Avril Lavigne Abc Family

When singer, songwriter, and musician Avril Lavigne first burst upon the music scene at age 17, she was known as a young, pop-punk tomboy who refused to resort to skin-baring come-ons, preferring to entice the record-buying public with her powerhouse voice, high-spirited melodies, and straight-talking lyrics. Staying steadfastly true to herself and putting music before image paid off both critically and commercially for the Canadian-born artist. In 2002, Lavigne shot to global pop stardom with the 6x-platinum Let Go, followed by 2004's 3x-platinum Under My Skin, and 2007's platinum The Best Damn Thing. Over the course of her three albums, Lavigne scored a string of international hit singles: "Complicated, Sk8er Boi, I'm With You, Losing Grip, Don't Tell Me, My Happy Ending, Nobody's Home, Keep Holding On, Girlfriend, When You're Gone, Hot," and "The Best Damn Thing." She earned eight Grammy Award nominations, won seven Canadian Juno Awards, and sold more than 30 million albums and nearly 20 million tracks worldwide over the past eight years.

With her impressive musical success, it's worth pointing out that Avril Lavigne is all of 26. She may be young by veteran performer standards, but she has evolved as a person and as an artist since releasing The Best Damn Thing. Lavigne brings the maturity and insight she's gained from her experiences to her next labor of love, her fourth album, Goodbye Lullaby, which will be released by RCA Records in March 2011.

"I pushed myself and didn't hold back," Lavigne says of Goodbye Lullaby for which she wrote or co-wrote every song, and wrote and produced two - "4 Real" and "Goodbye" - entirely on her own. "I allowed myself to be vulnerable. I think it's during the real moments that people can relate the most. Those who have heard the album have had very strong emotional reactions to the songs, so I realized that when something is so real, it will probably touch somebody. The beauty of music is that it's open to interpretation."

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