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Trivia
Birth name: Avril Ramona Lavigne
Date of birth: 27 September 1984
Place of birth: Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Nickname: Avie h
Hair color: blonde
Eye color: blue
Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)
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.
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