Selasa, 19 Juli 2011

Avril Lavigne Facts

  • A fan of hers has been accused of stalking her parents and violating a court order by trying to contact her. (August 30, 2004)
  • ASCAP Film and Television Music: Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture, Bruce Almighty, single I'm With You, 2004.
  • Avril and Deryck started dating since March 2004.
  • Avril and Deryck Whibley (of Sum 41) tied the knot on July 17 in Montecito, California.
  • Avril began skateboarding ever since she was 14 years old.
  • Avril calls Hilary Duff "a goody two shoes."
  • Avril co-wrote Kelly Clarkson's song "Breakaway."
  • Avril cried when she knew that she was punk'd by Ashton Kutcher. She said that they were all so mean to her.
  • Avril describes her first album as a pop album with 'a couple of rock songs on it,' and has indicated a desire to write more rock-oriented songs in the future.
  • Avril dropped out of school at grade 11.
  • Avril got the most awards in the MTV Asia 2003 awards show.
  • Avril had passion to do music since she was a very young girl.
  • Avril has a Condo in Toronto.
  • Avril has admitted to Rollingstone.com that she got into some fights one night. "The other night, I got into three fights", says Lavigne. "I was at a club and some girl was giving me attitude. She pushed me and I got her down on the floor. Security came, and because I was on top, they threw me out."
  • Avril has been immortalized with her very own computer virus -- the so-called Avril e-mail virus, which tries to lure users into opening its infected attachment by promising pictures of the popstar, went into circulation shortly after the Grammy nominations were announced. (January 14, 2003)
  • Avril has now 9 tatoos.
  • Avril has played hockey since she was a kid.
  • Avril is #35 in Maxim Hot 100 list of 2006.
  • Avril is 5'4" tall.
  • Avril is a Canadian.
  • Avril is a Christian.
  • Avril is in Butch Walker's video for his song Bethamphetamine.
  • Avril is signed to Arista Records.
  • Avril Lavigne broke a record set by Madonna. Her song "Complicated" held the number one spot on the Contemporary Hit Radio chart (which tracks air play on the radio) for 11 weeks in a row. Madonna previously held the record with her song "Music", which held onto number one for 10 weeks.
  • Avril Lavigne has made it to the list of FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World for three consecutive years, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
  • Avril Lavigne Stays fit by doing 50 Push-Ups and 100 Sit-Ups everyday.
  • Avril lived in NYC for 6 months when she was sixteen.
  • Avril lived with Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida for 7 months, while working on her new album, Under My Skin. Chantal also co-wrote 7 of the new songs.
  • Avril mispronounces David Bowie's name -- she was helping announce the Grammy nominees for best male rock vocal performance at Madison Square Garden when she made the gaffe, pronouncing Bowie's name like Howie, while it's supposed to be like "doughy." (January 8, 2003)
  • Avril once admitted to never having heard of the Sex Pistols.
  • Avril owns over a 100 pairs of Converse sneakers.
  • Avril racked up multi-platinum sales with her debut disc, Let Go, and has already developed a fervent, mostly female following.
  • Avril recently dyed her hair blonde and has two tattoos.
  • Avril refuses to do lip-sync, she always sings live.
  • Avril said that she played hockey better than some guys when she was back in high school.
  • Avril says that the most important thing to a successful hotel is the room service.
  • Avril started playing guitar when she was about 10 years old.
  • Avril was in Treble Charger's video, Hundred Million.
  • Avril was not born in Napanee but she grew up there.
  • Avril was the winner for "Favorite Female Singer" at the Kids Choice Awards in 2005.
  • Avril went to Cornerstone Christian Academy when she was in Napanee, Ontario and she excelled in track and field.
  • Avril will do the voice of Heather in the upcoming movie Over the Hedge.
  • Avril won the 'New Artist in a Video' award for her song 'Complicated' at the 2002 VMA.
  • Avril won Video Music Awards: New Artist in a Video, Complicated, 2002.
  • Avril wrote a song for her grandpa who passed away, the song called Slipped Away, it's in her second album Under My Skin.
  • Avril's dad worked at the phone company.
  • Avril's debut album Let Go has gone double platinum.
  • Avril's dog's name is Samuel. Sam for short.
  • Avril's ex bandmates are Evan Taubenfeld and Jesse Colburn.
  • Avril's eye color is blue.
  • Avril's favorite actor is Tobey Maguire.
  • Avril's favorite actress is Sandra Bullock.
  • Avril's favorite bands are Pennywise, Green Day, the Distillers, Linkin Park.
  • Avril's favorite candy is Pixe Stix.
  • Avril's favorite colors are black and red.
  • Avril's favorite food is pizza with a lot of olives.
  • Avril's favorite movies are Miss Congeniality and 8 Mile.
  • Avril's favorite musicians are Sum 41, Beach Boys, Alanis Morissette, Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox 20, System of a Down.
  • Avril's favorite song from her second album, Under My Skin is Together.
  • Avril's favorite song in Let Go, her first album is Losing Grip.
  • Avril's favorite song is Iris by Goo Goo Dolls.
  • Avril's first music video, Complicated, cost over a million dollars.
  • Avril's first single is Complicated.
  • Avril's hit single Sk8er Boi is heading to the big screen -- Paramount Pictures has optioned the song and hired ER writer/producer David Zabel to adapt its words into a feature film to be produced by studio-based MTV Films and Alphaville.
  • Avril's hobbies are writing songs, skateboarding, and singing.
  • Avril's name is taken from a French word which means April.
  • Avril's song, I'm With You is featured on Ultimate Smash Hits. (June 3, 2003)
  • Avril's younger sister appeared in her Sk8er Boi video.
  • Became engaged to Deryck Whibley on June 25, 2005.
  • Birthday: 09/27/1984
  • Birthplace: Napanee, Ontario, Canada
  • Common Sense Media: Excellence in Family Entertainment, 2004.
  • Donates many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004.
  • During a interview, Avril spotted a picture of herself and ripped it up, allegedly saying "I hate that f***ing photo!" All this happened while on air. According to Avril, she had permission to take the picture down—station personnel encouraged her to take it down.
  • Favorite Brands of clothes : Dickies, Osiris (shoes).
  • Favorite music videos : Her own video "Sk8er Boi" , another one "Complicated", and Blink 182's "All The Small Things" and "Rock Show".
  • Favorite Place To Tour : New Zealand, Sardinia, Amsterdam.
  • Following Ashlee Simpson's disastrous lip-synching appearance on Saturday Night Live, Lavigne says it's pathetic that some young artists don't sing on their own record or on stage.
  • Hair color : Brown (now blonde)
  • Has a pizza named after her at a restaurant in her home town.
  • Has an older brother named Matt and a younger sister named Michelle.
  • Her wedding dress was designed by Vera Wang.
  • If Avril wasn't a singer, she'd be a police officer.
  • In late 2004, she had a small pink heart-shaped tattoo featuring the letter 'D' applied to her right wrist & thought to be a reference to boyfriend Deryck Whibley.
  • In the Maxim October 2004 edition which has Avril pic as the cover it was actually written Rocktober 2004 not October.
  • Is at the center of a row with bosses at MTV after she stuck her middle finger up live on air on Total Request Live. (May 29, 2004)
  • Juno Awards: Best Single, Best Album and Best New Artist, 2003 .
  • Lavigne begins her first-ever headlining tour on Wednesday (April 9) with a show at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto -- Lavigne, along with opening acts Gob and Simple Plan, will play a total of 29 North American dates. (April 10, 2003)
  • Lavigne has a star tattooed on the inside of her left wrist, applied at the same time as friend and musical associate Ben Moody's identical tattoo.
  • Lavigne was the subject of the new television special, AVRIL LAVIGNE: ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY, airing Sunday (June 8) on the ABC-Family cable network at 9 p.m. ET -- The show chronicled Lavinge's childhood growing up in Canada, her family life, and her music. (June 9, 2003)
  • Lavigne's backing band currently features Devin Bronson (lead guitar), Craig Wood (rhythm guitar), Charlie Muniz (bass) and Matt Brann (drums).
  • MTV Asia: Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Breakthrough Artist and The Style Award, 2003.
  • MuchMusic Awards: People's Choice Favourite Canadian Artist (Don't Tell Me) (2004)
  • Named to Teen People's list of Hottest Stars Under 25.
  • Occupation: Singer
  • One of her songs, Sk8er Boi is about her and an ex-boyfriend. It's about how her boyfriend didn't wanna admit his feelings because of her style, and he now can't have her,and she's a well-known artist, and it's supposed to be his lost.
  • People call her "Av."
  • Piercings: Navel (Inny), 2 in one ear, one in the other
  • Plays the Guitar, Piano and Drums.
  • Real Name: Avril Ramona Lavigne
  • She says she misses Canada a lot when she is away from home, and she said she's really proud to be Canadian.
  • She taught herself to play guitar using her dad's guitar.
  • She was a middle child and she tried to get attention when it wasn't on her.
  • She was kind enough to donate many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004.
  • Sign: Libra
  • The first magazine to have Avril Lavigne on it is What Magazine.
  • The position Avril plays in hockey: right wing and center.
  • The way you pronounce her last name is "lah-veen."
  • Two hours before a show in Dublin, Avril found out that her Grandpa passed away.
  • When she was younger, she entered a contest to sing with Shania Twain. She won, and got to sing with Shania in Ottawa at one of her concerts. Shania says that she knew even then Avril was going to be a big star one day.
  • While in a hockey game Avril went around the net and punch the goalie and they started to fight.
  • Will sing a song in the upcoming movie "Rick Hansen: Heart of a Dragon".