
• May 19: Avril topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks and Top Digital Albums chart for 1 week with The Best Damn Thing. The LP sold over 286,000 copies in the US its first week of release.

• June 9: Avril topped the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for 3 weeks with "Girlfriend."
• June 12: Avril could be heard on the compilation Instant Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur with "Imagine."
• June 15: The Best Damn Thing was certified platinum.

• July 7: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "When You're Gone."

• September 9: Avril was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Monster Single of the Year ("Girlfriend").
• September 22: Avril hit the Top 10 with "When You're Gone."

• November 18: Avril was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist. Avril performed at the ceremony.

• January 12: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Hot."

• March 2: Avril could be heard on the compilation LP Almost Alice on the track "Alice."

# 21 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 22: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "What The Hell."

• March 8: Avril released Goodbye Lullaby.

• April 23: Avril hit the Top 10 with "What The Hell."

• June 18: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Smile."

• November 19: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Wish You Were Here."

# 72 Singles Artist of the Year

• April 20: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Here's To Never Growing Up."

• July 1: Avril married Nickelback's Chad Kroeger. They divorced 2 years later.

• November 5: Avril released Avril Lavigne.

• March 26: Let Go was certified 7x platinum, The Best Damn Thing was certified 2x platinum, and Goodbye Lullaby and Avril Lavigne were certified gold.

• February 15: Avril released Head Above Water.

# 64 Singles Artist of the Year

• February 5: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from blackbear with "Love It When You Hate Me."

• February 25: Avril released Love Sux.

• August 28: The video for "Love It When You Hate Me" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video. The video for "G R O W" (with Willow and Travis Barker) was also nominated for Best Alternative Video.

• December 3: Avril hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Yungblud with "I'm A Mess."

• June 21: Avril released Greatest Hits.
  
  
  
  
  
  

iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Let Go Released: June 4, 2002 US: 7x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Vocal Album Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "Losing Grip" - "Complicated" - "Sk8er Boi" - "I'm With You" - "Mobile" - "Unwanted" - "Tomorrow" - "Anything But Ordinary" - "Things I'll Never Say" - "My World" - "Nobody's Fool" - "Too Much To Ask" - "Naked"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Under My Skin Released: May 25, 2004 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B Tracks: "Take Me Away" - "Together" - "Don't Tell Me" - "He Wasn't" - "How Does It Feel" - "My Happy Ending" - "Nobody's Home" - "Forgotten" - "Who Knows" - "Fall To Pieces" - "Freak Out" - "Slipped Away"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	The Best Damn Thing Released: April 17, 2007 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks) Billboard #1: Digital Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B Tracks: "Girlfriend" - "I Can Do Better" - "Runaway" - "Best Damn Thing" - "When You're Gone" - "Everything Back But You" - "Hot" - "Innocence" - "I Don't Have To Try" - "One Of Those Girls" - "Contagious" - "Keep Holding On"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Goodbye Lullaby Released: March 8, 2011 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 4 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "Black Star" - "What The Hell" - "Push" - "Wish You Were Here" - "Smile" - "Stop Standing There" - "I Love You" - "Everybody Hurts" - "Not Enough" - "4 Real" - "Darlin" - "Remember When" - "Goodbye" - "Alice" (Extended Version)
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Avril Lavigne Released: November 5, 2013 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 5 Entertainment Weekly: B+ Tracks: "Rock 'N Roll" - "Here's To Never Growing Up" - "17" - "Bitchin' Summer" - "Let Me Go" - "Give You Want You Like" - "Bad Girl" - "Hello Kitty" - "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" - "Slippin' On Sunshine" - "Hello Heartache" - "Falling Faswt" - "Hush Hush"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Head Above Water Released: February 15, 2019 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 13 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Head Above Water" - "Birdie" - "I Fell In Love With The Devil" - "Tell Me It's Over" - "Dumb Blonde" (featuring Nicki Minaj) - "It Was In Me" - "Souvenir" - "Crush" - "Goddess" - "Bigger Wow" - "Love Me Insane" - "Warrior"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Love Sux Released: February 25, 2022 Tracks: "Cannonball" - "Bois Lie" (featuring Machine Gun Kelly) - "Bite Me" - "Love It When You Hate Me" (featuring blackbear) - "Love Sux" - "Kiss Me Like The World Is Ending" - "Avalanche" - "Deja Vu" - "F.U." - "All I Wanted" (featuring Mark Hoppus) - "Dare To Love Me" - "Break Of A Heartache"
	Greatest Hits Released: June 21, 2024 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 76 Tracks: "Sk8er Boi" - "Girlfriend" - "What The Hell" - "Complicated" - "Don't Tell Me" - "I'm A Mess" - "He Wasn't" - "Losing Grip" - "My Happy Ending" - "Bite Me" - "Nobody's Home" - "I'm With You" - "When You're Gone" - "Bois Lie" - "Love It When You Hate Me" - "Rock N Roll" - "Here's To Never Growing Up" - "Keep Holding On" - "Head Above Water"

1	Complicated from the LP Let Go ARC chart run: 36 - 30 - 22 - 17 - 11 - 9 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 9 - 12 - 20 - 28 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: #: 3 RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum Billboard # 1: Top 40 Mainstream, Top 40 Tracks, Adult Top 40 Grammy Nominee: Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance MTV VMA Winner: Best New Artist	1(5)	23	2002	iTunes Amazon.mp3
2	My Happy Ending from the LP Under My Skin ARC chart run: 35 - 27 - 22 - 16 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 14 - 24 - 33 - off Year-End Chart Position: #: 9 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Billboard # 1: Top 40 Mainstream	1(2)	23	2004
3	I'm With You from the LP Let Go ARC chart run: 35 - 22 - 11 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 9 - 10 - 13 - 18 - 28 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:15 RIAA Certification: Platinum Billboard # 1: Top 40 Mainstream, Adult Top 40 Grammy Nominee: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year MTV VMA Nominee: Best Female Video, Best Pop Video	1(3)	20	2003
4	Girlfriend from the LP The Best Damn Thing ARC chart run: 37 - 24 - 15 - 10 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 10 - 11 - 14 - 15 - 19 - 26 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:23 RIAA Certification: 7x Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Pop 100, Top 40 Mainstream, Digital Songs, Digital Tracks MTV VMA Nominee: Monster Single of the Year	1(3)	20	2007	Amazon.mp3
5	When You're Gone from the LP The Best Damn Thing ARC chart run: 38 - 36 - 32 - 24 - 20 - 18 - 15 - 14 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 10 - 10 - 9 - 16 - 19 - 22 - 27 - 31 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: #: 49 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	9	20	2007	Amazon.mp3
6	Sk8er Boi from the LP Let Go ARC chart run: 39 - 33 - 21 - 17 - 11 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 7 - 15 - 23 - 31 - 39 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:40 RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum Billboard # 1: Top 40 Mainstream Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female	1(1)	16	2002	iTunes Amazon.mp3
7	Nobody's Home from the LP Under My Skin ARC chart run: 36 - 26 - 20 - 20 - 18 - 15 - 12 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 14 - 19 - 27 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:45 RIAA Certification: Gold	4	17	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
8	Don't Tell Me from the LP Under My Skin ARC chart run: 40 - 24 - 19 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 11 - 15 - 21 - 27 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:42 RIAA Certification: Gold MTV VMA Nominee: Best Pop Video	6	17	2004
9	What The Hell from the LP Goodbye Lullaby ARC chart run: 34 - 27 - 20 - 18 - 16 - 15 - 13 - 13 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 11 - 13 - 10 - 13 - 22 - 26 - off Year-End Chart Position: #: 54 RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum	10	17	2011
10	Keep Holding On from the Eragon soundtrack and the LP The Best Damn Thing ARC chart run: 24 - 22 - 20 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 19 - 20 - 23 - 25 - 23 - 21 - 20 - 24 - 30 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:61 RIAA Certification: Platinum	14	17	2007	Amazon.mp3
11	Losing Grip from the LP Let Go ARC chart run: 34 - 25 - 18 - 13 - 11 - 8 - 6 - 12 - 16 - 25 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:78 Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female	6	11	2003
12	Love It When You Hate Me [Avril Lavigne featuring blackbear] from the LP Love Sux ARC chart run: 39 - 37 - 32 - 31 - 30 - 27 - 24 - 24 - 20 - 19 - 19 - 19 - 29 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 86 MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rock Video	19	13	2022
13	Here's To Never Growing Up from the LP Avril Lavigne ARC chart run: 37 - 29 - 22 - 21 - 21 - 21 - 19 - 19 - 19 - 19 - 20 - 30 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:81 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	19	12	2013	iTunes Amazon.mp3
14	Fall To Pieces from the LP Under My Skin ARC chart run: 38 - 36 - 31 - 30 - 26 - 23 - 20 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 25 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:89	16	11	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
15	I'm A Mess [Avril Lavigne featuring Yungblud] from the LP Love Sux Deluxe ARC chart run: 39 - 36 - 34 - 32 - 32 - 31 - 30 - 26 - 22 - 21 - 23 - 26 - 31 - 38 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 79	21	14	2023
16	Smile from the LP Goodbye Lullaby ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 33 - 31 - 30 - 26 - 25 - 24 - 24 - 27 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: #:97 RIAA Certification: Platinum	24	11	2011
17	Wish You Were Here from the LP Goodbye Lullaby ARC chart run: 40 - 34 - 33 - 33 - 31 - 30 - 29 - 27 - 27 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: #: 103	27	10	2012
18	Hot from the LP The Best Damn Thing ARC chart run: 39 - 37 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: #: 140	37	3	2008	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	He Wasn't from the LP Under My Skin	**	**	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	The Best Damn Thing from the LP The Best Damn Thing	**	**	2007	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Alice from the Almost Alice soumdtrack	**	**	2007	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Rock 'N Roll from the LP Avril Lavigne	**	**	2013	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Let Me Go [Avril Lavigne featuring Chad Kroeger] from the LP Avril Lavigne	**	**	2013	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Hello Kitty from the LP Avril Lavigne	**	**	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Give You What You Like from the LP Avril Lavigne	**	**	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Fly from the digital download	**	**	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Head Above Water from the LP Head Above Water RIAA Certification: Platinum	**	**	2018	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Dumb Blonde [Avril Lavigne featuring Nicki Minaj] from the LP Head Above Water	**	**	2019	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	I Fell In Love With The Devil from the LP Head Above Water	**	**	2019	iTunes Amazon.mp3
Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run Songs charting prior to 1980 have information from Billboard magazine.