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Avril Lavigne
All Music Guide
Wild child Avril Lavigne hit big in summer 2002 with her spiky-fun debut song, Complicated, shifting pop music into a different direction. Lavigne, who was 17 at the time, didnt seem concerned with the glamour of the #TRL-dominated pop world and such confidence allowed her star power to soar. The middle of three children in small-town Napanee, Ontario, Lavignes ock ambitions were noticeable around age two. By her early teens, she was already writing songs and playing guitar. The church choir, local festivals, and county fairs also allowed Lavigne to get her voice heard, and luckily, Arista Records main man Antonio L.A. Reid was listening. He offered her a deal, and at 16, Lavignes musical dreams became reality. With Reids assistance and a new Manhattan apartment, Lavigne found herself surrounded by prime songwriters and producers, but it wasnt impressive enough for her to continue. She had always relied on her own ideas to create a musical spark, and things werent going as planned. Lavigne wasnt disillusioned, though. She headed for Los Angeles and Nettwerk grabbed her. Producer/songwriter Clif Magness (Celine Dion, Wilson Phillips, Sheena Easton) tweaked Lavignes melodic, edgy sound and her debut, Let Go, was the polished product. Singles such as Complicated and Sk8er Boi hit the Top Ten while Im with You and Losing Grip did moderately well at radio. Butch Walker of the Marvelous 3, Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida, and Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte) signed on to produce Lavignes second album, Under My Skin, which appeared in May 2004. The album topped the ~Billboard charts and produced the number one hit My Happy Ending. Other singles like Nobodys Home and Fall to Pieces did respectably well also. Settling down a bit from her punk rock wild child persona, Lavigne married her boyfriend of two years, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, in July 2006.
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
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