| Net Worth | $5,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Avril Ramona Lavigne |
| Date of Birth/Age | September 27, 1984 (age 34) |
| Height | 5’2” |
| Source of wealth | Singing, Songwriting, Acting |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| State/City of origin | Belleville, Ontario |
| Last Updated | 2019 |
Net Worth
Avril Lavigne’s net worth is 50 million dollars.
How Much Does Avril Lavigne Make a Year?
She makes about 10 million dollars a year.
How does Avril Lavigne Make her Money?
She makes most of her money from her album and single sales and her tours. As she has sold over 50 million singles and 40 million albums, this is a large part of her yearly earnings.
She also earns a percentage any time her videos as viewed on YouTube, as part of the advertising revenue. Her single “Girlfriend” was the first video to get 1 million views on YouTube and has earned her over $2 million dollars alone.
Each time an album or single of hers is played on the radio or streaming services or is downloaded, she earns a percentage. Because of this, even during years when she hasn’t released an album or gone on tour, she still has a large income.
She also earns a smaller amount from her fashion line. While her perfume lines have sold out completely, her Abbey Dawn clothing line continues to earn her several hundred thousand dollars a year. She also earns a small salary from her bit parts in movies and as a voice actor.
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Introduction
Avril Lavigne is a Canadian pop musician and songwriter. She started her career as a teen pop star and released several pop-punk albums during the 2000s.
She has since branched out into television, movies, and fashion as well as a wider range of music. She is one of the top-selling musicians in the world with sales of over 40 million albums.
She has received music awards from many countries in Europe, Asia, and North and South America.
Early Life
Avril Ramona Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984, in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. She spent most of her childhood in Greater Napanee, a small town in Ontario.
She enjoyed playing hockey and baseball with her brother. She then discovered skateboarding and considered herself a tomboy.
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She started singing and playing music as a child. Her parents supported her musical career, paying for guitar and singing lessons. They also brought her to many country fairs and in-store musical appearances in the hopes of her being discovered.
She started singing country music and at 16 won a contest to sing with Canadian country star Shania Twain.
She was discovered by local folk singer, Stephen Medd, at age 15 and sang on several of his songs in 1999. She then found her first manager who helped her get signed in the US.
She attended Napanee District Secondary School but dropped out to pursue her musical career. She moved to New York City at age 16. As she reached her late teen years, she moved from country and folk music to a more pop-punk sound.
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Personal life
Avril Lavigne’s parents are Jean-Claude Lavigne, a phone technician, and Judith-Rosanne Loshaw. She has a brother, Matthew, and a sister, Michelle. Both Avril and her father are musical and sang at their Baptist church. Her sister Michelle has appeared in Lavigne’s music videos.
She dated Canadian football player Blake Thompson for two years in the early 2000s as well as TV star Matt Gould. She also dated Jesse Colburn, a member of her backing band, for two years.
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Lavigne dated and then married Sum 41 singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley in 2005. She has three tattoos related to him, including matching wedding tattoos. The couple split in 2009.
She then dated television star Brody Jenner for two years. She had the word “Brody” tattooed on her chest, but the two broke up in 2012.
In 2013, she began dating and recording with Chad Kroeger of the band Nickelback. They married quickly but split after two years of marriage.
She is currently dating American billionaire Phillip Sarofim.
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In 2015, she revealed she had Lyme disease, and the next few years were taken up with health struggles. She was nearly bedridden for two years but is now in recovery. She donates to Lyme disease research through her charity, the Avril Lavigne Foundation.
Career
Avril Lavigne started her career after being signed to Arista in 2000 for a $1.25 million advance. Her first album “Let Go” was released in 2002 and it quickly went platinum four times.
It debuted at number two on the Billboard charts in the US and number one in Canada, Australia, and the UK. Her first single, “Complicated” earned her several Grammy nominations as well as several Juno awards and an MTV New Artist Award for Best New Artist.
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The two next singles from “Let Go”, “Sk8terBoi” and “I’m With You” also entered the top ten on the Billboard charts.
Her next album, “Under My Skin” was released in 2004 and went platinum five times in Canada. Lavigne wrote or co-wrote most of the songs on this album as she started to pursue greater input into her career.
She embarked on her first world tour to support this album and won three Juno awards.
“The Best Damn Thing” was released in 2007 and debuted at number one on the US Billboard charts. It went platinum in both the US and Canada and produced the number one single “Girlfriend.”
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This single was recorded in eight languages and sold over seven million copies in 2007.
“Goodbye Lullaby” was started in 2008, but not released until 2011. This album was less successful but was still nominated for two Juno awards. It went gold in the US after several years.
Her self-titled fifth album, “Avril Lavigne” debuted in 2013. This album was far more successful, reaching the top 20 in Canada, the US, and Australia. She toured the world with the Backstreet Boys in support of “Avril Lavigne” in 2013.
Her most recent album, “Head Above Water” was delayed because of her health concerns but debuted in the top 10 in 2019.
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This album deals with her health concerns and other personal topics.
She has also pursued fashion entrepreneurship, releasing a line of junior’s clothing called Abbey Dawn and three fragrances: Wild Rose, Black Star, and Forbidden Rose.
She has also moved into acting. She had small roles in “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” and the movie “Going the Distance.” She also voiced characters in “Over the Hedge” and “Charming.” She also appeared in the film version of the book “Fast Food Nation.”
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Interesting Facts
Lavigne was a celebrity character in the first The Sims game in 2003. Her clothing line was featured in the online game “Stardoll” in 2009.
She has at least 24 tattoos, many of which are matching tattoos with friends. She has several stars, a large rose, and a cupcake among others.
She is both a French and a Canadian citizen, due to her father’s citizenship.
She started her own charity, the Avril Lavigne Foundation. She’s also worked with several other charities including Amnesty International and the Special Olympics.
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Highlights
In 2007, she was featured in Forbes’ “Top 20 Earners Under 25” list.
She set a Guinness World Record as the youngest female artist to reach the top of the UK charts. She was 18. She was also the first Western musician to tour China.
She has been nominated for and won awards throughout the world, including Japan, Brazil, Taiwan, and Denmark. In total, she has won over 200 awards for her albums, singles, and movie soundtrack contributions.
Favorite Quotes from Avril Lavigne
“No one really knows what I’m really like, and you won’t unless you spend a day with me, or if you’re my friend. No one ever knows what anyone is really like. Read all the interviews you want on them, it’s just the media talking and you can’t really get to know someone that way, obviously.”
“Well, a lot of people don’t know this about me, but I’m actually shy around people I don’t know. I would just say with my first concert, my first tour, I didn’t really talk onstage. I was like, ‘Thank you, I love you guys,’ or whatever. But now I’ve just kind of learned to work for a crowd.”
Tips for success from Avril Lavigne
“When people come to a concert, they wanna hear the hits, the big radio songs, and they wanna hear them how they’re used to hearing them. I like playing them how they were recorded.”
“It’s so different now coming out as a new artist today than it was when I came out almost ten years ago. Now, it’s all about singles, it’s really quick, it’s online. I came out when people sold records and they still do today but – I don’t know what the key is.”
“Staying true to yourself and trusting your instincts is very important. I’ve learned this both through creating music, where I’ve always stayed focused on recording music that is true to who I am and to my fans, and through my recent health struggles, where I knew something more was going on than what I was hearing from different doctors; I had to trust myself and continue to pursue a diagnosis.”
