Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress. Lavigne has sold more than 30 million copies of her albums worldwide. She is currently one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the United States, with over 10 million copies certified by the Recording Industry Association of America. She has been dubbed as the "pop-punk princess" by various sources.

艾薇兒•瑞摩娜•拉維尼（出生于1984年9月27日）是一名加拿大創作型歌手、時裝設計師兼演員，她的專輯在全球的銷量已經超過了3千萬。目前在美國，她是唱片銷量最佳的歌手之一，美國唱片業協會認證其銷量達到1千多萬。她還被冠以“流行朋克公主”的稱號。

Lavigne broke into the recording industry with her debut album, Let Go, released in 2002. As of 2009, over 16 million copies were sold worldwide, more than 6 million of which were sold in the United States. Her second and third album, Under My Skin and The Best Damn Thing, reached number one on the Global charts. Lavigne has scored five number-one singles worldwide, including "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm With You", "My Happy Ending" and "Girlfriend". She is currently working on her fourth studio album, due out in early 2010.

艾薇兒于2002年攜她的處女專輯《展翅高飛》進入唱片業。到2009年為止，這張專輯在全球共銷售了1600多萬張，其中美國市場的銷量超過了600萬。接下來的兩張專輯《酷到骨子里》和《美麗壞東西》在全球流行音樂排行榜上也都躋身首位。艾薇兒另外還發布了取得排行榜第一寶座的5支單曲，分別是《Complicated》、《Sk8er Boi》、《I'm With You》、《My Happy Ending》和《Girlfriend》。現在，她正在著手制作第四張專輯，預計于2010年初發布。

Avril Lavigne's official MySpace page affirms her music genres as pop and pop punk. According to Allmusic, her styles encompass adult alternative, pop rock, pop punk, post-grunge and teen pop. According to MusicMight, she is alternative rock, alternative pop, pop punk, pop rock and post-grunge.

艾薇兒•拉維尼的MySpace主頁宣稱她的歌曲都屬于流行音樂和流行朋克；Allmusic網站則認為她的曲風涵蓋了成人另類、流行搖滾、流行朋克、后垃圾搖滾以及少年流行音樂；而根據MusicMight網站的觀點，她的音樂涉足的領域包括另類搖滾、另類流行、流行朋克、流行搖滾和后垃圾搖滾。

（China.org.cn 汪瑋 譯）