Avril Lavigne

Some Lesser Known Facts About Avril Lavigne

• Does Avril Lavigne smoke?: Yes

• Does Avril Lavigne drink alcohol?: Yes

• Avril never liked school and was kicked out a couple of times. She dropped out when she got a chance to record music with a record label.

• She did not choose the formula of being bared skin to gain attention/popularity, instead, she wooed everyone with her powerful voice, strong melodies and straight-forward lyrics.

• Her albums have been 6 x platinum (Let go), 3 x platinum (Under my Skin) and platinum (The Best Damn Thing).

• She has been nominated eight times for the Grammy Awards.

• Avril Lavigne, ladies and gentlemen, is self-taught!

• She can play guitar, drums and piano.

• Her second album, under my skin sold 8 million copies worldwide.

• She has had multiple number one Billboard 100 Hot and her song “Girlfriend” had 7.3 million downloads and was the highest-selling song of 2007.

• Other than her own songs, she has also co-writeen some songs with  Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato and Leona Lewis.

• She has also provided some songs for the movies like Eragon, Sweet Home Alabama, Bruce Almighty, Legally Blonde 2, The Princess Diaries 2, The House Bunny, and Alice in Wonderland.

• She took-over the apparel and accessory brand, Abbey Dawn, and is successful with her entrepreneurship.

• At the age of just 15 years, she already had the chance to share the stage with Shania Twain.

• During her hiatus from music, she designed clothes, perfumes and acted in movies.

• Lavigne gained her initial popularity because of her unique tom-boyish style.

• Mostly she was seen wearing  baggy clothes, Converses, wristbands and sometimes shoelaces wrapped around her fingers.

• She accepts that she is weird and confessed that she does not want to change.

• Her song Alice was nominated as the best song at the Oscars.

• She also said that her songs are about her own personal experiences.

• Avril was a dreamer and she said, “I remember as a child, lying on my bed singing and imagining as thousands of people were listening to me.”

• In her video ‘Girlfriend’, the bassist is her brother Matt.

• She is diagnosed with deficit Hyperactivity.

• She is a vegetarian.

• People admired the way she looked like an angel when she sang in the church.

• She always puts on make up in her own privacy and by herself.