118-430: Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne has released seven studio albums , nine extended plays (EPs), 33 singles, and 40 music videos, and she has appeared on several movie soundtracks and charity albums . With worldwide sales of 40 million albums and 50 million singles, Lavigne is ranked as the third top-selling Canadian female artist in history. Billboard listed her as the eighth best-selling Canadian artists of
236-547: A Chapters bookstore in Kingston . Fabri sent out VHS tapes of Lavigne's home performances to several industry prospects, and Lavigne was visited by several executives. Mark Jowett, co-founder of a Canadian management firm, Nettwerk , received a copy of Lavigne's karaoke performances recorded in her parents' basement. Jowett arranged for Lavigne to work with producer Peter Zizzo during the summer of 2000 in New York, where she wrote
354-512: A soprano vocal range. On a review for Lavigne's song Sk8er Boi , Pat Blashill of Rolling Stone described her voice as "equal parts baby girl and husky siren". Themes in her music include messages of self-empowerment from a female or an adolescent perspective. Lavigne believes her "songs are about being yourself no matter what and going after your dreams even if your dreams are crazy and even if people tell you they're never going to come true." On her debut album, Let Go , Lavigne preferred
472-619: A Canadian artist . It yielded the successful singles " Complicated " and " Sk8er Boi ", which emphasized a skate punk persona and earned her the title " Pop-Punk Queen " from music publications. Her second studio album, Under My Skin (2004), became Lavigne's first album to reach the top of the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, going on to sell 10 million copies worldwide. Lavigne's third studio album, The Best Damn Thing (2007), reached number one in seven countries worldwide and saw
590-473: A Hot 100 Top 40 hit in each of the four decades from the 1980s through the 2010s: Michael Jackson , Madonna , "Weird Al" Yankovic , U2 , and Kenny G . Mariah Carey is the first artist to have a number-one single in four different decades. SiriusXM Pop2K uses the Hot 100 charts for the 2000s for the "Pop2Kountdown", where radio personal Rich Davis plays the top 30 songs on the Hot 100 from that specific week in
708-460: A collaborative single titled " Bulletproof " that was originally released as a solo single for Smith. Lavigne and Smith performed the song at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards . In support of the album, Lavigne embarked her Greatest Hits Tour , which began on May 22, 2024 and concluded on September 18, 2024. On June 30, 2024, Lavigne played the world-famous Glastonbury Festival in England for
826-555: A microphone, a drum kit, a keyboard, and several guitars, and converted their basement into a studio. Her father often played bass at the church the family attended, the Third Day Worship Centre in Kingston . When Lavigne was 14 years old, her parents took her to karaoke sessions. Lavigne performed at country fairs , singing songs by Garth Brooks , the Chicks , and Shania Twain , and began writing her own songs. Her first song
944-457: A mix of pop-punk , alternative rock and pop rock influenced by a post-grunge sound. Let Go was classified as a pop rock and alternative rock album with a slight grunge influence. Meanwhile, the singer was compared to other female artists with the same sound, mainly Alanis Morissette . The album Under My Skin , was noticeably darker musically, with heavier production that showcased ballads and rocker songs which incorporated
1062-491: A more post-grunge sound that verged on nu metal , while keeping pop punk power chord influences. The album was seen as anticipating the "emotional intensity and theatrical aesthetics" of emo-pop music before it came into the mainstream. Critics compared the album with similar works by contemporary acts at the time like Linkin Park and Evanescence , due to its nu metal influence. In contrast, The Best Damn Thing abandoned
1180-543: A music video for " Give You What You Like ", the fifth single from her self-titled album on February 10, 2015. The song is featured in Lifetime 's made-for-TV movie, Babysitter's Black Book . By March 2018, the album sold more than 500,000 copies in the US, and it was certified Gold by the RIAA. In an April 2015 interview with Billboard , Lavigne announced a new single titled " Fly ", which
1298-460: A new single, featuring the former B-side as the A-side, along with a "new" B-side. The inclusion of album cuts on the Hot 100 put the double-sided hit issues to rest permanently. As many Hot 100 chart policies have been modified over the years, one rule always remained constant: songs were not eligible to enter the Hot 100 unless they were available to purchase as a single. However, on December 5, 1998,
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#17328761159741416-549: A performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Lavigne was spotted by local folksinger Stephen Medd. He invited her to contribute vocals on his song, "Touch the Sky", for his 1999 album, Quinte Spirit . She later sang on "Temple of Life" and "Two Rivers" for his follow-up album, My Window to You , in 2000. In December 1999, Lavigne was discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing country covers at
1534-577: A point system that typically gave sales (purchases) more weight than radio airplay. The first No. 1 in that chart was " Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing " by The Four Aces . The Best Sellers in Stores , Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts continued to be published concurrently with the new Top 100 chart. On June 17, 1957, Billboard discontinued the Most Played in Jukeboxes chart, as
1652-428: A post-grunge valkyrie, with the wounded soul of a poet and the explosive pugnacity of a Canadian" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in 2007. I know my fans look up to me and that's why I make my songs so personal; it's all about things I've experienced and things I like or hate. I write for myself and hope that my fans like what I have to say. — Lavigne on her musical artistry While Lavigne said she
1770-403: A publishing advance. By this time, Lavigne had found that she fit in naturally with her hometown high school's skater clique , an image that carried through to her first album, but although she enjoyed skateboarding , school left her feeling insecure. Having signed a record deal, and with support from her parents, she left school to focus on her music career. Lavigne's band, which were mostly
1888-434: A single until airplay was at its absolute peak, thus prompting a top ten or, in some cases, a number-one debut. In many cases, a label would delete a single from its catalog after only one week, thus allowing the song to enter the Hot 100, make a high debut and then slowly decline in position as the one-time production of the retail single sold out. It was during this period that several popular mainstream hits never charted on
2006-513: A song for the soundtrack to the 2006 fantasy-adventure film Eragon ; her contribution, " Keep Holding On ", was released as a single to promote the film and its soundtrack. Lavigne's 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 Canada. The album sold more than 2 million copies in
2124-629: A specific year from the 2000s. '90s on 9 also does a similar countdown show called the "Back in the Day Replay Countdown" hosted by Downtown Julie Brown ; however, this focuses on the Hot 100 charts from the 1990s. A new chart, the Pop 100 , was created by Billboard in February 2005 to answer criticism that the Hot 100 at the time was too dominated by hip hop and R&B. It was discontinued in June 2009 due to
2242-435: A trend they had started in the 1960s by putting the same song on both sides of the singles provided to radio. More complex issues began to arise as the typical A-and-B-side format of singles gave way to 12 inch singles and maxi-singles, many of which contained more than one B-side. Further problems arose when, in several cases, a B-side would eventually overtake the A-side in popularity, thus prompting record labels to release
2360-537: A very long time to gain mainstream success. These rare cases are handled on a case-by-case basis and ultimately determined by Billboard ' s chart managers and staff. Older songs are allowed to re-enter to the Hot 100 provided they chart higher than number 50. Christmas songs have been a regular presence on the Hot 100 each December since the relaxation of recurrent rules, culminating in Mariah Carey 's 1994 recording " All I Want for Christmas Is You " reaching No. 1 on
2478-600: A very straightforward cumulative total of yearlong sales, streaming, and airplay points. This gives a more accurate picture of any given year's most popular tracks, as the points accrued by one song during its week at number one in March might be less than those accrued by another song reaching number three in January. Songs at the peak of their popularity at the time of the November/December chart-year cutoff many times end up ranked on
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#17328761159742596-403: A week spent at position 100, two points for a week spent at position 99 and so forth, up to 100 points for each week spent at number one). Other factors including the total weeks a song spent on the chart and at its peak position were calculated into its year-end total. After Billboard began obtaining sales and airplay information from Nielsen SoundScan, the year-end charts are now calculated by
2714-564: A world tour, The Best Damn World Tour , and appeared on the cover of Maxim for the second time. In mid-August, Malaysia's Islamic opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party , attempted to ban Lavigne's tour show in Kuala Lumpur , judging her stage moves "too sexy". It was thought that her concert on August 29 would promote wrong values ahead of Malaysia's Independence Day on August 31. On August 21, 2008, MTV reported that
2832-407: Is Jennifer Lopez 's " I'm Real ". Originally entering the Hot 100 in its album version, a "remix" was issued in the midst of its chart run that featured rapper Ja Rule . This new version proved to be more popular than the album version and the track was propelled to number one. To address this issue, Billboard now separates airplay points from a song's original version and its remix, if the remix
2950-417: Is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is a key musician in the development of pop-punk music, as she paved the way for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in the early 2000s. Her accolades include eight Grammy Award nominations. At age 16, Lavigne signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records . Her debut studio album, Let Go (2002), is the best-selling album of the 21st century by
3068-504: Is an accomplished songwriter and it has been my privilege to work with her." Shortly after that, Tommy Dunbar, founder of the band the Rubinoos , sued Lavigne, her publishing company, and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald for allegedly stealing parts of "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" for her song "Girlfriend". Gottwald defended Lavigne, stating, "me and Avril wrote the song together... It has the same chord progressions as ten different Blink-182 songs,
3186-471: Is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio
3304-452: Is determined to be a "new song". Since administering this new chart rule, several songs have charted twice, normally credited as "Part 1" and "Part 2". The remix rule is still in place. Billboard , in an effort to allow the chart to remain as current as possible and to give representation to new and developing artists and tracks, has (since 1991) removed titles that have reached certain criteria regarding its current rank and number of weeks on
3422-433: Is post-dated with the "week-ending" issue date four days after the charts are refreshed online (i.e., the following Saturday). For example: The methods and policies by which this data is obtained and compiled have changed many times throughout the chart's history. Although the advent of a singles music chart spawned chart historians and chart-watchers and greatly affected pop culture and produced countless bits of trivia,
3540-406: Is what I really do." I have to fight to keep my image really me ... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me. I won't wear skanky clothes that show my booty, my belly or my boobs. I have a great body. — Lavigne on her image early in her career Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in
3658-487: The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards , won four Juno Awards in 2003 out of six nominations, received a World Music Award for "World's Bestselling Canadian Singer", and was nominated for eight Grammy Awards , including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Complicated". In 2002, Lavigne made a cameo appearance in the music video for " Hundred Million " by the pop punk band Treble Charger . In March 2003, Lavigne posed for
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3776-523: The Billboard Hot 100 tracks paid digital downloads from such internet services as iTunes , Musicmatch , and Rhapsody . Billboard initially started tracking downloads in 2003 with the Hot Digital Tracks chart. However, these downloads did not count towards the Hot 100 and that chart (as opposed to Hot Digital Songs ) counted each version of a song separately. This was the first major overhaul of
3894-664: The Goo Goo Dolls song " Iris " with the band's lead singer John Rzeznik at Fashion Rocks in September 2004, and she posed for the cover of Maxim in October 2004. She recorded the theme song for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (released in November 2004) with producer Butch Walker. In February 2006, Lavigne represented Canada at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics . Fox Entertainment Group approached Lavigne to write
4012-569: The Goo Goo Dolls , Radiohead , the Cranberries , Coldplay , Oasis , Third Eye Blind , and Matchbox Twenty . Because of these influences, musical genres, and Lavigne's personal style, the media often defined her as punk , something she said she was not. Lavigne's close friend and first guitarist, Evan Taubenfeld , said: "It's a very touchy subject to a lot of people, but the point is that Avril isn't punk, but she never really pretended to claim to come from that scene. She had pop punk music and
4130-471: The United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital ), online streaming , and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by Billboard' s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales
4248-430: The 'Live and By Surprise' acoustic mall tour in the US and Canada to promote Under My Skin , accompanied by her guitarist Evan Taubenfeld . In September 2004, Lavigne embarked on her first world tour, the year-long Bonez Tour . Lavigne won two World Music Awards in 2004, for 'World's Best Pop/Rock Artist' and 'World's Bestselling Canadian Artist' and won three Juno Awards from five nominations in 2005, including 'Artist of
4366-399: The 10 top selling records of three leading record companies, as reported by the companies themselves. In October 1938, a review list, "The Week's Best Records", was retitled "The Billboard Record Buying Guide" by incorporating airplay and sheet music sales, which would eventually become the first trade survey of record popularity. This led to the full-page "Billboard Music Popularity Chart" for
4484-473: The 1990s many record companies stopped releasing singles altogether (see Album Cuts , below). Eventually, a song's airplay points were weighted more so than its sales. Billboard has adjusted the sales/airplay ratio many times to more accurately reflect the true popularity of songs. Billboard has also changed its Hot 100 policy regarding "two-sided singles" several times. The pre-Hot 100 chart "Best Sellers in Stores" listed popular A- and-B-sides together, with
4602-463: The 2010s, her sound went softer and poppier, characterized more by acoustic pop-rock songs and less loud grungy guitar-driven songs that were the signature of her earlier works. With the 2020s pop-punk mainstream resurgence , Lavigne went back to her pop-punk roots, embracing emo-pop angst, and skate punk influences from NOFX , blink-182 , Green Day and the Offspring . Lavigne possesses
4720-466: The COVID-19 pandemic. On January 8, 2021, " Flames ", a collaboration between Mod Sun and Lavigne, was released. In the subsequent month, Lavigne confirmed recording for her next album had been completed. On July 16, 2021, Willow Smith released her fourth studio album, titled Lately I Feel Everything , with one of the tracks, "Grow", featuring Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker . A music video for
4838-609: The Devil ", was released on June 28, 2019. In support of the album, Lavigne embarked on the Head Above Water Tour , which started on September 14, 2019. European concerts were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On April 24, 2020, Lavigne re-recorded the track "Warrior" from her sixth studio album and released it as a single, titled " We Are Warriors ". The proceeds from the single support Project HOPE 's relief efforts in
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4956-599: The Devil ". In February 2022, Lavigne released her seventh studio album Love Sux , the album debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 chart, In other countries it debuted at number three in Australia, Austria, Canada, and in the UK. Overall, Love Sux debuted on the top ten in eleven countries. The album's lead single " Bite Me ", was released in November 2021, it had moderate success debuting at number 63 in Canada, and 61 in
5074-527: The Hell ", premiered in December 2010, ahead of the album's release. Goodbye Lullaby received Juno Award nominations for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year. By March 2018, Goodbye Lullaby sold more than 500,000 copies in the US, and it was certified Gold by the RIAA. Three months after the release of Goodbye Lullaby , Lavigne announced that work on her fifth studio album had already begun, describing it as
5192-471: The Hot 100 (then called Top 40 Radio Monitor ). The ongoing splintering of Top 40 radio in the early 1990s led stations to lean into specific formats, meaning that practically no station would play the wide array of genres that typically composed each weekly Hot 100 chart. An artist or band's ability to have hits in the Hot 100 across multiple decades is recognized as a sign of longevity and being able to adapt to changing musical styles. Only five artists had
5310-416: The Hot 100 changed from being a "singles" chart to a "songs" chart. During the 1990s, a growing trend in the music industry was to promote songs to radio without ever releasing them as singles. It was claimed by major record labels that singles were cannibalizing album sales, so they were slowly phased out. During this period, accusations began to fly of chart manipulation as labels would hold off on releasing
5428-401: The Hot 100's chart formula since December 1998. The change in methodology has shaken up the chart considerably, with some songs debuting on the chart strictly with robust online sales and others making drastic leaps. In recent years, several songs have been able to achieve 80-to-90 position jumps in a single week as their digital components were made available at online music stores. Since 2006,
5546-420: The Hot 100's early history, singles were the leading way by which people bought music. At times, when singles sales were robust, more weight was given to a song's retail points than to its radio airplay. As the decades passed, the recording industry concentrated more on album sales than singles sales. Musicians eventually expressed their creative output in the form of full-length albums rather than singles, and by
5664-479: The Hot 100, or charted well after their airplay had declined. During the period that they were not released as singles, the songs were not eligible to chart. Many of these songs dominated the Hot 100 Airplay chart for extended periods of time: As debate and conflicts occurred more and more often, Billboard finally answered the requests of music industry artists and insiders to include airplay-only songs (or "album cuts") in
5782-426: The Hot 100, while the retail component was reduced from 40% to 25%. Extended play (EP) releases were listed by Billboard on the Hot 100 and in pre-Hot 100 charts (Top 100) until the mid-to-late 1960s. With the growing popularity of albums, it was decided to move EPs (which typically contain four to six tracks) from the Hot 100 to the Billboard 200 , where they are included to this day. Since February 12, 2005,
5900-580: The Nielsen Music Canada era. According to Recording Industry Association of America , Lavigne has sold 28.07 million albums and singles in the United States. Lavigne's debut studio album Let Go was released in June 2002 and peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 in the United States. It has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and is certified seven-times platinum in the United States. The album's lead single, " Complicated ", peaked at number one in Australia and Canada and at number two in
6018-533: The Phonographic Industry ranked "Girlfriend" as the most-downloaded track worldwide in 2007, selling 7.3 million copies, including the versions recorded in eight different languages. " When You're Gone ", the album's second single, reached the top five in Australia and the United Kingdom, the top ten in Canada, and the top forty in the US. " Hot " was the third single and charted only at number 95 in
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#17328761159746136-574: The UK, and number 20 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, the song was certified Gold in Brazil and Canada. The album's second single " Love It When You Hate Me " featuring American singer Blackbear was released in January 2022, it debuted at number 76 in Canada, and it charted moderately on the US component charts, and made an impact on US radios. The third single, "Bois Lie" featuring American singer Machine Gun Kelly
6254-804: The US Billboard 200, and number five on the Canadian Albums , and number 10 on the UK Albums ( OCC ). The lead single of the album, also titled " Head Above Water ", was released in September 2018, and peaked at number 64 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 37 on the Canadian Hot 100 and certified RIAA Platinum with 1 million units sold in the United States. The album spawned three more singles: " Tell Me It's Over ", " Dumb Blonde ", and " I Fell in Love with
6372-475: The US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and subsequently became her best-selling single in that region with 3.8 million copies sold. The song also peaked at number one on the other record charts of several nations, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. "Girlfriend" became a worldwide best-selling single, with 7.5 million copies sold. The album's second single, " When You're Gone ", was a top-forty hit in
6490-590: The US, although it reached the top 10 in Canada and the top 20 in Australia. Lavigne won two World Music Awards in 2007, for 'World's Bestselling Canadian Artist' and 'World's Best Pop/Rock Female Artist'. She won her first two MTV Europe Music Awards , received a Teen Choice Award for 'Best Summer Single', and was nominated for five Juno Awards. In December 2007, Lavigne was ranked number eight in Forbes magazine's list of 'Top 20 Earners Under 25', with annual earnings of $ 12 million. In March 2008, Lavigne undertook
6608-555: The US, where it reached number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, and the UK—this made Lavigne, at 17 years old, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album on the UK Albums Chart at that time. By the end of 2002, the album was certified four-times Platinum by the RIAA , making her the bestselling female artist of 2002 and Let Go
6726-478: The US. 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. The single also peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, and Japan, and reached number two in the UK and France. As well as English, "Girlfriend" was recorded in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese , German, Japanese, and Mandarin . The International Federation of
6844-457: The US. Lavigne wrote most of the album's tracks with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk , and Kreviazuk's husband, Our Lady Peace front man Raine Maida , co-produced the album with Butch Walker and Don Gilmore. Lavigne said that Under My Skin proved her credentials as a songwriter, saying that "each song comes from a personal experience of mine, and there are so much [ sic ] emotions in those songs". " Don't Tell Me ",
6962-430: The US. "Complicated" was one of the bestselling Canadian singles of 2002, and one of the decade's biggest hits in the US, where subsequent singles "Sk8er Boi" and " I'm with You " reached the top ten. With these three singles, Lavigne became the second artist in history to have three top-ten songs from a debut album on Billboard ' s Mainstream Top 40 chart. Lavigne was named Best New Artist (for "Complicated") at
7080-428: The United States, and it reached the top ten in Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In March 2011, Lavigne released her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby , it had sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. It was preceded by its lead single, " What the Hell ", which peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and has sold 2.1 million copies in the United States. The album's second single, " Smile ",
7198-465: The United States, and it sold 3 million units in the US. Its subsequent single releases, " Sk8er Boi " and " I'm with You ", became worldwide top ten hits. Lavigne released her second studio album Under My Skin in May 2004, and debuted at number one in Australia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The album went on to sell more than 10 million copies worldwide. " My Happy Ending ",
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#17328761159747316-449: The Year'. She also won in the category of 'Favorite Female Singer' at the eighteenth annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards . Lavigne co-wrote the song " Breakaway ", which was recorded by Kelly Clarkson for the soundtrack to the 2004 film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement . "Breakaway" was released as a single in mid 2004 and subsequently included as the title track on Clarkson's second album, Breakaway . Lavigne performed
7434-535: The all-time record for the biggest single-week upward movement was broken nine times. In the issue dated August 11, 2007, Billboard began incorporating weekly data from streaming media and on-demand services into the Hot 100. The first two major companies to provide their statistics to Nielsen BDS on a weekly basis were AOL Music and Yahoo! Music . On March 24, 2012, Billboard premiered its On-Demand Songs chart, which ranks web radio streams from services such as Spotify , as well as on-demand audio titles. Its data
7552-467: The alternative and post-grunge style in favour of pop punk tunes. The songs were described as sounding like Toni Basil cheerleading for Blink-182 , with Lavigne praised for her ability to combine bubblegum pop melodies with punk rock riffs. Teen pop 's impact on Lavigne's music of this decade was noted, since most of her lyrics were from an adolescent perspective. This made some critics describe her music as alternateen or teen punk . Later on in
7670-512: The band Boys Like Girls ), was released in April 2013 and reached top 20 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 , Australia and the UK. The second single, " Rock n Roll ", was released in August 2013 and the third, " Let Me Go " (featuring Lavigne's then-husband Chad Kroeger of Nickelback), was released in October 2013. The album, titled Avril Lavigne , was released in November 2013; in Canada, it
7788-416: The chart in December 2019. Billboard altered its tracking-week for sales, streaming and radio airplay in order to conform to a new Global Release Date, which now falls on Fridays in all major-market territories (United States product was formerly released on Tuesdays before June 2015). This modified tracking schedule took effect in the issue dated July 25, 2015. Billboard ' s "chart year" runs from
7906-417: The chart. Recurrent criteria have been modified several times and currently (as of 2015 ), a song is permanently moved to "recurrent status" if it has spent 20 weeks on the Hot 100 and fallen below position number 50. Additionally, descending songs are removed from the chart if ranking below number 25 after 52 weeks. Exceptions are made to re-releases and sudden resurgence in popularity of tracks that have taken
8024-507: The charts becoming increasingly similar. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched June 16, 2007. Like the Hot 100 chart, it uses sales and airplay tracking compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and BDS . The Billboard Japan Hot 100 was launched in the issue dated May 31, 2008, using the same methodologies as the Hot 100 charts for the U.S. and Canada, using sales and airplay data from SoundScan Japan and radio tracking service Plantech. The Vietnamese edition of Hot 100, Billboard Vietnam Hot 100 ,
8142-623: The concert had been approved by the Malaysian government. In January 2010, Lavigne worked with Disney to create clothing designs inspired by Tim Burton 's feature film Alice in Wonderland . She recorded a song for its soundtrack, " Alice ", which was played over the end credits and included on the soundtrack album Almost Alice . In February, Lavigne performed at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony . Lavigne's song "I'm with You"
8260-546: The cover of Rolling Stone magazine, and in May she performed " Fuel " during MTV's Icon tribute to Metallica . During her first headlining tour, the Try to Shut Me Up Tour, Lavigne covered Green Day 's " Basket Case ". Lavigne's second studio album, Under My Skin , was released in May 2004 and debuted at number one in Australia, Canada, Japan, the UK, and the US. The album was certified five-times Platinum in Canada and has sold 10 million copies, including 3.2 million in
8378-506: The first time, drawing one of the largest crowds ever seen at the Other Stage. On October 3, 2024, it was reported that Lavigne recorded another collaborative single with Smith titled " Can You Die from a Broken Heart ". The song is featured on Smith's sophomore album California Gold and it was released as the third single from the album. During the 2000s decade, most critics and publications identified Lavigne's first three albums as
8496-411: The first week of December to the final week in November. This altered calendar allows for Billboard to calculate year-end charts and release them in time for its final print issue in the last week of December. Before Nielsen SoundScan, year-end singles charts were calculated by an inverse-point system based solely on a song's performance on the Hot 100 (for example, a song would be given one point for
8614-413: The following year's chart as well, as their cumulative points are split between the two chart-years, but often are ranked lower than they would have been had the peak occurred in a single year. The Hot 100 served for many years as the data source for the weekly radio countdown show American Top 40 . This relationship ended on November 30, 1991, as American Top 40 started using the airplay-only side of
8732-690: The industry standard and Billboard discontinued the Best Sellers In Stores chart on October 13, 1958. The Hot 100 was created by journalists Tom Noonan, Paul Ackerman , and Seymour Stein ; Stein did not recall who chose the name. The Billboard Hot 100 is still the standard by which a song's popularity is measured in the United States. The Hot 100 is ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen Soundscan (both at retail and digitally) and streaming activity provided by online music sources. There are several component charts that contribute to
8850-533: The international success of its lead single " Girlfriend ", which became her first single to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Her next two studio albums, Goodbye Lullaby (2011) and Avril Lavigne (2013), saw continued commercial success and were both certified gold in Canada, the United States, and other territories. After releasing her sixth studio album, Head Above Water (2019), she returned to her punk roots with her seventh studio album, Love Sux (2022). Avril Ramona Lavigne
8968-447: The lead single off the album, reached the top five in the UK and Canada and the top ten in Australia. " My Happy Ending ", the album's second single, was a top five hit in the UK and Australia. In the US, it was a top ten entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a number-one pop radio hit. The third single, " Nobody's Home ", did not manage to make the top 40 in the US and performed moderately elsewhere. During early 2004 Lavigne went on
9086-578: The less mainstream songs, such as " Losing Grip ", instead of her more radio-friendly singles, such as " Complicated ", saying that "the songs I did with the Matrix ... were good for my first record, but I don't want to be that pop anymore." Lavigne's second album, Under My Skin , had deeper personal themes underlying each song, with Lavigne remarking that "I've gone through so much, so that's what I talk about ... Like boys, like dating or relationships." In contrast, her third album, The Best Damn Thing ,
9204-413: The main purpose of the Hot 100 is to aid those within the music industry: to reflect the popularity of the "product" (the singles, the albums, etc.) and to track the trends of the buying public. Billboard has (many times) changed its methodology and policies to give the most precise and accurate reflection of what is popular. A very basic example of this would be the ratio given to sales and airplay. During
9322-620: The main songwriters of Lavigne's singles "Complicated", " Sk8er Boi " and " I'm with You ". Lavigne said that she was the primary songwriter for every song on the album, stating that "[N]one of those songs aren't from me". In 2007, Chantal Kreviazuk , who wrote with Lavigne on her second album, accused Lavigne of plagiarism and criticized her songwriting, saying that "Avril doesn't really sit and write songs by herself or anything." Lavigne also disclaimed this, and considered taking legal action against Kreviazuk for "clear defamation" against her character. Kreviazuk later apologized, saying that "Avril
9440-406: The media ended up doing the rest." Lavigne commented on the matter: "I have been labelled like I'm this angry girl, [a] rebel ... punk, and I am so not any of them." However, she has also said that her music has punk influences: "I like to listen a lot to punk rock music, you can notice a certain influence of punk in my music. I like an aggressive music, but pretty enough heavy pop-rock, which
9558-724: The members of Closet Monster , was chosen by Nettwerk, as they wanted young performers who were up and coming from the Canadian punk rock scene who would fit with Lavigne's personality. Reid gave A&R Joshua Sarubin the responsibility of overseeing Lavigne's development and the recording of her debut album. They spent several months in New York working with different co-writers, trying to forge an individual sound for her. Sarubin told HitQuarters that they initially struggled; although early collaborations with songwriter-producers including Sabelle Breer, Curt Frasca and Peter Zizzo resulted in some good songs, they did not match her or her voice. It
9676-532: The musical opposite of Goodbye Lullaby and "pop and more fun again". In late 2011, she confirmed that she had moved to Epic Records , headed by L. A. Reid . Lavigne contributed two cover songs to the 2012 Japanese animated film One Piece Film: Z : " How You Remind Me " (originally by Nickelback ) and " Bad Reputation " (originally by Joan Jett ). The lead single from Lavigne's fifth studio album, " Here's to Never Growing Up " (produced by Martin Johnson of
9794-433: The overall calculation of the Hot 100. The most significant ones are: The tracking week for sales, streaming and airplay begins on Friday and ends on Thursday (airplay used to have a tracking week from Monday to Sunday, but effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021, the week was adjusted to align with the other two metrics ). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesday. Each chart
9912-485: The popularity of jukeboxes waned and radio stations incorporated more and more rock-oriented music into their playlists. The week of July 28, 1958, had the final Most Played by Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which had Perez Prado 's instrumental version of " Patricia " ascending to the top. On August 4, 1958, Billboard premiered one main all-genre singles chart: the Hot 100 , with " Poor Little Fool " by Ricky Nelson its first No. 1. The Hot 100 quickly became
10030-567: The record, " Love It When You Hate Me ", was released on January 14, and featured American singer Blackbear . The album was subsequently released on February 25. Love Sux debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 chart, and at number three on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. On June 13, 2022, a new edition of Let Go was released for the album's 20th anniversary. The record contains six previously unreleased bonus tracks, including Kelly Clarkson 's " Breakaway ", which
10148-439: The release of a single titled " I'm a Mess " featuring English singer Yungblud on November 3, 2022, as the lead single of the deluxe edition of Love Sux , which was released on November 25. While promoting "I'm a Mess", Lavigne confirmed she was working on her eighth studio album with John Feldmann , Barker, Yungblud and Alex Gaskarth of band All Time Low . " Fake as Hell ", a collaboration between Lavigne and All Time Low,
10266-464: The second and most successful single from the album, peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold 1.2 million copies in the United States. In April 2007, her third studio album, The Best Damn Thing , was released. It was her second album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, it sold 6 million copies worldwide, and has produced Lavigne's most successful single, " Girlfriend ". The song became her first number one hit on
10384-506: The side that was played most often (based on its other charts) listed first. One of the most notable of these, but far from the only one, was Elvis Presley 's "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog". During the Presley single's chart run, top billing was switched back and forth between the two sides several times. But on the concurrent "Most Played in Juke Boxes", "Most Played by Jockeys" and the "Top 100",
10502-419: The song "Why". Lavigne was noticed by Arista Records during a trip to New York. In November 2000, Ken Krongard, an A&R representative, invited Antonio "L.A." Reid , then head of Arista Records, to Zizzo's Manhattan studio to hear Lavigne sing. Her 15-minute audition "so impressed" Reid that he immediately signed her to Arista with a deal worth $ 1.25 million for two albums and an extra $ 900,000 for
10620-432: The song was released in October of the same year. After announcing on November 3, 2021, that she had signed with Barker's label DTA Records, Lavigne announced her new single titled " Bite Me ", which was released on November 10. On January 13, 2022, Lavigne announced her seventh studio album Love Sux . Much of the album was written and produced by Lavigne's then boyfriend, pop punk artist Mod Sun. The second single off
10738-471: The standard changes you'd find in a Sum 41 song. It's the Sex Pistols , not the Rubinoos." In January 2008, a confidential settlement was reached between the parties. Lavigne's earlier influences came from country music acts such as Garth Brooks , the Chicks , and Shania Twain , and alternative singer-songwriters such as Alanis Morissette , Lisa Loeb , Natalie Imbruglia , and Janis Joplin . By
10856-611: The time she left school to focus on her music career, Lavigne was musically more influenced by skate punk , pop punk , and punk rock acts such as Blink-182 , the Offspring , Sum 41 , NOFX , Pennywise , Dashboard Confessional , Green Day , the Ramones , the Distillers , and Hole . She also enjoyed metal bands such as Marilyn Manson , System of a Down , Incubus , and the Used , as well as alternative bands such as Nirvana , No Doubt ,
10974-553: The top-selling debut of the year. By May 2003, Let Go had accumulated over 1 million sales in Canada, receiving a diamond certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association . By 2009, the album had sold over 16 million units worldwide. By March 2018, the RIAA certified the album seven-times Platinum, denoting shipments of over seven million units in the US. Lavigne's debut single, "Complicated", peaked at number one in Australia and number two in
11092-428: The two songs were listed separately, as was true of all songs. With the initiation of the Hot 100 in 1958, A- and-B-sides charted separately, as they had on the former Top 100. Starting with the Hot 100 chart for the week ending November 29, 1969, this rule was altered; if both sides received significant airplay, they were listed together. This started to become a moot point by 1972, as most major record labels solidified
11210-525: The wall because I used to sing myself to sleep and he thought it was really annoying." She is the sister-in-law of Japanese band One OK Rock bassist Ryota Kohama . Lavigne's paternal grandfather Maurice Yves Lavigne was born in Saint-Jérôme , Quebec . A member of the Royal Canadian Air Force , he married Lucie Dzierzbicki, a French native of Morhange in 1953. Their son, Jean-Claude Lavigne,
11328-410: The week ending July 20, 1940, and published in the July 27 issue, with lists covering jukebox play, retail sales, sheet music sales, and radio play. Listed were 10 songs of the national "Best Selling Retail Records", which was the fore-runner of today's pop chart, with " I'll Never Smile Again " by Tommy Dorsey its first number one. Starting on March 24, 1945, Billboard ' s lead popularity chart
11446-469: Was "Last Week's Ten Best Sellers Among the Popular Songs", a list of best-selling sheet music, in July 1913. Other charts listed popular song performances in theatres and recitals. In 1928, "Popular Numbers Featured by Famous Singers and Leaders" appeared, which added radio performances to in-person performances. On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published "Ten Best Records for Week Ending", which listed
11564-405: Was a tactic generally used by certain artists to boost their chart positions. Instead, such physical releases are now only counted when they are shipped to the consumer, rendering the tactic "ineffectual". A growing trend early in the first decade of the 21st century was to issue a song as a "remix" that was so drastically different in structure and lyrical content from its original version that it
11682-555: Was born in 1954 at RCAF Station Grostenquin near Grostenquin , Lorraine . When Jean-Claude was a child, the family moved to Ontario, and in 1975, he married Judith-Rosanne "Judy" Loshaw. When Lavigne was 5, the family moved to Napanee (now incorporated as Greater Napanee ), a town with a population of approximately 5,000 at the time. Also when she was 5, she was diagnosed with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which caused her problems during her school years. To support her musical interests, her father bought her
11800-521: Was born on September 27, 1984, in Belleville, Ontario . She was named Avril (the French word for April) by her father. He and Lavigne's mother recognized their child's vocal abilities when she was two years old and sang " Jesus Loves Me " on the way home from church. Lavigne has an older brother named Matthew and a younger sister named Michelle, both of whom teased her when she sang. "My brother used to knock on
11918-645: Was called "Can't Stop Thinking About You", about a teenage infatuation, which she described as "cheesy cute". Lavigne also played hockey during high school and won Most valuable player (MVP) twice as a right winger in a boys league. In 1999, Lavigne won a radio contest to perform with 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". During
12036-584: Was certified gold and received a Juno Award nomination for Pop Album of the Year. The fourth single from Avril Lavigne , " Hello Kitty ", was released in April 2014. The music video sparked controversies over racism claims which Lavigne denied. During mid-2014, Lavigne opened for boy band the Backstreet Boys ' In a World Like This Tour and played at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo . She released
12154-447: Was essentially a whole new song. Under normal circumstances, airplay points from a song's album version, "radio" mix and/or dance music remix, etc. were all combined and factored into the song's performance on the Hot 100, as the structure, lyrics and melody remained intact. Criticisms began when songs were being completely re-recorded to the point that they no longer resembled the original recording. The first such example of this scenario
12272-543: Was eventually released as a single on September 15, 2023. On June 9, 2023, Lavigne did a live collaborative performance with country music artist Miranda Lambert during the 2023 CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. They performed a mashup of Lambert's " Kerosene " and Lavigne's " Sk8er Boi ". On May 10, 2024, Lavigne announced plans to release a greatest hits album on June 21, 2024. On May 16, 2024, Lavigne and country music artist Nate Smith released
12390-452: Was not angry, her interviews were still passionate about the media's lack of respect for her songwriting. She said, "I am a writer, and I won't accept people trying to take that away from me", adding that she had been writing "full-structured songs" since she was 14. Despite this, Lavigne's songwriting has been questioned throughout her career. The songwriting trio the Matrix, with whom Lavigne wrote songs for her debut album, said that they were
12508-449: Was not personal to her. "Some of the songs I wrote didn't even mean that much to me. It's not like some personal thing I'm going through." Her objective in writing the album was simply to "make it fun". Goodbye Lullaby , Lavigne's fourth album, was much more personal than her earlier records, with Lavigne describing the album as "more stripped down, deeper. All the songs are very emotional." Ian McKellen defined her as "a punk chanteuse,
12626-441: Was only when Lavigne went to Los Angeles in May 2001 and created two songs with the Matrix production team—including " Complicated ", later released as her debut single—that the record company felt she had made a major breakthrough. Lavigne worked further with the Matrix and also with singer-songwriter Clif Magness . Recording of Lavigne's debut album, Let Go , finished in January 2002. Lavigne released Let Go in June 2002 in
12744-518: Was originally written by Lavigne. On September 13, 2022, Lavigne attended, presented and performed at the 15th Annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Honors at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee . She performed a cover of Shania Twain 's " No One Needs to Know " and presented Twain with an ACM Poets Award. The cover received a positive reception. On October 24, 2022, Lavigne announced
12862-618: Was released in May 2011, and its third, " Wish You Were Here ", was released later in September. In November 2013, Lavigne released her fifth studio album, Avril Lavigne . Its lead single, " Here's to Never Growing Up ", had moderate success peaking inside the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, selling 1.3 million copies in the United States. The album spawned four more singles: " Rock n Roll ", " Let Me Go ", " Hello Kitty " and " Give You What You Like ". In February 2019, Lavigne released her sixth studio album Head Above Water and debuted at number 13 on
12980-811: Was released in September 2022, And It debuted at number 85 in Canada, the song charted moderately on the component charts in the US. Lavigne has written songs for several film soundtracks, including those of American Wedding and Sweet Home Alabama . Two songs that she originally wrote for films were included on subsequent studio albums. " Keep Holding On ", written for Eragon , appeared on The Best Damn Thing , and " Alice ", written for Alice in Wonderland , appeared on Goodbye Lullaby. She also has 15 VEVO-certified videos, including "Girlfriend", "Smile", "Complicated", and " Hot ". Avril Lavigne Avril Ramona Lavigne CM ( / ˈ æ v r ɪ l l ə ˈ v iː n / AV -ril lə- VEEN , French: [avʁil ʁamɔna laviɲ] ; born September 27, 1984)
13098-453: Was released on April 26 in association with the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games . Lavigne was featured in the song "Listen" from Japanese rock band One Ok Rock's eighth studio album, Ambitions , released on January 11, 2017. She was also featured in the song "Wings Clipped" by Grey with Anthony Green for the duo's debut extended play Chameleon , released on September 29, 2017. Lavigne's sixth studio album Head Above Water
13216-457: Was released on February 15, 2019, through BMG . The album reached the top ten in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and peaked at number thirteen on the U.S. Billboard 200. It was preceded by three singles: " Head Above Water ", " Tell Me It's Over " and " Dumb Blonde ", with the lead single drawing inspiration from Lavigne's battle with Lyme disease . The fourth single, " I Fell in Love with
13334-564: Was sampled by Rihanna on the track " Cheers (Drink to That) ", which is featured on Rihanna's fifth studio album, Loud (2010). "Cheers (Drink to That)" was released as a single the following year, and Lavigne appeared in its music video. In December 2010, American singer Miranda Cosgrove released " Dancing Crazy ", a song written by Lavigne, Max Martin and Shellback . It was also produced by Martin. Lavigne began recording for her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby , in her home studio in November 2008. Its opening track, "Black Star",
13452-456: Was the Best Sellers in Stores chart, and the magazine refers to that when discussing a song's performance before the creation of the Hot 100. In its issue of November 12, 1955, Billboard published The Top 100 for the first time (for the survey weeks ending October 26 and November 2). The Top 100 combined all aspects of a single's performance (sales, airplay and jukebox activity), based on
13570-506: Was the Honor Roll of Hits . This chart ranked the most popular songs regardless of performer (it combined different versions of the same song by different artists) based on record and sheet sales, disk jockey, and jukebox performances as determined by Billboard ' s weekly nationwide survey. At the start of the rock era in 1955, there were three charts that measured songs by individual metrics: Billboard ' s primary chart among these
13688-602: Was then incorporated into the equation that compiles the Hot 100, and this was expanded to a broader Streaming Songs chart in January 2013. In February 2013, U.S. views for a song on YouTube were added to the Hot 100 formula. " Harlem Shake " was the first song to reach number one after the changes were made. In July 2020, Billboard announced that they would no longer allow sales of physical/digital bundles to be reported as digital sales. This refers to songs being bought along with merchandise , either from an artists website or through another vendor. The magazine stated that this
13806-440: Was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before July 2015, Wednesday–Tuesday. The first number-one song of the Billboard Hot 100 was " Poor Little Fool " by Ricky Nelson , on August 4, 1958. As of the issue for the week ending on November 30, 2024, the Billboard Hot 100 has had 1,175 different number-one entries. The current number-one song on the chart is " A Bar Song (Tipsy) " by Shaboozey . The first chart published by Billboard
13924-442: Was written to help promote her first fragrance of the same name. Lavigne described the album as being about her life experiences rather than focusing on relationships, and its style as less pop rock than her previous material, reflecting her age. The release date for Goodbye Lullaby was delayed several times, which Lavigne said was because of her label. Goodbye Lullaby was released in March 2011, and its lead single, " What
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