Avril Lavigne discography

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Avril Lavigne discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 3
↙Extended plays 3
↙Singles 16
↙B-sides 13
↙Video albums 5
↙Music videos 13
References and footnotes

This is a complete discography of official releases by Avril Lavigne. Lavigne is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter whose music is generally pop rock/modern rock, with high pop punk and little alternative rock influences. Lavigne's debut album, Let Go, was released in 2002, sold over 16 million copies worldwide[1] and is currently certified six times platinum in the United States.[2] Lavigne's second and third albums, Under My Skin (2004) and The Best Damn Thing (2007), respectively, reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200.

Lavigne has achieved six number one songs worldwide to date and a total of eleven worldwide top ten hits, including "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm with You", "My Happy Ending", and "Girlfriend". Lavigne has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and has performed and collaborated with a range of musicians from John Rzeznik from The Goo Goo Dolls to Avenged Sevenfold.

Contents

[edit] Albums

All regularly released albums and their chart peak position: United World Chart (WW), United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), Brazil (BRA), Canada (CAN), Australia (AUS), Germany (GER) and France (FRA).

Year Album Chart positions[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Sales and certification
WW U.S. UK BRA CAN AUS FRA GER
2002 Let Go
1
2
1
1
1
1
13
2
  • Worldwide sales: 16 million[1]
  • RIAA certification: 6× Platinum[2]
  • BPI certification: 5× Platinum[10]
  • IFPI certification: 2× Platinum[11]
  • Weeks On Chart: 97[12]
2004 Under My Skin
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: May 25, 2004
  • Formats: CD
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
  • Worldwide sales: 8 million[13]
  • RIAA certification: 3× Platinum[2]
  • BPI certification: Platinum[10]
  • IFPI certification: Platinum[11]
  • Weeks On Chart: 66[14]
2007 The Best Damn Thing
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
  • Worldwide sales: 5 million[15]
  • RIAA certification: Platinum
  • BPI certification: Platinum
  • IFPI certification: Platinum
  • Weeks On Chart: 51[16]

[edit] Sales certificates

Country Certificate Notes[17]
Let Go Under My Skin The Best Damn Thing
Australia
7× Platinum
Platinum
2× Platinum
 Platinum = 70,000 / Gold = 35,000
Brazil[18]
3× Platinum
Platinum
Gold
 Platinum= 125,000 / Gold= 50,000
Canada
Diamond
5× Platinum
3× Platinum
 Diamond = 1 million / Platinum = 100,000
Europe
2× Platinum
Platinum
Platinum
 Platinum = 1 million[19]
France
2× Platinum
Platinum
Gold
 Platinum = 200,000 / Gold = 75,000
Germany
2× Platinum
Gold
Platinum
 Platinum = 200,000 / Gold = 100,000
Switzerland
2x Platinum
Platinum
Platinum
 Platinum = 30,000 / Gold = 15,000
United Kingdom
5× Platinum
Platinum
Platinum
 Platinum = 300,000 / Gold = 100,000
United States
6× Platinum
3× Platinum
Platinum
 Platinum = 1 million / Gold = 500,000

[edit] Singles

All regularly released singles and their chart peak position: United World Chart (WW), United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), Canada (CAN), Australia (AUS), France (FRA), Media Control Charts (GER), Ireland (IRL), New Zealand (NZ) and Europe (EU).

Year Single Chart positions Album
WW U.S. UK CAN1 AUS FRA GER IRL NZ EU
2002 "Complicated" 1 2 3 1 1 21 3 1 1 2 Let Go
"Sk8er Boi" 7 10 8 9 3 28 63 6 2 1
"I'm with You" 2 1 4 7 13 — 34 13 5 5 4
2003 "Losing Grip" 23 64 22 — 20 — 43 18 — 63
"Mobile" 3 4 — — — — — — — — 26 —
2004 "Don't Tell Me" 2 22 5 5 10 53 10 9 15 6 Under My Skin
"My Happy Ending" 2 9 5 11 6 39 1 7 — 1
"Nobody's Home" 11 41 24 4 24 24 29 19 — 98
2005 "He Wasn't" 7 18 — 23 92 25 — 29 35 38 112
"Fall to Pieces" 3 — 106 — 7 — — — — — —
2006 "Keep Holding On" 8 18 17 175 2 — — — — — — The Best Damn Thing
2007 "Girlfriend" 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
"When You're Gone" 6 24 3 8 4 17 17 4 26 4
"Hot" — 95 30 10 14 49 26 19 30 78
2008 "The Best Damn Thing" — 107 — 76 — — — — — —
"Innocence"* — 116 190 59 — — — — — —
  • * Currently active on charts.
  • "—" Denotes singles that were released but did not chart.
  • 1 Based on Canadian BDS Airplay before June 7, 2007; based on Billboard Canadian Hot 100 after June 7, 2007.
  • 2 "I'm with You" was not released as a single in Australia.
  • 3 Promo single.
  • 4 "Mobile" was released as an airplay single in Australia and an airplay and physical single in New Zealand only. It did not chart in Australia, although it charted at number twenty-six on the RIANZ Singles Chart.
  • 5 "Basket Case" was radio single in Spain and peaked at number fourteen in the airplay chart
  • 6 "Take Me Away" was released as a radio single only in Canada and Australia.
  • 7 "He Wasn't" was released as an international single, not released in the U.S.
  • 8 "Keep Holding On" was released as a single from the Eragon soundtrack.

[edit] Other charted songs

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. U.S. Pop
2007 "Runaway" 111 94 The Best Damn Thing

[edit] Single certifications

Australian certification: 2× Platinum (140,000)
Austria certification: Gold (15,000)
Norway certification: Platinum (20,000)
Swiss certification: Gold (15,000)
UK certification: Silver (200,000)
Australian certification: Platinum (70,000)
U.S. certification: Gold (100,000 downloads)/Platinum (50,000) [video]
U.S. certification: Gold (100,000 downloads)/Platinum (50,000) [video]
U.S. certification: Gold (25,000) [video]
Australian certification: Gold (35,000)
U.S certification: Gold (100,000)
Australian certification: Gold (35,000)
U.S. certification: Gold (100,000 downloads)
U.S. certification: Gold (100,000 downloads)
U.S. certification: Gold (500,000 downloads)
Canadian certification: Gold (20,000 downloads)
U.S. certification: 2× Platinum (2,640,000 downloads)[20]
Australian certification: 2× Platinum (140,000)
UK certification: Silver (200,000)
U.S. certification: Gold (600,000+ downloads)
Australian certification: Gold (35,000)
U.S. certification: (100,000 downloads)
Australian certification: Gold (35,000)

[edit] B-sides

Year B-side A-side
2002 "I Don't Give" "Complicated"
"Why"
"Get Over It" "Sk8er Boi"
"Nobody's Fool" (Live)
"Unwanted" (Live) "I'm with You"
2003 "Unwanted" (Live) (Australia) "Losing Grip"
"Naked" (Live) (UK)
"Let Go" "Mobile"
"All You Will Never Know"
2004 "Take It" "My Happy Ending"
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" "Nobody's Home"
"I Always Get What I Want"
2007 "Alone" (Australia, UK) "Girlfriend"
"I Can Do Better" (Acoustic Version) (UK) "Hot"

[edit] EPs

[edit] Other releases

  • iTunes Essentials - Avril Lavigne (Released exclusively through iTunes Store)
  • Let Go/Under My Skin [Bonus Track] (Disc Box Slider) - Avril Lavigne

[edit] DVDs

Avril Lavigne has so far released 3 DVDs:

  1. My World (2003)
  2. My Favorite Videos (So Far) (2005)
  3. Live at Budokan: Bonez Tour (2005)

She also has two widely produced unofficial autobiographies:

  1. Skater Girl (2002)
  2. Avril Lavigne: The Unofficial Book (2004)
  3. Girlstalk (2007)

[edit] Music videos

This is a list of official music videos for Lavigne singles.

Year Single Director
2002 "Complicated" The Malloys
"Sk8er Boi" Francis Lawrence
"I'm with You" David LaChapelle
2003 "Losing Grip" Liz Friedlander
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Marc Lostracco
2004 "Don't Tell Me" Liz Friedlander
"My Happy Ending" Meiert Avis
"Nobody's Home" Diane Martel
2005 "He Wasn't" The Malloys
2007 "Girlfriend"
"When You're Gone" Marc Klasfeld
"Girlfriend (Dr. Luke remix)" (featuring Lil Mama) Malcolm Jones
"Hot" Matthew Rolston
2008 "The Best Damn Thing" Wayne Isham
  • Avril Lavigne's music videos can be seen on YouTube by following this link: [1].

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Avril Lavigne Official Website
  2. ^ a b c RIAA Certification. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
  3. ^ Billboard Data: Avril Lavigne. AllMusic.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  4. ^ UK Singles and Albums Chart (Search). EveryHit.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  5. ^ Australian ARIA Albums and Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  6. ^ German Albums and Singles Chart. Charts-Surfer.de. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  7. ^ French Albums and Singles Chart. LesCharts.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  8. ^ Chart Data: Avril Lavigne. Mariah-Charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  9. ^ Irish peak of Let Go. ChartTrack.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-04-21.
    Irish peak of Under My Skin. ChartTrack.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-04-21.
    Irish peak of The Best Damn Thing. ChartTrack.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-04-21.
  10. ^ a b BPI Certification. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  11. ^ a b IFPI Certification. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  12. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
  13. ^ United World Chart: Under My Skin. mediatraffic.de. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  14. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
  15. ^ IFPI Top-Sellers 2007
  16. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
  17. ^ IFPI Table on Certifications
  18. ^ ABPD - Brazilian Certifications - Searchable database
  19. ^ IFPI. List of European sales certificates. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 August 2006.
  20. ^ Nielsen Music 2007 Year-End Music Industry Report
  21. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Girlfriend-Remixes-Ringle-Avril-Lavigne/dp/B000W8FY5Q/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195060846&sr=8-5

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