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| net_worth = US $50 million (2013 estimate)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Avril Lavigne )〕 | module = | instrument = | label = }} | website = }} Avril Ramona Lavigne (; (:avʁil laviɲ); born 27 September 1984〔http://www.people.com/people/avril_lavigne/biography〕) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, and spent most of her youth in the town of Greater Napanee. By the age of 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. In 2002, when she was 17 years old, Lavigne entered the music industry with her debut album ''Let Go'', becoming one of the most popular pop punk artists, a reason she earned her reputation of a "skater punk" persona and "pop punk princess". Since her professional debut she has sold more than 30 million albums and over 50 million singles worldwide. ''Let Go'' made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach number 1 in the UK. As of 2013, it has sold nearly 7 million copies in the United States and over 16 million copies worldwide. Her breakthrough single, "Complicated", peaked at number 1 in many countries around the world, as did the album ''Let Go''. Her second studio album, ''Under My Skin'', was released in May 2004 and was her first album to peak at number 1 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, eventually selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. ''The Best Damn Thing'', Lavigne's third album, was released in April 2007, becoming her third number 1 album in the UK Albums Chart and featuring her first US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number 1 single, "Girlfriend". Lavigne has scored six number-one singles worldwide, including "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm with You", "My Happy Ending", "Nobody's Home", and "Girlfriend". Lavigne is one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the US, with over 11 million copies certified by the RIAA. Her fourth studio album, ''Goodbye Lullaby'', was released in March 2011. ''Goodbye Lullaby'' gave Lavigne her fourth top 10 album on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and the UK Albums Chart and her third number 1 album in both Japan and Australia. Three months after the release of ''Goodbye Lullaby'', Lavigne began work on her eponymously titled fifth studio album, which was released by Epic Records on 1 November 2013 following her departure from RCA Records in 2011. Lavigne took a break from recording music, pursuing careers in feature film acting and designing clothes and perfumes. She voiced Heather, a Virginia opossum, in the animated film ''Over the Hedge'' in 2006. That same year, she made her on-screen feature film debut in ''Fast Food Nation''. In 2008, Lavigne introduced her clothing line, Abbey Dawn, and in 2009, she released her first perfume, Black Star, which was followed by her second perfume, Forbidden Rose, in 2010 and her third perfume, Wild Rose, in 2011. In July 2006, Lavigne married her boyfriend of two years, Deryck Whibley, lead singer and guitarist for Sum 41. The marriage lasted four years, and in October 2009, Lavigne filed for divorce. Whibley and Lavigne continued to work together, with Whibley producing her fourth album, as well as Lavigne's single, "Alice", written for Tim Burton's film ''Alice in Wonderland''. Lavigne married Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger in 2013. ==Early life and education== Avril Ramona Lavigne was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Her mother is of English, Scottish, and German descent,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Avril Lavigne )〕 and her father, Jean-Claude Joseph Lavigne, is of French-Canadian extraction, and Avril holds a French passport. She was named "Avril" by her father after the French word for the month of April. He and Lavigne's mother, Judy, recognized their child's vocal abilities when she was two years old and sang "Jesus Loves Me" on the way home from church. Lavigne has an older brother, Matthew, and a younger sister, Michelle, both of whom teased her when she sang. "My brother used to knock on the wall because I used to sing myself to sleep and he thought it was really annoying." When Lavigne was five years old, the family moved to Greater Napanee, Ontario, a town with a population of approximately 5,000. Although she has been struggling with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Avril Lavigne on Chelsea Lately, April 2013 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fairlady, May We Have Your Attention Please, July 2011, p. 60 )〕 ever since she was a child and was sometimes kicked out of class for misbehaving, her parents supported her singing. Her father bought her a microphone, a drum kit, a keyboard, and several guitars, and converted their basement into a studio; following his own love for music Jean-Claude led the family to church at Third Day Worship Center in Kingston, Ontario where he often played bass. When Lavigne was 14 years old, her parents took her to karaoke sessions. Lavigne also performed at country fairs, singing songs by Garth Brooks, The Dixie Chicks, and Shania Twain. She also began writing her own songs. Her first song was called "Can't Stop Thinking About You", about a teenage crush, which she described as "cheesy cute". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avril Lavigne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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