- Avril Lavigne is a Canadian-French singer and songwriter.
- She was born in Belleville, Ontario but spent majority of her youth in the town of Greater Napanee.
- At 15 she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million.
- Album “Let Go” made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach number 1 in the UK, selling 7mm copies in U.S. and 16mm world wide.
- Avril Lavigne took a break from recording music in 2011, pursuing careers in feature film acting and designing clothes and perfumes.
- Lavigne married Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger in 2013.
