Avril Lavigne

She was married to “Sum 41” front man, Deryck Whibley from 15 July 2006 to 16 November 2010.

In July 2013, she married fellow Canadian rocker Chad Kroeger, the front man of the band Nickelback.

An entrepreneur, she created a successful fashion and lifestyle brand, Abbey Dawn and two fragrances, Black Star and Forbidden Rose.

Born in Belleville, Ontario Avril Ramona Lavigne grew up in the small town of Nappanee, Ontario, Canada.

Her French-Canadian parents John and Judy were devout Baptists. She was exposed to music by the age of two through her mother's church songs.

Until the age of 12, she was just a singer but soon started teaching herself guitar and also wrote lines which eventually grew into songs.

In 1998, Lavigne tasted success for the very first time and won a singing contest and appeared on stage, as part of her prize, alongside Shania Twain in Canada's capital, Ottawa.

In 1999, she was spotted by Cliff Fabri, who eventually became her first professional manager, while she was performing at a bookstore in Kingston, Ontario.

In June 2002, ‘Let Go’, her first album was released and featured at no. 2 on the US Billboard 200 and peaked at the music charts in the UK, Canada and Australia.

In 2004, she came out with her second album ‘Under My Skin’. She wrote most of the songs with Canadian singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk.

In 2005, she set out for her first world tour, titled, ‘Bonez Tour’, during which she performed in almost all the continents throughout the year.

In 2006, she sang her song ‘Who Knows’ at the closing ceremony of the Torino Olympics.

In 2007, she released her third album ‘The Best Damn Thing’. The single ‘Girlfriend’ from the album earned great popularity and rocked the music charts, peaking at no. 1 on the US Billboard.

Her debut single ‘Complicated’ shot her to great fame and she earned huge appreciation from the critics. It peaked at number one in Australia and was the best-selling Canadian singles of 2002.

‘Girlfriend’, the single from her album ‘The Best Damn Thing’, was proclaimed as the most-downloaded track worldwide in 2007 by ‘The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’. It went on to sell more than 7 million copies, with all the versions recorded in several languages.