  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
 Avril hit the 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."
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."
 Avril hit the Top 10 with "Complicated" and #1 for 5 weeks by month's
end.
Let
Go
was certified platinum.
Avril topped the Billboard Top
40 Tracks chart for 7 weeks with "Complicated."
 Avril topped the Billboard Adult
Top 40 chart for 16 weeks with "Complicated."
"Complicated" topped the
charts in Canada.
Avril hit the Top 40 with "Sk8er Boi."
Avril's video for "Complicated" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best New Artist. Avril performed at
the show's opening act show.
Let
Go
was certified 2x platinum.
 Let
Go
was certified 3x platinum.
Let
Go
topped the LP charts in Canada.
Avril could be heard on the
soundtrack of Sweet
Home Alabama with "Falling
Down."
Avril hit the Top 10 with "Sk8er Boi" and #1 by the end of the
month.
Avril won a MTV Video Music
Award Latin America for Best New Artist,
International.
 Avril hit the Top 40 with "I'm With You."
Let
Go was certified 4x
platinum.
Avril hit the Top 10 with "I'm With You."
Let
Go
ended the year as the 3rd biggest
selling LP of the year with over 4.1 million
copies sold in the US.
Rolling
Stone magazine readers picked Avril
as Best Female Performer and Best New Artist.
 # 15
Singles Artist of the Year
Let
Go
topped the UK LP charts for 3 weeks.
Let
Go
was certified 5x platinum.
Avril performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Avril won 3 MTV Asia Awards.
Avril hit #1 with "I'm With You."
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. Avril also performed
at the ceremony.
Avril topped the Billboard Adult
Top 40 chart for 10 weeks with "I'm With You."
Avril graced the cover of Rolling
Stone.
 Avril hit the Top 40 with "Losing Grip."
Avril won 4
Juno Awards for Single of the Year ("Complicated"), Album of the
Year, Pop Album of the Year (Let
Go),
New Artist of the Year, and was also
nominated in 2 other categories.
Avril began her first headlining
tour kicking off in Montreal.
Avril won a Nickelodeon Kids'
Choice Award for Favorite Song ("Sk8er Boi").
Let
Go was certified 6x
platinum.
Avril hit the Top 10 with "Losing Grip."
Avril won 2 MuchMusic Awards for
Best International Video by a Canadian
("Sk8er Boi") and the People
Choice Award for Favorite Canadian Artist.
 Avril could be heard on the
soundtrack for American
Wedding with "I Don't Give."
Avril's video for "I'm With You" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.
 Avril won a World Music
Award for Best Canadian Pop/Rock Artist.
Avril won a Radio Music Awards
for Song of the Year - Modern Adult
Contemporary Radio ("Complicated").
Avril was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female
Artist.
Avril released the DVD My
World.
 # 5
Singles Artist of the Year
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").
 Avril hit the Top 40 with "Don't Tell Me."
Avril hit the Top 10 with "Don't Tell Me."
Avril performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Avril released her next LP Under
My Skin.
 Avril topped the Billboard 200
Albums chart with Under
My Skin - selling over 381,000 copies
in the US its first week of release.
Under
My Skin topped the LP charts in the UK
and Canada.
Avril hit the Top 40 with "My Happy Ending."
Avril could be heard on the
compilation LP Unity
- Athens 2004 Olympics with "Knocking On
Heaven's Door."
Under
My Skin was certified platinum.
 Avril could be heard on the
soundtrack for The
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement with "I Always
Get What I Want."
Avril hit the Top 10 with "My Happy Ending."
The video for "Don't Tell Me" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best Pop Video.
Avril won a World Music Award
for Best Pop/Rock Artist.
Avril hit #1 with "My Happy Ending."
Avril topped the Billboard
Mainstream Top 40 chart with "My Happy Ending."
The single "Don't Tell Me" was certified
gold.
 Avril hit the Top 40 with "Nobody's Home."
Avril was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.
Under
My Skin was certified 2x platinum.
The single "My Happy Ending" was certified
gold.
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
The single "Nobody's Home" was certified
gold.
 Avril won a Kid's Choice Award
for Favorite Female Singer.
Avril hit the Top 40 with "Fall To Pieces."
 Avril got engaged to Sum
41's Deryck Whibley.
 # 128
Singles Artist of the Year
Under
My Skin was certified 3x platinum.
The singles "I'm With You" and "Sk8er Boi" were certified
gold.
 Avril married Sum 41's
Deryck Whibley.
Avril hit the Top 40 with "Keep Holding On" from the Eragon soundtrack.
 # 9
Singles Artist of the Year
The single
"Keep Holding On" was certified
gold.
Avril hit the Top 40 with "Girlfriend."
 Avril hit the Top 10 with "Girlfriend."
Avril released her next LP The
Best Damn Thing.
Avril topped the UK and Canadian
LP charts with The
Best Damn Thing.
Avril topped the Billboard Hot
100 Songs chart, Pop 100 chart, and Hot
Digital Songs chart with "Girlfriend."
Avril topped the Billboard 200
LP chart and Top Digital Albums chart with The
Best Damn Thing. The LP sold over 286,000
copies in the US its first week of release.
 Avril hit #1 for 3 weeks with "Girlfriend."
The single "Girlfriend" was certified
platinum.
Avril could be heard on the
compilation Instant
Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur with
"Imagine."
The
Best Damn Thing was certified platinum.
 Avril hit the Top 40 with "When Your Gone."
The single "Girlfriend" was certified
platinum.
Avril was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Monster
Single of the Year ("Girlfriend").
Avril hit the Top 10 with "When Your Gone."
Avril won 2 MTV Europe Music
Awards for Most Addictive Track ("Girlfriend") and Solo Artist
of the Year.
Avril was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist. Avril performed at
the ceremony.
Avril hit the Top 40 with "Hot."
The single "Girlfriend" was certified 2x
platinum and the single "Keep Holding On" was certified
platinum.
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