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Avril Lavigne Net Worth and Biography

Avril Lavigne is a punk singer and one of the richest musicians in Canada in 2022, with an estimated net worth of $60 million.

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August 4, 2022

Olawale Egbeyemi

Avril Lavigne is a punk singer and one of the richest musicians in Canada in 2022, with an estimated net worth of $60 million. She is considered a key musician in the development of pop punk music since she paved the way for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in the early 2000s. Here is how came about her $60 Million fortune.

Bio Data

Full Name	Avril Ramona Lavigne
Date of Birth	September 27, 1984
Gender	Female
Marital Status	Engaged
Career	Musician
Net worth	$60 Million
Nationality	Canadian

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Biography

Avril Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984, in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. She was born to Jean-Claude Lavigne and Judith-Rosanne “Judy” Loshaw. The couple recognized their child’s vocal abilities when she was two years old, while she was singing on their way home from church.

The Lavigne’s show support for their daughter’s singing Career. Her father bought her a microphone, a drum kit, a keyboard, and several guitars, and he converted their basement into a studio. They also took her to karaoke sessions.

Avril began her career performing at country fairs, singing songs by Garth Brooks, The Chicks, and Shania Twain. In 1999, Lavigne participated and won a radio contest to perform with the Canadian singer Shania Twain at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, before an audience of 20,000 people. Twain and Lavigne sang Twain’s song, “What Made You Say That”, and Lavigne told Twain that she aspired to be “a famous singer”.

Career

After numerous community performances, Avril Lavigne was signed into Arista Records, in a deal worth $1.25 million for two albums and an extra $900,000 for a publishing advance. She released her debut album “Let Go in June 2002 in the US, where it reached number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

The Album peaked at number one in numerous countries and was certified four-times Platinum by the RIAA, making her the bestselling female artist of 2002. The album’s debut single, “Complicated”, peaked at number one in Australia and number two in the US.

Lavigne’s second studio album, Under My Skin, was released in May 2004 and debuted at number one in numerous countries including the US. It sold 10 million copies worldwide with Platinum certifications in the United States and Canada.

Her third album, The Best Damn Thing, was released in April 2007 and debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, and subsequently achieved Platinum status in the United States and Canada. Its lead single, “Girlfriend”, became Lavigne’s first number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and one of the decade’s biggest singles.

She released her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby in March 2011. The album received Juno Award nominations for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year. It was also certified Gold by the RIAA, for the sale of 500,000 copies in the US.

Lavigne released her eponymous fifth studio album was released in November 2013. The album received a Juno Award nomination for Pop Album of the Year. Its lead single “Here’s to Never Growing Up” reached the top 20 positions on the Billboard Hot 100, Australia, and the UK. Lavigne released her sixth studio album, Head Above Water in 2019 and her seventh studio album, Love Sux in 2022.

Career Success

Avril Lavigne is no doubt one of the most successful musicians to come out of Canada. She is considered a key musician in the development of pop punk music. Lavigne is a recipient of 169 awards and numerous prestigious nominations including eight Grammy Awards nominations, three American Music Awards nominations, and one Brit Award nomination

Lavigne is one of the best-selling Canadian musicians of all time, selling more than 30 million singles and 40 million copies of her albums worldwide, including over 12.4 million album copies in the US. She achieved a Guinness World Record as being the youngest female solo artist to top the UK album chart. She was also the first artist to reach 100 million views on a YouTube video, with her 2007 single “Girlfriend”.

In 2009, Billboard named Lavigne the number 10 pop artist in the “Best of the 2000s” chart. She was listed as the 28th overall best act of the decade based on album and single chart performance in the US.