Avril Lavigne

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Three months after the release of Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne announced that work on her fifth studio album had already begun, describing it as the musical opposite of Goodbye Lullaby and « pop and more fun again ». In late 2011, she confirmed that she had moved to Epic Records, headed by L. A. Reid. Lavigne contributed two cover songs to the 2012 Japanese animated film One Piece Film: Z: « How You Remind Me » (originally by Nickelback) and « Bad Reputation » (originally by Joan Jett).

The lead single from Lavigne’s fifth studio album, « Here’s to Never Growing Up » (produced by Martin Johnson of the band Boys Like Girls), was released in April 2013 and reached top 20 positions on the Billboard Hot 100, Australia and the UK. The second single, « Rock n Roll », was released in August 2013 and the third, « Let Me Go » (featuring Lavigne’s then-husband Chad Kroeger of Nickelback), was released in October 2013. The album, titled Avril Lavigne, was released in November 2013; in Canada, it was certified gold and received a Juno Award nomination for Pop Album of the Year. The fourth single from Avril Lavigne, « Hello Kitty », was released in April 2014. The music video sparked controversies over racism claims which Lavigne denied.

During mid 2014, Lavigne opened for boy band the Backstreet Boys‘ In a World Like This Tour^[95] and played at the music festival Summer Sonic in Tokyo, Japan.^[93][96] She released a music video for « Give You What You Like« , the fifth single from her self-titled album on February 10, 2015. The song is featured in Lifetime‘s made-for-TV movie, Babysitter’s Black Book.^[97] By March 2018, the album sold more than 500,000 copies in the US, and it was certified Gold by the RIAA.^[36]

In an April 2015 interview with Billboard, Lavigne announced a new single titled « Fly« , which was released on April 26 in association with the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games.^[98]