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In February 2006, Lavigne represented Canada at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Fox Entertainment Group approached Lavigne to write a song for the soundtrack to the 2006 fantasy-adventure film Eragon; her contribution, « Keep Holding On », was released as a single to promote the film and its soundtrack. Lavigne performing during The Best Damn World Tour in 2008

Lavigne’s third album, The Best Damn Thing, was released in April 2007 and debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, and subsequently achieved Platinum status in Canada. The album sold more than 2 million copies in the US. Its lead single, « Girlfriend », became Lavigne’s first number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and one of the decade’s biggest singles. The single also peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, and Japan, and reached number two in the UK and France. As well as English, « Girlfriend » was recorded in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Mandarin. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ranked « Girlfriend » as the most-downloaded track worldwide in 2007, selling 7.3 million copies, including the versions recorded in eight different languages. « When You’re Gone », the album’s second single, reached the top five in Australia and the United Kingdom, the top ten in Canada, and the top forty in the US. « Hot » was the third single and charted only at number 95 in the US, although it reached the top 10 in Canada and the top 20 in Australia.

Lavigne won two World Music Awards in 2007, for ‘World’s Bestselling Canadian Artist’ and ‘World’s Best Pop/Rock Female Artist’. She won her first two MTV Europe Music Awards, received a Teen Choice Award for ‘Best Summer Single’, and was nominated for five Juno Awards. In December 2007, Lavigne was ranked number eight in Forbes magazine’s list of ‘Top 20 Earners Under 25’, with annual earnings of $12 million. In March 2008, Lavigne undertook a world tour, The Best Damn World Tour, and appeared on the cover of Maxim for the second time. In mid-August, Malaysia’s Islamic opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, attempted to ban Lavigne’s tour show in Kuala Lumpur, judging her stage moves « too sexy ». It was thought that her concert on August 29 would promote wrong values ahead of Malaysia’s independence day on August 31. On August 21, 2008, MTV reported that the concert had been approved by the Malaysian government.