Avril Lavigne

Birth name: Avril Ramona Lavigne
Born: 27.9.1984
Years active: 2002 – present
Origin: Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Notable instruments: Guitar (Fender Telecaster)

Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley, the self-proclaimed "punk-rocker", better known by her birth name
of Avril Lavigne, is a Canadian rock/punk-pop singer, musician and actress.
In 2006, Canadian Business Magazine ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood,
and in 2007 she won ninth place in the Jabra Music Contest for the Best Band in the World,
based on fan votes from around the world.
Lavigne's birth name is usually pronounced in an anglicized way as /avril lavigne/ ("La-Veen").
Avril is French for "April", while la vigne means "the vine" or "the vineyard".

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