I was signed by L.A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in.

Early life
Avril Ramona Lavigne was born in Belleville Ontario. She has also appeared in ALDO ads with YouthAIDS to raise money to educate people worldwide about HIV/AIDS. 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 the top-selling debut of the year.

1 album in the UK Albums Chart and featuring her first U. S. That same year Avril Lavigne made her on-screen feature film debut in Fast Food Nation.