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Lavigne was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Her mother is of English, Scottish, and German descent and her father, Jean-Claude Joseph Lavigne, is of French-Canadian origin.
She was named “Avril” by her father after the French word for the month of April. He and Lavigne’s mother, Judy, recognized their child’s vocal abilities when she was two years old and sang “Jesus Loves Me” on the way home from church
Lavigne has an older brother, Matthew, and a younger sister, Michelle, both of whom teased her when she sang. “My brother used to knock on the wall because I used to sing myself to sleep and he thought it was really annoying
When Lavigne was five years old, the family moved to Greater Napanee, Ontario, a town with a population of approximately 5,000
In school, she was sometimes kicked out of class for misbehaving, her parents supported her singing.
Her father bought her a microphone, a drum kit, a keyboard, and several guitars, and converted their basement into a studio; following his own love for music Jean-Claude led the family to church at Third Day Worship Center in Kingston, Ontario, where he often played bass.
When Lavigne was 14 years old, her parents took her to karaoke sessions.[24] Lavigne also performed at country fairs, singing songs by Garth Brooks, the Dixie Chicks, and Shania Twain
She also began writing her own songs. Her first song was called “Can’t Stop Thinking About You”, about a teenage crush, which she described as “cheesy cute”
In 1999, Lavigne won a radio contest to perform with the Canadian singer Shania Twain at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, before an audience of 20,000 people ] Twain and Lavigne sang Twain’s song, “What Made You Say That“,[20] and Lavigne told Twain that she was going to be “a famous singer” ]During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Lavigne was spotted by local folksinger Stephen Medd. He invited her to contribute vocals on his song, “Touch the Sky”, for his 1999 album, Quinte Spirit. She later sang on “Temple of Life” and “Two Rivers” for his follow-up album, My Window to You, in 2000.
In December 1999, Lavigne was discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston, Ontario. Fabri sent out VHS tapes of Lavigne’s home performances to several industry prospects, and Lavigne was visited by several executives. Mark Jowett, co-founder of a Canadian management firm, Nettwerk, received a copy of Lavigne’s karaoke performances recorded in her parents’ basement. Jowett arranged for Lavigne to work with producer Peter Zizzo during the summer of 2000 in New York, where she wrote the song “Why”. Lavigne was noticed by Arista Records during a trip to New York
