Avril Lavigne Trivia

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Birth name: Avril Ramona Lavigne 

Date of birth: 27 September 1984 

Place of birth: Belleville, Ontario, Canada 

Nickname: Avie h

Height: 5′ 3″ (1.60 m) 

Spouse: Deryck Whibley (15 July 2006 – 2009) (divorced)

• One of her songs, “Losing Grip”, is about an ex-boyfriend
• Won the ‘New Artist in a Video’ award for her song ‘Complicated’ at the 2002 VMA
• Parents are Judy & John Lavigne, French-Canadians.
• Her first video, “Complicated”, cost over $1 million.
• Her younger sister appeared in her ‘SK8R BOI’ Video.
• She has a younger sister, Michelle and an older brother, Matthew
• Was orginally pursuing a career in country and folk music, but transitioned into “punk-rock” because of its more lucrative possbilities.
• Received 5 Grammy nominations, including 1 for best new artist (2003)
• Debut album ‘Let Go’ is 6x platinum
• Dropped out of high school after the 11th grade when she secured a record deal.
• Won 3 MTV Asia Awards for favorite female artist, favorite breakthrough artist & style (2003)
• Has been nominated for 6 Juno Awards (2003)
• Her CD, “Let Go”, was the third best selling album of 2002.
• Won four Juno Awards: Single of the Year (“Complicated”), Album of the Year (“Let Go”), New Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.
• Announced that her song ‘Sk8er Boi’ will be turned into a movie.
• Her second album is titled “Under My Skin,” which has gone 2x platinum
• Has a pizza named after her at a restaurant in her home town, Napanee, Ontario.
• 381,000 copies were sold of her second album “Under My Skin”, making it her 2nd #1 album. According to Nielsen SoundScan, it ended the #1 spot eight- week reign of Usher’s “Confessions” album. “Under My Skin” album is also #1 in the UK.
• Favorite pizza topping is olives
• The song “Slipped Away” on her second album is about the death of her grandfather.
• September 2004; Wrote the song “Breakaway” sung by Kelly Clarkson.
• Is the second child out of three in her family
• Is good friends with Pink and Vanessa Carlton.
• Nominated for 3 Grammys: Song Of The Year (“I’m With You”), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (“I’m With You”) & Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (“Losing Grip”) (2004)
• Avril taught herself the guitar at the age of 12
• Won Favorite Female Singer at the 18th Annual Kid’s Choice Awards [April 2005]
• 2005: Won 3 Juno Awards; Fan Choice Award, Artist of the Year, and Pop Album of the Year (“Under My Skin”).
• Voted #1 in Teen People’s Top Hottest 21 Under 21 List [April 30th - May 1st 2005]
• She was kind enough to donate many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004.
• Parents are Judy & John
• Decided to perform in Dublin, Ireland the same day her grandfather died. After receiving the news, she knew he would have wanted her to continue on. Although all but breaking down on stage, she continued to perform in his memory.
• Became engaged to Deryck Whibley on June 25, 2005. from the pop punk band Sum 41. She also bought a house with him in Beverly Hills. Whibley has recently stated that he would be marrying Lavigne; recent news reports have also stated that the two would be moving to Toronto, Canada, in order to remain closer to each other. 
• She once admitted to never having heard of the Sex Pistols. 
• Her love of tattoos, however, gained media attention in May 2010, after Lavigne and Jenner received matching tattoos of the word “f**k” on their ribs. Lavigne appeared in the June/July cover story for Inked magazine, where she discussed and showed off her tattoos, including an “Abbey Dawn” on her left forearm and an “XXV” and star on her right.
• In 2008, Lavigne introduced her clothing line, Abbey Dawn; and in 2009, she released her first perfume, Black Star, which was followed by her second perfume, Forbidden Rose, in 2010.