Avril Ramona Lavigne born 27 September 1984 in Belleville Ontario is a Canadian singersongwriter fashion designer and occasional actress She has sold over 30 million copies of her albums worldwide and she is currently one of the topselling artists releasing albums in the US with more than 10 million copies certified by the Recording Industry Association of America The famous Billboard magazine named Avril Lavigne the no10 poprock artists of the 2000s as well as the 28th overall best artist of the decade based on album sales chart success and cultural relativity in the United States