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Avril Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose professional music career began in 2002 with the release of her first studio album. Lavigne was offered a record deal in 2000 when she was 16 years old after being discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston, Ontario. She traveled to New York, where she auditioned for the then-president of Arista Records, Antonio "L.A." Reid, who signed her on the spot. Lavigne's debut album, ''Let Go'', spawned four singles: "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm with You", and "Losing Grip". The album was certified six-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America less than a year after its release; it also received a diamond certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association and reached multi-platinum status in many other countries. The album and its singles earned Lavigne a total of eight Grammy Award nominations in 2003 and 2004, including Best New Artist. "I'm With You" and "Complicated" were both nominated for Song of the Year awards. As of 2013, ''Let Go'' has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Lavigne's second album, ''Under My Skin'', was released in 2004. It debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart in the United States and has subsequently sold 12 million copies worldwide. It spawned four singles: "Don't Tell Me", "My Happy Ending", "Nobody's Home", and "He Wasn't". Her third album, ''The Best Damn Thing'', was released in 2007 and also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. It produced her most successful single to date, "Girlfriend", which peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the United States and reached the top spot in eight other countries. The song sold over 7.3 million digital copies, more than any other song released in 2007. Its music video became the first on YouTube to reach 100 million views and became the most watched video of all time on the site in 2008. While not as commercially successful as her previous albums, Lavigne's fourth album, ''Goodbye Lullaby'' debuted in the top five on charts in over 15 countries, including the United States and Canada. It spawned three singles and has sold 3 million copies to date. Her latest album, ''Avril Lavigne'' was released in November 2013 and it spawned four singles: "Here's To Never Growing Up", "Rock n Roll", "Let Me Go" and "Hello Kitty". By 2014, ''Avril Lavigne'' was her least successful album, peaking at No.5 of the Billboard 200 and selling more than 1,000,000 copies worldwide. ==Achievements== * Lavigne is one of the biggest selling musician worldwide with global album sales of over 70 million as of 2013. * Avril Lavigne has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards only in two years with her debut album, ''Let Go''. * Lavigne is ranked as the eleven best-selling female recording artist of the decade in the United States with 12 million sold albums certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). * Lavigne holds the Guinness World Record title for the youngest female solo artist to have a number-one album in the UK and second artist in US history to have three No. 1 singles from a debut album on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40. * Her debut album, ''Let Go'', is one of the few albums that got diamond certification in Canada. * The songs "Complicated" and "Girlfriend" were ranked as one of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles of the decade. * Her single "Girlfriend" was the best selling song of 2007 worldwide with over 9 million copies. * In 2008 the music video for "Girlfriend" became the most watched video of all time and first video ever to reach 100,000,000 views in YouTube. * Lavigne won the most MTV Latin Music Awards ever (Los Premios MTV) as international act with 5, she is one of the biggest Canadians at the Juno Awards with 22 nominations winning 7 and the sixth female artist with the most MTV awards worldwide with 16 wins as of 2011. * Lavigne is the biggest western artist in Asia specially Japan in which her first three albums went to sold over 1 million copies and in 2008 with The Best Damn Tour she was the first western artist to do a full tour in China. 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「List of awards and nominations received by Avril Lavigne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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