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Avril Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984 in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the city of Belleville. Her father worked for a telephone company and her mother was a housewife. The family also has an older brother and a younger sister. Avril was not yet six years old when the whole family moved to the quiet town of Napani, where the girl spent her childhood and youth.

The future singer did not please her parents with her studies and behavior, but they supported her passion for music. She was bought necessary tools, a microphone, and in the basement they built a room for classes. At the same time, Lavigne began to compose her first songs and perform at city fairs, where she performed country music compositions.

The rise of a musical career and filmography

In 1994, Avril won a radio contest, and after meeting Stephen Madd, she sang folk songs from his repertoire. At the end of 1999, she had a chance to talk with music producer Cliff Fabry, who showed recordings of her songs to several successful producers.

IN next year Lavigne met Peter Zizzo and wrote the song "Why". That same fall, Zizzo's studio hosted her audition, where the famous producer Antonio Reida was also located. The founder of the LaFace Records label immediately offered the aspiring singer cooperation and a good fee.

The girl agreed without hesitation and, dropping out of school, started releasing her first album, Let Go, which was ready in the summer of 2002. He not only began to be bought up by music lovers, but also took the lead in the Billboard 200 chart. Two years later, Avril released her second album Under My Skin, and in 2007 third- The Best Damn Thing, which were also successful. Her famous compositions Complicated, Sk8er Boi, I'm With You, My Happy Ending and Girlfriend have not left the high positions in the world charts.

Unprecedented creative success

In early 2011, Lavigne gained immense popularity, and her records became one of the most sought after in America. But at that time some music bands and the singers accused the Canadian of plagiarism, stating that she copied the chorus and some lines of the songs from them. But the manager Avril said that this was just a coincidence, since many musicians have similar lines in their compositions. The star postponed the release date of the next album several times, as she did not like some of the recordings of the songs. At the end of the summer of 2010, Lavigne came to grips with the album, although in those days she had a severe sore throat, but despite this, the singer made a huge amount of recordings, which, according to her, could be enough for several albums. After the release of her fourth album Goodbye Lullaby in March 2011, the singer revealed that she was already working on her next one. Her fifth studio album, which the singer called by her own name - Avril Lavigne, many fans were able to purchase only last fall.

Avril Lavigne with guitar

During his musical career the star has been nominated for numerous awards and has earned eight Grammy nominations. The performer took part in the closing ceremony twice Olympic Games: First time in Turin in 2006 and second time in Vancouver in 2010. Avril also created over sixty songs for various films, some of which later became soundtracks, such as the song Alice, written for the film Alice in Wonderland. Lavigne first visited Russia in 2007, performing with concert program in Moscow and St. Petersburg, becoming the winner of the MTV Russia Music Awards at the same time. In the fall of 2011, the performer again came to Moscow, where she sang her favorite hits to numerous Russian fans, and also worked as a DJ in the Gypsy bar.

But sometimes a 30-year-old celebrity has to fight for the title of the most popular singer Canada, while applying even physical strength. In the spring of this year, Miley Cyrus (Miley Cyrus) published a video on her Instagram in which she and Avril find out who is the most famous star In Canada. The girls do not come to an agreement and attack each other with their fists. But, as it turned out later, it was just April Fool's joke and they decided to just entertain their fans.

Movie roles

Lavigne's creative activity was multifaceted: in addition to music, she was interested in film roles. The star revealed her acting talent even when she starred in video clips. For the first time, the singer appeared on the screen in 2002 in the TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, where she performed the song Sk8er Boi as a guest celebrity. Two years later, the performer took part in the film "Hold on to the end", starring in a small role.

This was followed in 2006 by a larger role in the film Fast Food Nation, where the singer played a student trying to save cows. In addition, in the same year was released cartoon"Forest lads", where the opossum Heather spoke in her voice. These two successful tapes were shown at the opening of the 59th Cannes Film Festival, where Avril was the guest of honor. In one interview, the star said that she is interested in an acting career, but prefers to start small. In 2006, she was ranked seventh among Canadian celebrities in Hollywood by Canadian Business.

Avril Lavigne personal life

At the age of 17, Lavigne met Sum 41 member Deryck Whibley. At first, young people just talked, and then they began to meet. In the summer of 2005, the musician arranged for his beloved a romantic trip to Venice, where he offered her a hand and a heart. In 2006, in California, a couple in love played their luxurious wedding, which was attended by more than a hundred guests. But this marriage was short-lived, and after three years the couple broke up, keeping between themselves friendly relations. After a divorce from her ex-husband, Avril practically did not appear at social events, but she was a frequent guest in nightclubs.

Pictured is Avril Lavigne ex-husband Deryck Whibley

After some time, the singer began to be noticed in the company of a fashion model and participant in the reality show Brody Jenner, who is the half-brother of Kim Kardashian. The couple not only spent everything together free time, but also demonstrated in public her passionate love. But already at the beginning of 2012, there were rumors that problems arose in the personal life of lovers. According to a source close to the couple, Lavigne dreamed of getting married again and having children, but Brody did not share the views of his beloved, whose plans had not yet been married. But the singer and her boyfriend denied these speculations on Twitter, saying that this was a lie, and they did not part. To prove this, the couple made the same tattoos for themselves, but already in the spring of 2012, information was received that the lovers finally broke up. For almost half a year, the star did not start a serious relationship with men, preferring to relax in the company of her close friends. At that time, the paparazzi managed to capture the performer with one of the girls on a Mexican beach, where they sunbathed and walked along the coast.

At the end of August 2012, Avril began dating Chad Kroeger, the leader of the rock band Nickelback, whom she met while working on songs together for her new album. Despite the significant difference in age, the artists found common interests and fell in love with each other. At that time, many friends of the star noted that she simply glowed with happiness, enjoying communication with her beloved.

Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger

Then the engagement took place, and in the summer of 2013 in the southern part of France, the lovers played their wedding, which the bride organized in the Gothic style: the dark hall was decorated with candles, and Lavigne appeared in front of the guests in black wedding dress. But this marriage, it seems, did not bring happiness to the performer: many noted that already in August 2014 she went out to the public without wedding ring, and deleted all of Chad's Twitter posts. Also, close friend Avril told reporters that Kruger never liked all her acquaintances, who noted that the celebrity husband always behaved very arrogantly towards her.

In September of this year, journalists reported that the couple decided to divorce, in addition, they noted that the musician himself tells everyone that their marriage had broken up. The latest news about the personal life of the 29-year-old singer is not encouraging: she stopped giving concerts and attending social events. And recently it became known that the performer canceled the tour due to the fact that she was admitted to the clinic. Many fans were concerned about the health of their favorite, and some decided that Lavigne was pregnant. But her representative categorically denied these speculations, and the star herself admitted on her blog that she now has minor health problems.

Business and charitable activities

Avril, like many celebrities, takes part in the activities of many charitable foundations. So, in 2005, the star starred in an ALDO commercial in order to spread important information about AIDS among people with the money raised. In addition, together with the members of the non-profit foundation, the singer actively fought against the pollution of nature on the planet. In 2010, Lavigne helped residents affected by the earthquake in Haiti, and in the same year, the artist created her own fund, The Avril Lavigne Foundation, which raises funds for seriously ill children.

Abbey Dawn clothing line:

In 2008, Avril Lavigne, who has not parted with the guitar since the age of 12, developed an improved model of this instrument and launched the production of a line together with the Fender brand. Also in the same year, with the help of the American company Kohl's, she created her own brand of clothing for teenagers Abbey Dawn, using her favorite images in the form of skulls and star patterns. According to the singer, she released clothes that she would wear herself. This collection featured loose t-shirts, pleated miniskirts, dresses, leggings, skinny jeans, tutu skirts, fingerless gloves, all of which the new designer used her favorite colors - black and pink, as well as plaid, stripes and leopard prints. The celebrity presented the products of her brand in 2009 at New York Fashion Week. In 2010, Lavigne added Alice in Wonderland themed clothing to her collection, which she designed in close collaboration with Disney.

In 2009, Avril created her first perfume " Black Star”, which were produced by the cosmetic brand Procter & Gamble Prestige Products. The singer announced her perfume with predominant notes of plum, hibiscus and chocolate on her page. This perfume was not only loved by the fans of the star, but was also awarded the "Best Fragrance" award. Two years later, the second perfume of the star appeared - "Forbidden Rose", which includes notes of peach, red apple, black pepper.

Style and hobbies

IN early years Lavigne's clothes were dominated by a teenage style, and she loved to wear boyish things: baggy pants, T-shirts with straps, ties. The girl also wore skater shoes, bracelets, and wound laces around her fingers. In those years, the singer was often called "anti-Britney" because of her independence and peculiar image. Then the performer fell in love Gothic style and began to wear black dresses, leather jackets, T-shirts with skulls and a star pattern. The same was reflected in her luxurious hair, with which she always loved to experiment. Once Avril arrived at a secular party in Paris with an unusual hairstyle: the entire left side of her head was shaved, and she combed the remaining hair to her right side. On another occasion, the star painted several strands black.

A little later, Lavigne's style changed: she began to look more feminine, changing her hair and choosing dresses with heels, as well as skinny jeans. According to the star, she has matured and now she has a completely different taste, in addition, she watches her diet, does yoga, surf, football, roller skates. The singer also said that in one of the European tours she stopped eating meat, after which she noted positive changes in health. During his creative career the star has appeared on the cover of many glossy publications, such as the Canadian edition of Elle, Maxim, Blender, the Italian magazine Vanity Fair and others. Last year, Avril appeared on the pages of Bello gloss, where she tried on an elegant coat, romantic dresses with puffy skirts, in which she looks like a real lady.

Avril Lavigne is a North American vocalist who became famous for writing and performing the songs "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm With You", "My Happy Ending" and "Girlfriend", which became leaders in international music charts. The singer works in several genres of music, including alternative rock, pop punk, pop rock and post-grunge.

At the end of September 1984, Avril Lavigne was born in the provincial Canadian town of Napanee. Her parents, Judith Rosan and Jean-Claude, are members of the Christian denomination. Father, born French Canadian, gave the middle daughter unusual name, which translates from French as "April". Avril, in addition to European, also has Ukrainian roots: her great-grandfather was a White Guard officer, from Odessa, who immigrated to the other side of the world after the revolution. Avril grew up in a family with her older brother Matthew and younger sister Michelle.

From the age of two, the baby began to sing at the service in the church, and then at home. Loving parents bought for her musical instruments: drum set, microphone, synthesizer and guitar. At home, the girl made a real music studio. Avril was so passionate about music that after a while she was invited to all city fairs, where she performed her songs in country style. In addition to music, Avril is engaged in team sports: he plays football, basketball, and also rides a skateboard.

Music

Avril's creative biography began rapidly. Having won the competition at the age of 14, she traveled to Ottawa, where she sang the song in a duet with Shania Twain. After that, the enterprising man Cliff Fabry noticed her. He convinced the girl to send recordings of her songs to production centers.

Clip Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend"

This step turned out to be successful: Avril was invited to the USA at the age of 16. For the sake of her musical career, she even quits her studies and leaves for New York, especially since she never liked studying at school.

After the first listening, Avril signed a contract with Arista Records for more than $ 1 million. The producer immediately paid the girl a huge advance for two albums. The very first collection "Let Go" broke all imaginable and unimaginable records: silver in the "Billboard 200", first place in the charts of Canada, Great Britain, Australia. A few months later, the disc was certified 4x platinum in the US. In addition, for the debut song "Complicated", the girl received many awards from MTV, World Music Awards, Grammy and from the Canadian Juno Award. The video for this song was watched by 231 million Internet users. An official website was created for the fans of the singer.

Clip Avril Lavigne "I'm With You"

No less grandiose success awaited her second disc "Under My Skin", which was released in mid-2004. Sales of eight million copies of the album provided the hits "Don't Tell Me", "My Happy Ending", "Nobody's Home", "He Wasn't". In addition, for him, the singer again received awards from the World Music Awards and Juno. After that, Avril embarks on the first two-year musical tour with solo concerts around the world. In the same year, she was featured on the cover of Maxim magazine.

In 2007, the third disc "The Best Damn Thing" appears, which is no less successful than the first two. According to Forbes magazine, Avril entered the category of the richest young people on the planet. At the same time, she is accompanied by scandals related to the accusation of Avril of plagiarism. With one group, the girl even sued and won the case. But with the song of the Canadian singer Peaches, according to critics, Avril had the same musical introduction.

Lavigne is not only interested in music. The girl creates comics "Make 5 Wishes", starred in the films "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", "Hold on to the End", "Fast Food Nation", "Forest Fellowship", "Flock". According to her, she still dreams of starring in a Christmas comedy.

Avril creates her own line of clothes for teenagers "Abbey Dawn", and also releases perfumes "Black Star" and "Forbidden Rose". She becomes the author of the soundtrack for the film "Alice in Wonderland". The singer releases her line of electric guitars under the Fender brand. In addition to business, the actress has created many charitable organizations.

Clip Avril Lavigne "Rock N Roll"

Back in 2012, Avril began to be noticed next to the outrageous rock singer. There was talk of a romance between two extraordinary personalities, but it was only a PR stunt. The musicians jointly created the song "Bad girl", which was included in the singer's fifth album. In 2013, the fifth disc of the artist was released, which was called "Avril Lavigne". The album's singles were "Here's To Never Growing Up", "Rock N Roll" ("Rock and Roll") and "Let Me Go". After this collection, the artist's discography temporarily stopped replenishing.

In 2014, there was a famous hacker attack on the iCloud service, from which personal photos of celebrities were stolen. Young Avril was also included in the list of victims of treacherous computer scientists. But, fortunately, there is nothing reprehensible in the stolen photos: the girl is not photographed naked on the phone.

Clip Avril Lavigne "Let Me Go"

Over time, Avril's image has also changed. At first, due to her short stature, the singer acted as a street teenager, a skater, but gradually Avril changed this style to gothic: black and pink clothes, exaggerated makeup. The new Avril Lavigne appeared before the public after writing the album "The Best Damn Thing". She became a blonde with a sweet clean face. You can often see a girl without makeup. Avril does yoga, meditation, she is a vegetarian. Avril's height is 155 cm, and weight, according to information from different sources, fluctuates around 49-52 kg.

According to some fans of the singer, in Russia you can meet Avril's doubles. First of all, Russian Avril Lavigne is called the singer who represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. In many photographs, she strongly resembles her Canadian counterpart. In addition, their voices are somewhat similar. In addition to Julia, the Russian young actress also looks like Avril. Her face resembles the features of Avril: the shape of the eyes and the shape of the lips.

Personal life

Fans follow the singer's personal life with enthusiasm. Her first chosen one was musician Derick Whibley, whom she met back in 2001. They dated for a while and got married in 2006. The young man romantically proposed to his chosen one: for this they went on a trip to Italy, where during a picnic Derik offered Avril to marry him. Their wedding was traditional, despite the rebellious artistic image of the artists. 3 years later life together young people divorced.

After a dysfunctional marriage, the artist begins dating Brody Jenner. former member one of the popular reality shows. As a sign of mutual love, they even got tattoos with each other's name. But, since the boyfriend was categorically against the children that Avril wanted, they also broke up.

In 2012, the singer began to be noticed in the company of Chad Krueger, a musician from a Canadian rock band, who soon became her husband. On joint photo the girl increasingly appeared with signs of pregnancy - Avril was preparing to become a mother. But it is not known whether a joyful event took place. Subsequently, the artist did not comment on the birth of the child. And three years later, this marriage also fell apart: already in 2015, the young people separated.

During 2014-2015, the actress did not appear in public. This behavior of the singer caused rumors in society about her drug addiction, mental problems. There was even a theory about the death of the star, which was based on fan speculation about the replacement of the artist with a double Melissa Vandella. Conspiracy theorists claimed that since 2004, all distinctive moles have disappeared from Avril's photo. It was rumored that the girl committed suicide in the early 2000s, and her producers decided to further promote the name.

However, the disappearance of Avril Lavigne in 2014 was associated with an unexpected illness of the girl. In the spring, the singer began to feel unwell. According to Avril, she constantly wanted to sleep, she lost a lot of weight, the girl suffered from headaches. The doctors did not understand what the singer was sick with, she was credited with depression and chronic fatigue syndrome. But only six months later they were able to diagnose - Lyme disease, inflammation of the brain. After the course of treatment, the singer returned to the fans again and began work on a solo project.

The girl gave her first interview after the cure on the air of the Good Morning America program. According to the performer, she independently came to the conclusion that she had a viral disease. The interview also got on the personal profiles of the singer in "

Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress who rose to popularity as a teenager and enjoyed huge success for over a decade with her punk rock-influenced pop music style. Over the years, she has taken on new directions, including creating her own clothing line.

Avril Lavigne: a biography of the early years

She was born on September 27, 1984 in Canada in the city of Belleville in the family of Jean-Claude Joseph and Judith-Rosanna Lavigne. She spent most of her childhood in Napani. She has a sister, Michelle, and a brother, Matthew. Much to their chagrin, Avril Lavigne (pictured later in the article) sang all the time as a child. She was raised by deeply religious parents and first began performing in a church choir. At the age of 12, Avril learned to play the guitar and began to compose her own music. Her father supported her: he bought her a microphone, drums, a piano and several guitars, and provided her with a basement.

At first, Avril focused on country music, and over time she changed the style. At the age of 14, she began performing karaoke and won the competition, performing a duet with Shania Twain in front of an audience of 20,000. At 16, leaving with parental consent high school, she and her brother traveled to New York and then to Los Angeles to collaborate with Arista Records.

First steps

professional musical biography Avril Lavigne started when she was 17 years old. She appeared on the scene as a lively pop punk girl who refused to attract the audience with her body, preferring to use her powerful voice, energetic melodies and straightforward lyrics for this. Unwavering loyalty to herself and the principle of always putting music first, not appearance, paid off the efforts of the little girl from Napanee. Both in terms of critics and commercial success.

In 2002, Lavigne's 6x platinum album Let Go catapulted Lavigne into global pop stardom. This was followed by: triple platinum Under My Skin in 2004, platinum The Best Damn Thing in 2007 and 2011's Goodbye Lullaby, which sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. During her long career, Lavigne has released a number of international singles, traveled the globe, having been on numerous world tours, was nominated 8 times for Grammy Award and was awarded the Canadian Juneau Award.

A dizzying success

A self-taught guitar, piano and drums musician who writes every song herself, Avril Lavigne sang and performed for several years before releasing her CD Let Go, which included such hit singles as Complicated and the out-of-print Sk8r Boi - more than 16 million copies. The next album, Under My Skin, debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 in 2004.

The second disc in Avril Lavigne's biography was described by some listeners (for example, on the Allmusic website) as "clumsy". But, nevertheless, it sold more than 8 million copies worldwide thanks to the singles Do Not Tell Me and My Happy Ending. After 4 years, The Best Damn Thing appeared with the No. 1 hit Girlfriend. It is the rock singer's best recording to date and was the top digital track of 2007 with over 7.3 million downloads. Here's To Never Growing Up, the first single from Avril Lavigne's self-titled new album, released in April 2013, debuted at number one in 22 countries and was a top 10 single in 44. Overall, the rock singer has won 221 awards and been nominated 301 times.

Co-authorship and film work

In addition, Lavigne co-wrote songs written for other artists such as (the hit song Breakaway) as well as tracks for Demi Lovato and Leona Lewis. Her compositions graced the soundtracks for such feature films like Eragon, Sweet Home Alabama, Bruce Almighty, Legally Blonde 2, The Princess Diaries 2, The House Bunny and "Alice in Wonderland". In addition, she voiced Heather in the animated film "The Woodland Fellows" (2006) and starred in the films "Fast Food Nation" (2006), "Flock" (2007), "Hold on to the end" (2004).

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (2002) was the first film experience in Avril Lavigne's biography (in Russian, the series is known as "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"). In 2010, she wrote the composition "Alice" for a fantasy film which was included in the Almost Alice compilation. In addition, her best-selling fashion and style brand Abbey Dawn created costumes for Alice in Wonderland, which were sold in stores in conjunction with the film's release.

Business and charity

Thanks to Abbey Dawn, Lavigne has become a wildly successful entrepreneur. The brand sells youth collections of clothing and accessories inspired by her life, music and travels around the world; as well as 3 fragrances: Black Star (“Black Star”), Forbidden Rose (“Forbidden Rose”) and Wild Rose (“Wild Rose”). Over the years, she has designed specialty accessories and made contributions to the Avril Lavigne Foundation, which works in partnership with charitable organizations like Easter Seals, Erase MS and Make-A-Wish. In addition, she participated in the ALDO campaign to raise funds for public awareness about AIDS. To date, the Avril Lavigne Foundation has raised more than half a million US dollars to support children and youth living with severe illnesses or disabilities through awareness initiatives and grants.

Latest album

Despite the fact that business and philanthropy take a lot of time, music for a rock singer is still in the first place. In November 2013, the 5th album in the biography of Avril Lavigne appeared under the name Avril Lavigne. She worked on it with new co-authors (Chad Kroeger and David Hodges, with whom she wrote 8 songs, as well as Martin Johnson, J. Cash, Matt Squire and others), experimenting with a wide range of sounds: from nostalgic carefree pop music (Here " s To Never Grow Up Up, Bitchin "Summer, 17) to offhand rock (Rock N Roll, Bad Girl featuring Marilyn Manson) and cheeky dubstep (Hello Kitty) to her signature ballads "Hush Hush" and "Let Me Go" duet with Nickelback's Kroeger, whom she married in July 2013.

Biography Avril Lavigne: personal life

After three years of marriage, Lavigne and first husband divorced in 2009. She then dated model and reality star Brody Jenner from February 2010 to January 2012.

In August 2012, Lavigne began to collaborate with musician Chad Kroeger, the frontman. They were introduced by her manager, who thought they would be a good team. In the process of creating the album, Avril and Chad fell in love. According to Lavigne, the idea of ​​collaborating with Chad seemed like a good idea to her because she thought it would be nice to write compositions with another artist. “He knows what it means to sell a song to a large crowd of listeners. He is a guitarist. He is a rock star. He goes through what I'm going through. We are both from Canada. It makes sense to put two people who live the same life in the same room. We first met in the studio. We bonded through music. Chad was in the studio, me and Dave Hodges. We called ourselves a tripod. That's how the recording started." Lavigne had just finished her world tour and her job was to go into the studio every day with these guys. They put on top hats, smoked cigarettes, ordered pizza, lay on the floor, wrote songs every day and just laughed heartily. And Chad was the funniest of all.

Lavigne and Kroeger have been dating since February 2012 and got married in July 2013 in a ceremony held in southern France. But a year later, on September 2, 2015, she announced that they had broken up.

Avril Lavigne's biography last years was overshadowed by the fight against Lyme disease. She announced this in April 2015 to People magazine. According to her, she was bedridden for 5 months. In June of that year, Lavigne shared additional information in his first television interview since the diagnosis of the disease. She explained that before getting the help she needed, she had been examined by many doctors. Lavigne told ABC News she is halfway there and expects a 100 percent recovery.

Be yourself

In March 2017, Avril signed with BMG Records. She previously collaborated with Sony Music Entertainment. She also announced plans to release a new album by the end of this year. According to some estimates, Lavigne's fortune is estimated at 55 million US dollars. In total, she managed to sell 50 million singles and 30 million albums worldwide.

Lavigne attributes her success to always being true to herself. When asked what she would say to her 17-year-old self when she first started playing music professionally, she replied that she would advise to just be yourself, do what you want to do and not let anyone change you. You need to know yourself as an artist and your style, stick to it and fight for who you are.