Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (born September 27, 1984) is an eight-time Grammy Award nominated Canadian rock singer and musician. She has sold over twenty-seven million albums worldwide.[citation needed] In 2006, Canadian Business Magazine ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood, and in 2007 she won ninth place in the Jabra Music Contest for the Best Band in the World, based on fan votes from around the world.

In 1998, Lavigne won a competition to sing with fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain on her first major concert tour. She appeared alongside Twain at her concert in Ottawa, appearing on stage to sing "What Made You Say That".