Avril Ramona Lavigne (<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/ˈævrɪl ləˈviːn/</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key">AV-ril lə-VEEN</a>; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. At age 16, she signed a two-album recording contract with <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Records">Arista Records</a>. Her debut studio album, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Go_(Avril_Lavigne_album)">Let Go</a> (2002), is the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_of_the_21st_century">best-selling album of the 21st century by a Canadian artist</a>. It yielded the successful singles "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complicated_(Avril_Lavigne_song)">Complicated</a>" and "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk8er_Boi">Sk8er Boi</a>", which emphasized a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skate_punk">skate punk</a> persona and earned her the title "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music">Pop-Punk Queen</a>" from music publications. She is considered a key musician in the development of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_punk">pop-punk</a> music, as she paved the way for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in the early 2000s. Her second studio album, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_My_Skin_(Avril_Lavigne_album)">Under My Skin</a> (2004), became Lavigne's first album to reach the top of the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200">Billboard 200</a> chart in the United States, going on to sell 10 million copies worldwide.If you like my work and you feel like it, you can invite me to a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://ko-fi.com/sstylerdurden">Ko-fi</a>!

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