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Let Go made Lavigne youngest female soloist to reach number 1 in the UK. As of 2013, it has sold nearly 7 million copies in the United States and over 16 million copies worldwide. Her breakthrough single, 'Complicated', peaked at number 1 in many countries around the world, as did the album Let Go. Her second studio album, Under My Skin, was released in May 2004 and was her first album to peak at number 1 on the US Billboard 200, eventually selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. The Best Damn Thing, Lavigne's third album, was released in April 2007, becoming her third number 1 album in the UK Albums Chart and featuring her first US Billboard Hot 100 number 1 single, 'Girlfriend'. Lavigne has scored six number 1 singles worldwide, including, 'Complicated','Sk8er Boi','I'm With You','My Happy Ending','Nobody's Home', and 'Girlfriend'. Lavigne is one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the U.S., with over 11 million copies certified by the RIAA. Her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullabye, gave Lavigne her fourth top 10 album on the U.S. Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart and her third number 1 album in both Japan and Australia. Three months after the release of Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne began work on her eponymous titled fifth studio album, which was released by Epic Records on 1 November 2013 following her departure from RCA Records in 2011.

Lavigne took a break from recording music, pursuing careers in feature film acting and designing clothes and perfumes. She voice Heather, a Virginia opossum, in the animated film, Over The Hedge, in 2006. That same year, she made her on-screen feature film debut in Fast Food Nation. In 2008, Lavigne introduced her clothing line, Abbey Dawn, and in 2009, she released her first perfume, Black Star, which has followed by her second perfume, Forbidden Rose, in 2010 and her third perfume, Wild Rose, in 2011. In July 2006, Lavigne married her boyfriend for two years, Deryck Whibley, lead singer and guitarist from Sum 41. The marriage lasted four years, and in October 29, Lavigne filed for divorce. Whibley and Lavigne continued  to work together, with Whibley producing her fourth album, as well as Lavigne's single, 'Alice', written for Tim Burton's film, Alice in Wonderland. Lavigne married Nickleback's Frontman, Chad Kroeger in 2013.