April Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne (pronounced /ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn/; born 27 September 1984) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and occasional actress. Lavigne broke into the recording industry with her debut album, Let Go, released in 2002, when she was 17 years old; as of 2009, over 16 million copies have been sold worldwide, more than 6 million of which were sold in the United States. Her breakthrough single, "Complicated", peaked at many top 10 positions around the world, as did Let Go. Lavigne’s second album, Under My Skin, was released in 2004 and was her first album to peak at the number 1 position on the U.S. Billboard 200. The Best Damn Thing is Lavigne’s third and most recent album and was released in 2007; this album gave Lavigne her third number 1 album in the UK Albums Chart and also featured her first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 single, in the form of "Girlfriend". Lavigne has scored a total of five number-one singles worldwide, including "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm With You", "My Happy Ending" and "Girlfriend". She is currently working on her fourth studio album, expected to be released in 2010.

Lavigne has sold more than 30 million copies of her albums worldwide.^{[4][unreliable source?]} and is currently one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the United States, with over 10 million copies certified by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[5] Billboard named Lavigne the #10 pop artist of the 2000s as well as the 28th overall best act of the decade based on album sales, chart success, and cultural relativity in the USA.^[6][7]

Lavigne has acted in several films, including the 2007 film "The Flock", and had a voice-acting role in the 2006 film "Over the Hedge". In August 2006, Canadian Business magazine ranked her the seventh top Canadian actor dominating in Hollywood in their second-annual ranking Celebrity Power List. She is ranked second with the most web hits, and sixth in TV mentions.^[8]

In July 2006, Lavigne married her boyfriend of two years, Deryck Whibley. The marriage lasted a little over three years, and in October 2009, Lavigne filed for divorce. Whibley and Lavigne continued to work together after the divorce, with Whibley producing on her upcoming fourth album, as well as Lavigne's single, "Alice", which was written for Tim Burton's film Alice in Wonderland.