![]() In November 2000, Ken Krongard, an A&R representative, invited Antonio "L.A." Reid, then head of Arista Records, to Zizzo's Manhattan studio to hear Lavigne sing. Lavigne was noticed by Arista Records during a trip to New York. Jowett arranged for Lavigne to work with producer Peter Zizzo during the summer of 2000 in New York, where she wrote the song "Why". Mark Jowett, co-founder of a Canadian management firm, Nettwerk, received a copy of Lavigne's karaoke performances recorded in her parents' basement. Fabri sent out VHS tapes of Lavigne's home performances to several industry prospects, and Lavigne was visited by several executives. In December 1999, Lavigne was discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston. She later sang on "Temple of Life" and "Two Rivers" for his follow-up album, My Window to You, in 2000. He invited her to contribute vocals on his song, "Touch the Sky", for his 1999 album, Quinte Spirit. During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Lavigne was spotted by local folksinger Stephen Medd. Twain and Lavigne sang Twain's song, " What Made You Say That", and Lavigne told Twain that she aspired to be "a famous singer". ![]() In 1999, Lavigne won a radio contest to perform with Canadian singer Shania Twain at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, before an audience of 20,000 people. Lavigne also played hockey during high school and won MVP twice as a right winger in a boys league. Her first song was called "Can't Stop Thinking About You", about a teenage crush, which she described as "cheesy cute". Lavigne performed at country fairs, singing songs by Garth Brooks, the Chicks, and Shania Twain. When Lavigne was 14 years old, her parents took her to karaoke sessions. Following his own love for music, Jean-Claude led the family to church at Third Day Worship Centre in Kingston, where he often played bass. Her parents supported her singing her father bought her a microphone, a drum kit, a keyboard, and several guitars, and he converted their basement into a studio. When Lavigne was five years old, the family moved to Napanee (now incorporated as Greater Napanee), a town with a population of approximately 5,000 at the time. When Jean-Claude was a child, the family moved to Ontario, and in 1975, he married Judith-Rosanne "Judy" Loshaw. Their son, Jean-Claude Lavigne, was born in 1954 at RCAF Station Grostenquin near Grostenquin, Lorraine. A member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, he married Lucie Dzierzbicki, a French native of Morhange in 1953. Lavigne's paternal grandfather Maurice Yves Lavigne was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. "My brother used to knock on the wall because I used to sing myself to sleep and he thought it was really annoying." She is the sister-in-law of Japanese band One OK Rock bassist Ryota Kohama. Lavigne has an older brother named Matthew and a younger sister named Michelle, both of whom teased her when she sang. He and Lavigne's mother recognized their child's vocal abilities when she was two years old and sang " Jesus Loves Me" on the way home from church. She was named Avril (the French word for April) by her father. Early lifeĪvril Ramona Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984, in Belleville, Ontario. After releasing her sixth studio album, Head Above Water (2019), she returned to her punk roots with her seventh studio album, Love Sux (2022). Her next two studio albums, Goodbye Lullaby (2011) and Avril Lavigne (2013), saw continued commercial success and were both certified gold in Canada, the United States, and other territories. ![]() Lavigne's third studio album, The Best Damn Thing (2007), reached number one in seven countries worldwide and saw the international success of its lead single " Girlfriend", which became her first single to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Her second studio album, Under My Skin (2004), became Lavigne's first album to reach the top of the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, going on to sell 10 million copies worldwide. ![]() It yielded the successful singles " Complicated" and " Sk8er Boi", which emphasized a skate punk persona and earned her the title " Pop-Punk Queen" from music publications. Her debut studio album, Let Go (2002), is the best-selling album of the 21st century by a Canadian artist. Her accolades include eight Grammy Awards nominations, among others.Īt age 16, Lavigne signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records. ![]() She is considered a key musician in the development of pop-punk music, as she paved the way for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in the early 2000s. Avril Ramona Lavigne ( / ˈ æ v r ɪ l l ə ˈ v iː n/ AV-ril lə- VEEN born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. ![]()
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