Biography: Wild child Avril Lavigne hit big in summer 2002 with her spiky-fun debut song, "Complicated," shifting pop music into a different direction. Lavigne, who was 17 at the time, didn't seem concerned with the glamour of the TRL-dominated pop world and such confidence allowed her star power to soar.

Although she spent some time dabbling with a film career - lending a voice to the 2006 animated film Over The Headge and appearing in Richard Linklater's fictional adaptation of Fast Food Nation that same year - Lavigne spent most of '06 working on her third album, The Best Damn Thing which was released in April of 2007.The Best Damn Thing debuted at number one on the Billboard charts upon the week of its release..