Editing Avril Lavigne (section)

==Accolades==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Avril Lavigne}}
In 2003, Lavigne won an International Achievement Award for the song "Complicated" at the [[SOCAN]] Awards in Toronto.<ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web |url=http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2003-socan-awards |title=2003 Socan Awards &#124; Socan |access-date=August 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012172023/http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2003-socan-awards |archive-date=October 12, 2016 }}</ref> Lavigne received eight [[Grammy Award]]s nominations in two years, including Best New Artist. She has also received three [[American Music Awards]] nominations, one [[Brit Award]] nomination, and one [[MTV Video Music Award]]. Lavigne had sold more than 30 million singles and 40&nbsp;million copies of her albums worldwide,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/avril-lavigne-head-above-water-release-date-new-album-lyme-disease-diagnosis-a8681181.html| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211021/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/avril-lavigne-head-above-water-release-date-new-album-lyme-disease-diagnosis-a8681181.html| archive-date=October 21, 2021 |title=Avril Lavigne new album Head Above Water gets release date – her first record since Lyme disease diagnosis |last=Shepherd |first=Jack |work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cp24.com/avril-lavigne-releases-what-the-hell-lead-single-off-album-goodbye-lullaby-1.594745| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211021/https://www.cp24.com/avril-lavigne-releases-what-the-hell-lead-single-off-album-goodbye-lullaby-1.594745| archive-date=October 21, 2021 |title=Avril Lavigne releases 'What the Hell,' lead single off album, 'Goodbye Lullaby'|author=The Canadian Press |work=[[CP24]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> including over 12.4&nbsp;million album copies in the US according to ''Billboard''.<ref name="ask billboard15">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6685941/ask-billboard-avril-lavignes-best-selling-songs-albums |last=Trust |first=Gary |title=Ask Billboard: Avril Lavigne's Best-Selling Songs & Albums |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 6, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908221435/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6685941/ask-billboard-avril-lavignes-best-selling-songs-albums |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, ''Billboard'' named Lavigne the number 10 pop artist in the "Best of the 2000s" chart.{{r|billboardbest2000}} She was listed as the 28th overall best act of the decade based on album and single chart performance in the US.{{r|billboarddecade}}<ref name="Archived copy" />

Lavigne achieved a [[Guinness World Record]] as being the youngest female solo artist to top the UK album chart, on January 11, 2003, at the age of 18 years and 106 days. The album ''Let Go'' reached number one in its 18th chart week.<ref>{{cite web |last1=C |first1=Jeff |title=Avril Lavigne in Guinness Book of World Records 2004 |url=http://popdirt.com/avril-lavigne-in-guinness-book-of-world-records-2004/23999/ |website=Pop Dirt |access-date=March 31, 2017 |year=2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331211903/http://popdirt.com/avril-lavigne-in-guinness-book-of-world-records-2004/23999/ |archive-date=March 31, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> She held the record until 2004, as the UK charts reported that [[Joss Stone]]'s ''[[Mind Body & Soul]]'' took it the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/billie-eilish-becomes-the-youngest-ever-female-solo-act-to-top-the-official-albums-chart-thank-you-for-the-love-__25987/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211021/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/billie-eilish-becomes-the-youngest-ever-female-solo-act-to-top-the-official-albums-chart-thank-you-for-the-love-__25987/| archive-date=October 21, 2021|title=Billie Eilish becomes the youngest ever female solo act to top the Official Albums Chart: 'Thank you for the love!'|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=April 5, 2019|access-date=April 6, 2019|last=Copsey|first=Rob}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She also was the first to reach 100 million views on a YouTube video, with her 2007 single "Girlfriend".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jarboe |first1=Greg |title=YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day |date=2009 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-45969-0 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09kzFe5roMUC&q=avril+lavigne+record+youtube&pg=PA35 |access-date=March 31, 2017}}</ref> Lavigne was the first western artist to do a full tour in China, with [[The Best Damn Tour]] in 2008, and is considered the biggest western artist in Asia, especially in Japan, where her first three albums have sold more than 1 million copies (being the only female Western Artist since the 2000s to achieve this).<ref>{{cite web |title=Avril Lavigne's Achievements |url=https://www.wattpad.com/262122561-avril-lavigne-updates-avril-lavigne%27s-achievements| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211021/https://www.wattpad.com/262122561-avril-lavigne-updates-avril-lavigne%27s-achievements| archive-date=October 21, 2021 |publisher=wattpad |access-date=April 10, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Lavigne is the only artist to have performed at three different [[multi-sport events]]: two closing ceremonies of the [[Winter Olympic Games]] ([[Torino 2006]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Avril Lavigne – Who Knows @ Turin Olympics 2006 | date=August 24, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGN8Ec0OSsU |publisher=YouTube |access-date=April 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811003038/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGN8Ec0OSsU |archive-date=August 11, 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Vancouver 2010]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Avril Lavigne – My Happy Ending & Girlfriend (Winter Olympics Games – Vancouver 2010) | date=May 29, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqdlJrPAPs4 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=April 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220100029/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqdlJrPAPs4 |archive-date=December 20, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>) and the opening ceremony of the [[2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Avril Lavigne – Fly (live on Special Olympics 2015) | date=July 26, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQw6v4V6G1w |publisher=YouTube |access-date=April 17, 2017 |archive-url=http://ghostarchive.org/varchive/NQw6v4V6G1w?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQw6v4V6G1w |archive-date=September 15, 2021|url-status=live }}{{cbignore}}</ref> In June 2024, she was conferred with the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/order-canada-appointees-june-2024|title=Order of Canada Appointees – June 2024|website=gg.ca|publisher=The Rideau Hall Press Office|date=June 21, 2024|access-date=June 29, 2024}}</ref>