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Avril Lavigne [/color][/size][size=21][color:5d57=#800000]Music career[/b][/color][/size]
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Let Go[/i] (2002–2003)
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Main article: [/i][/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Let_Go_(Avril_Lavigne_album)][i][u][color:5d57=#800000]Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)[/i][/u][/color][/url][i][color:5d57=#800000]
Let Go[/i] was released on June 4, 2002 in the United States, it has reached number two there and number one in [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Australia][u][color:5d57=#800000]Australia[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000], [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Canada][u][color:5d57=#800000]Canada[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000], and the [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/United_Kingdom][u][color:5d57=#800000]United Kingdom[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]. This made Lavigne, at seventeen, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album in the UK up until that time.[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-27][u][color:5d57=#800000][28][/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]
The album shows definite [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Pop_rock][u][color:5d57=#800000]pop rock[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] roots; however, [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Alternative_rock][u][color:5d57=#800000]alternative[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] and [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Post-grunge][u][color:5d57=#800000]post-grunge[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] influences can be heard in some of the songs.
Just over one month after its release, [i]Let Go[/i] reached [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification][u][color:5d57=#800000]multi-platinum[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] status in late-August,[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-28][u][color:5d57=#800000][29][/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] and was certified triple platinum two weeks after.[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-29][u][color:5d57=#800000][30][/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] Before the end of 2002, just six months after its debut, it was certified four times platinum by the RIAA.[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-30][u][color:5d57=#800000][31][/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] As of December 2007 the album has sold 6.6 million copies in the U.S and more than 16 million worldwide.[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-31][u][color:5d57=#800000][32][/u]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-avrillavigne1-32"[u][33][/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]
Four singles from the album were released. The first single, "[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Complicated][u][color:5d57=#800000]Complicated[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]" went to number one in [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Australia][u][color:5d57=#800000]Australia[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000], while reaching number two on the U.S. [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Hot_100][u][color:5d57=#800000]Hot 100[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000], and it was one of the best-selling Canadian singles of 2002. Lavigne tied a record set by [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Natalie_Imbruglia][u][color:5d57=#800000]Natalie Imbruglia[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]'s "[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Torn_(Natalie_Imbruglia_song)][u][color:5d57=#800000]Torn[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]" when "Complicated" held the number one spot on the [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Contemporary_hit_radio][u][color:5d57=#800000]contemporary hit radio[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] chart (which tracks air play on the radio) for eleven weeks in a row.[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-33][u][color:5d57=#800000][34][/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] "[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Sk8er_Boi][u][color:5d57=#800000]Sk8er Boi[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]" reached the top ten in the U.S. and Australia, "[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/I%27m_With_You][u][color:5d57=#800000]I'm With You[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]" reached the top ten in the U.S and the UK, and "[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Losing_Grip][u][color:5d57=#800000]Losing Grip[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]" reached the top ten in Taiwan and the top twenty in Chile.
Lavigne was named "[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award_for_Best_New_Artist][u][color:5d57=#800000]Best New Artist[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]" at the 2002 [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards][u][color:5d57=#800000]MTV Video Music Awards[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000], won four [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Juno_Awards][u][color:5d57=#800000]Juno Awards[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] in 2003 (out of six nominations), received a [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/World_Music_Award][u][color:5d57=#800000]World Music Award[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000] for "World's Best-Selling Canadian Singer", and was nominated for eight [/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Grammy_Award][u][color:5d57=#800000]Grammy Awards[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000], including "[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Song_of_the_Year][u][color:5d57=#800000]Song of the Year[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]" for "Complicated" and "[/color][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Best_New_Artist][u][color:5d57=#800000]Best New Artist[/u][/color][/url][color:5d57=#800000]".[/color][size=25][color:5d57=#800000]
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