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She didn't like to study. And she always had bad behavior. Dropped out of school at age 15
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She didn't like to study. And she always had bad behavior. Dropped out of school at age 15
At age 14, parents took Avril Lavigne singing in karaoke. Lavigne also performed at the county fair, where she sang songs of country singers Garth Brooks, The Dixie Chicks and Shania Twain. In 1998, winning the competition on the radio, Lavigne sang with Shania Twain on stage Scotiabank Place song «What Made You Say That». Performing with amateur theater Lennox she was noticed by local folk singer Steve Madden and he invited her to sing vocals on his song «Touch the Sky» with 1999 album Quinte Spirit. In autumn 2000, Avril Lavigne signed a contract with Arista Recocds.
Avril Lavigne's debut album Let Go was released on 4 June 2002 and reached number two on the Billboard 200. The album topped the charts in Australia, Canada and the UK (Lavigne became the youngest singer at the time, headed the UK Albums Chart). By year end, the album went four times platinum in the U.S., making her the best-selling female singer, and the album Let Go - the best-selling debut album of the year.
The second album, Under My Skin, was released on 25 May 2004 and immediately topped the charts in Australia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, UK iSShA. Global circulation records exceeded 8,000,000 February 26, 2006 Lavin came from Canada at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games with the song «Who Knows».
Lavigne wrote the song “Keep Holding on” for the film “Eragon” by order Fox Entertainment .
In mid-2007 came out two comics Make 5 Wishes, over which Lavigne worked with artist and writer Camilla D'Erriko Joshua Dizartom. Comic was nominated in the category "Best comic novel for teenagers" in Young Adult Library Services. February 28 at the close of the Winter Olympic Games Lavigne sang the song «My Happy Ending» and «Girlfriend». In October 2010, Lavigne shot for the cover of the November issue Maxim.
For the first time on television Lavigne appeared in 2002 in the TV series "Sabrina - Witch", which performed «Sk8er Boi» at the club. In 2004, she appeared in a cameo role in the film "Going the Distance." She voiced a character in the animated film in 2006, "Over the Hedge." In December 2005, Lavigne appeared in the original screen adaptation of the book "Fast Food Nation" as a student of the school, which wants to free the cows. In early February 2008 Avril Lavigne released her line of guitars under the brand Fender. Singer worked out a model Squier Telecaster, making her own design of guitar and some of the technical features. In July 2008, on the eve of the new academic year , Lavigne released her own clothing line called Abbey Dawn.
By 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million
By May 2003, music album “Let Go” was sold over a million copies in Canada, bringing the album diamond certification of Canadian Recording Industry Association. By 2010, were sold globally over 16 million copies, 6.761 million - in the United States.
«Girlfriend», the first song of Lavigne, which headed the American charts, and enjoyed great international popularity, reaching the leading positions in Australia, Canada, Japan, Italy, Great Britain and France. The song was recorded in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese and northern Chinese languages awarded it the status of the most downloaded song in 2007 (with 7.3 million downloads, including versions in other languages.) «Girlfriend» got a list of the most popular songs of the decade.
In December 2007, Lavigne came in eighth place in the ranking of Forbes «20 richest stars under 25"
Quotations: 'It Is Better To Burn Out Than To Fade Away' Curt Cobain
Lavigne involved in the activities of several charitable organizations, such as Make Some Noise (Amnesty International), Erase MS, AmericanCPR.org, Camp Will-a-Way, Music Clearing Minefields, US Campaign for Burma, Make-a-Wish Foundation and War Child
She also shoted in advertising ALDO, to raise money for educating people worldwide about HIV / AIDS.
November 28, 2007 Lavigne took part in the concert "Unite against AIDS" hosted by ALDO in support of the UN Children's Fund at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
In 2005, Lavigne worked with a nonprofit pollution control organization Reverb
December 5, 2009 Lavinperfomed in Mexico during the biggest charity event in Latin America Teleton.
In 2010, Lavigne, with other artists recorded song K'naan «Wavin 'Flag». Funds from the sale of the single went to several charitable organizations helping victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
September 14, 2010 Lavin presented her collection The Avril Lavigne Foundation. The Foundation aims to help young people with serious illnesses and disabilities. The Fund works with Easter Seals, Foundation Make-A-Wish and Erase MS.
