Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter who is well known for her "skater punk" persona. Her two albums to date, Let Go (2002) and Under My Skin (2004), have topped th

Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter who is well known for her "skater punk" persona. Her two albums to date, Let Go (2002) and Under My Skin (2004), have topped the charts in numerous countries, yielding four top ten singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The usual anglicized pronunciation of her French name is /ˈævrəl ləˈviːn/.

Born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, to conservative Franco-Ontarian Christian parents John and Judy Lavigne, Avril grew up in Napanee, where she sang country music and in a church choir and taught herself to play guitar.