Avril Lavigne

When the singer, songwriter and musician Avril Lavigne broke onto the music scene at age 17, was known as a young, pop-punk tomboy who refused to resort to come-ons of bare skin, instead urging the public record buy with his voice of the plant, melodies and lyrics of open fire. Remain resolutely true to herself and putting music before image paid artist of both critics and audiences for Canadian. In 2002, Lavigne shot to worldwide fame with pop 6x platinum Let Go, followed by 3x-platinum Under My Skin 2004 and 2007, platinum The Best Damn Thing. During his three albums, Lavigne has scored a number of international singles: "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I am with you", "Losing Grip", "Do not Tell Me", "My Happy Ending" "Nobody in home "," Keep Holding On "," Girlfriend "," when you go "," Hot "and" The Best Damn Thing ". She received eight Grammy nominations, won seven Canadian Juno awards and sold over 30 million albums and nearly 20 million tracks worldwide over the past eight years.

Lavigne also launched a second career as an entrepreneur by creating a fashion and lifestyle brand well received (Abbey Dawn), two fragrances (Black Star and Forbidden Rose), launches film work (Over the Hedge , Fast Food Nation), and also committed to philanthropic activities that participated in recent years by the creation of the Avril Lavigne Foundation, which works in partnership with leading charitable organizations to design and implement programs to sensitize and mobilize support for children and youth living with serious illnesses or disabilities.

With its many creative and impressive musical success efforts, it is interesting that Avril Lavigne is around 26. It may be young compared with veteran performers standards, but has evolved as a person and as an artist since the release of The Best Damn Thing. Lavigne brings maturity and knowledge gained from their experiences in their next labor of love, their fourth album, Goodbye Lullaby, will be released by RCA Records in March 2011.

"I pushed and I do not remember," says Lavigne Goodbye Lullaby, for which he wrote or co-wrote every song, and has written and produced two - "4 Real" and "Goodbye" - entirely on their own. "I allowed myself to be vulnerable. I think it is in the real moments that people can relate to most. Those who have heard the album had very strong emotional songs reactions, so I realized that when something is so real, is likely to touch someone. the beauty of music is that it is open to interpretation. "

Written at various stages in recent years, Goodbye Lullaby is full of heartfelt songs, attractive relatable to convey a range of emotions and reflect a bittersweet mood state is not usually associated with the most famous arias Lavigne. Except for the first one hymn, spiritual irresistible "What The Hell" and "Smile", which create a perfect bridge of his earlier work, the rest of Lavigne Goodbye Lullaby is exploring what it means to grow in difficult times and emerge stronger for him - an apparent songs like "Everybody Hurts", "Push", "remember when" and "Wish You Were Here".

"Overall, the album is the way we all go through difficult experiences, whether to end a relationship, loss of a job, or just need someone," says Lavigne .ventanilla dropoff "We get through he and grow. "Nowhere is this better sentiment expressed as "Goodbye," a piano ballad and delicate strings that closes the album. "Goodbye" is the most raw and vulnerable piece I've written and recorded in my career, "Lavigne said." This is a very special song that I wrote and produced myself. It is as real and truthful. You can not fake that. "

The intensity Goodbye Lullaby is balanced by its instrumentation: guitar live, acoustic piano and rich textures, as well as an orchestra in "Darlin '", "Remember When" and "Goodbye" Nevertheless, upbeat pop track. the softer ballads, Lavigne's voice is in the center, the call and increased easily through the emotion that his words need.

"This album is all about me being a singer, songwriter and musician," Lavigne said. "Usually, the main voice is buried on the track and you can not always hear the quality, character or emotion after a point. I wanted my voice to the instrument. I forced to throw me really there. I always love rocking but I wanted this record to show a different side. that's why we've produced some of the songs myself, I never thought I would do. "

For the rest of the songs on the album, Lavigne turned to his friends and collaborators Evan Taubenfeld and Butch Walker, Max Martin and longstanding. Another important influence was singer of Sum 41 Deryck Whibley, who lends his production skills on several songs, including "Darlin '" - a song Lavigne wrote at the age of 14. "Every time I hear' Darlin 'I think the room family I have written and play for my mother, "he said." So it's very special for me to be on the album. "

A girl from a small town of Napanee, Ontario, Lavigne had already been writing, singing, and running for a few years before the publication of his breakthrough album, Let Go, which featured the hit singles "Complicated" and "sk8r Boi "and has sold over 16 million units worldwide. Their second album, in 2004, Under My Skin, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and sold over eight million copies worldwide driven by the singles "Do not Tell Me" and "My Happy Ending". Four years later came The Best Damn Thing, which had the No. 1 "Girlfriend". highest record to date Lavigne "Girlfriend" was the superior fingerprint 2007, selling more than 7.3 million downloads in eight languages. The Best Damn Thing including the epic ballad "Keep Holding On", which Lavigne wrote at the request of 20th Century Fox for the study of fantastic / adventure film Eragon. Lavigne's songs also appeared on the soundtracks of those long movies like Sweet Home Alabama, Bruce Almighty, Legally Blonde 2, The Princess Diaries 2 and The House Bunny.

In 2010, Lavigne wrote "Alice" for Tim Burton fantasy Alice in Wonderland, which was included on the compilation album Almost Alice, released in March. The video for "Alice" directed by Dave Meyers, Lavigne represented own adventure down the rabbit hole. She also made a fashion brand in the mix, the design of "Alice in Wonderland" Abbey Dawn pieces sold in stores as part of the film.

It was a whirlwind tour of Lavigne, who says she would like to do more in Goodbye Lullaby Release becomes an opportunity to hit the road and performing for his fans worldwide. "My fans are hardcore," Lavigne said. "They are very dedicated and very friendly - the type of fans that sticks around Was an amazing experience to meet them after the show and read her letters experience because the things they tell me are very special people are .. came and started mourn, saying: "You have no idea what music has done for me." that's all I need to know if I can still give the person a resistor through my music, it's very special. ".