Monday, September 22, 2008

Avril Lavigne – She’s the best damn thing


She rock, she’s hot and she’s the best damn thing… And she’s one of my favorite artists! Avril Lavigne even at a young age, is indeed quite talented… She was a Canadian Grammy Award-nominated rock singer and songwriter. But the list doesn’t end here; she’s also fashion designer, and an actress. In 2006, Canadian Business Magazine ranked her the seventh most popular Canadian in Hollywood.


Avril Lavigne was born in Belleville, Ontario on September 27, 1984, the daughter of Judy and John Lavigne. She has an elder brother, Matthew, and a younger sister, Michelle. Lavigne's mother was the first to spot young Lavigne’s talent. At the age of 2, Lavigne began singing along with her mother on church songs. The family moved to Napanee, Ontario, when Lavigne was 5-years-old. In 1998, Lavigne won a competition to sing with fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain on her first major concert tour. She appeared alongside Twain at her concert in Ottawa, appearing on stage to sing "What Made You Say That." She was discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston, Ontario. During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Lavigne was spotted by local folk singer Steve Medd, who invited her to sing on his song, "Touch the Sky," for his 1999 album, Quinte Spirit. At the age of 16, she was signed by Ken Krongard, the artists-and-repertoire (A&R) representative of Arista Records, who invited the head of Arista, Antonio "L.A." Reid, to hear her sing at the New York City studio of producer Peter Zizzo.


She then completed work on her first debut album, Let Go. Her album was released on June 4, 2002 in the United States, it has reached number two there and number one in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This made Lavigne, at seventeen, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album in the UK up until that time.


Lavigne was named "Best New Artist" at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, won four Juno Awards in 2003 (out of six nominations), received a World Music Award for "World's Best-Selling Canadian Singer", and was nominated for eight Grammy Awards, including "Song of the Year" for "Complicated" and "Best New Artist".


Avril Lavigne's second album, Under My Skin, was released on May 25, 2004, in the U.S. It debuted at number one in the U.S., the UK, Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Ireland, Thailand, Korea and Hong Kong and sold more than 380,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week. Lavigne wrote most of the album with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, though some tracks were co-written by Ben Moody (formerly of Evanescence), Butch Walker of Marvellous 3, her former lead guitarist Evan Taubenfeld, and her former drummer Matt Brann. Kreviazuk's husband, Our Lady Peace front man Raine Maida, co-produced the album with Butch Walker and Don Gilmore.


Lavigne's third album, The Best Damn Thing, was released on April 17, 2007 and debuted at number one in the U.S. The album was produced by Dr. Luke, Lavigne's husband Deryck Whibley, Rob Cavallo, Butch Walker and Lavigne. Travis Barker recorded drums for the record. The first single from the album was "Girlfriend", which became Lavigne's first single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. On Ryan Seacrest's radio show Lavigne said that "When You're Gone" would be the second single. Lavigne's third single from the album is "Hot". The fourth and final single of the album is "The Best Damn Thing".


Avril Lavigne’s career only shows that she is indeed “the best damn thing”… A very very talented artist. She may be a bit more complicated these days, but she’s still the good ‘ol peerless, and still fearless Avirl Lavigne of our time....Still not convinced about her talents? Then just check out some of her songs and see for yourself.


MP3 Downloads
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Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone (3.5 MB)
When You're Gone

Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (4.3 MB)
The Best Damn Thing

Avril Lavigne - Things I'll Never Say (5 MB)
Things I'll Never Say

Avril Lavigne - Keep Holding On (5.3 MB)
Keep Holding On

Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi (4.6 MB)
Sk8er Boi

Avril Lavigne - Don't Tell (4.6 MB)
Don't Tell

Avril Lavigne - I'm With You(5.13 MB)
I'm With You

Avril Lavigne - Nobody's Home(4.86 MB)
Nobody's Home

Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (3.3 MB)
Girlfriend

Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending (3.7 MB)
My Happy Ending

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