Avril Lavigne

Grammy-winning Canadian singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne is an international star who quickly rose to prominence in the early 2000s with her punk-influenced pop anthems and anti-starlet image. Debuting in 2002 with the spunky single "Complicated," she touted a skatepunk image that purposely clashed with the polished pop of the time, capturing an audience outside of the mainstream that she would soon conquer. Lavigne, who was 17 at the time, quickly became a teen idol, selling several million copies of her debut album, Let Go (the best-selling album by a female artist in 2002), ...