{"id":272,"date":"2022-05-17T11:38:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T09:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuelfh.be\/concrete-jungle\/?post_type=album&#038;p=272"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:55:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:55:03","slug":"let-go","status":"publish","type":"album","link":"https:\/\/manuelfh.be\/concrete-jungle\/album\/let-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Let go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reid gave A&amp;R Joshua Sarubin the responsibility of overseeing Lavigne&rsquo;s development and the recording of her debut album. They spent several months in New York working with different co-writers, trying to forge an individual sound for her. Sarubin told\u00a0HitQuarters\u00a0that they initially struggled; although early collaborations with songwriter-producers including Sabelle Breer,\u00a0Curt Frasca\u00a0and Peter Zizzo resulted in some good songs, they did not match her or her voice. It was only when Lavigne then went to Los Angeles in May 2001 and created two songs with\u00a0The Matrix\u00a0production team\u2014including \u00ab\u00a0Complicated\u00a0\u00bb, later released as her debut single\u2014that the record company felt she had made a major breakthrough. Lavigne worked further with The Matrix and also with singer-songwriter Cliff Magness. Recording of Lavigne&rsquo;s debut album,\u00a0<em>Let Go<\/em>, finished in January 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIy3n2b7V9k?list=OLAK5uy_kFOSQWseq5wpgCXyLIdXL8SUuDf--kRok\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavigne released\u00a0<em>Let Go<\/em>\u00a0in June 2002 in the US, where it reached number two on the\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0200\u00a0albums chart. It peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, and the UK\u2014this made Lavigne, at 17 years old, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album on the\u00a0UK Albums Chart\u00a0at that time.\u00a0By the end of 2002, the album was certified four-times Platinum by the\u00a0RIAA, making her the bestselling female artist of 2002 and\u00a0<em>Let Go<\/em>\u00a0the top-selling debut of the year.\u00a0By May 2003,\u00a0<em>Let Go<\/em>\u00a0had accumulated over 1 million sales in Canada, receiving a diamond certification from the\u00a0Canadian Recording Industry Association.\u00a0By 2009, the album had sold over 16 million units worldwide.\u00a0By March 2018, the RIAA certified the album seven-times Platinum, denoting shipments of over seven million units in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavigne&rsquo;s debut single, \u00ab\u00a0Complicated\u00a0\u00bb, peaked at number one in Australia and number two in the US. \u00ab\u00a0Complicated\u00a0\u00bb was one of the bestselling Canadian singles of 2002, and one of the decade&rsquo;s biggest hits in the US,\u00a0where subsequent singles \u00ab\u00a0Sk8er Boi\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0I&rsquo;m with You\u00a0\u00bb reached the top ten.\u00a0With these three singles, Lavigne became the second artist in history to have three top-ten songs from a debut album on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&lsquo;s\u00a0Mainstream Top 40\u00a0chart.\u00a0Lavigne was named\u00a0Best New Artist\u00a0(for \u00ab\u00a0Complicated\u00a0\u00bb) at the\u00a02002 MTV Video Music Awards,\u00a0won four\u00a0Juno Awards\u00a0in 2003 out of six nominations,\u00a0received a\u00a0World Music Award\u00a0for \u00ab\u00a0World&rsquo;s Bestselling Canadian Singer\u00a0\u00bb, and was nominated for eight\u00a0Grammy Awards, including\u00a0Best New Artist\u00a0and\u00a0Song of the Year\u00a0for \u00ab\u00a0Complicated\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2002, Lavigne made a cameo appearance in the music video for \u00ab\u00a0Hundred Million\u00a0\u00bb by the pop punk band\u00a0Treble Charger.\u00a0In March 2003, Lavigne posed for the cover of\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0magazine,\u00a0and in May she performed \u00ab\u00a0Fuel\u00a0\u00bb during MTV&rsquo;s Icon tribute to\u00a0Metallica.\u00a0During her first headlining tour, the Try to Shut Me Up Tour, Lavigne covered\u00a0Green Day&rsquo;s \u00ab\u00a0Basket Case\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reid gave A&amp;R Joshua Sarubin the responsibility of overseeing Lavigne&rsquo;s development and the recording of her debut album. 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