The Best Damn Thing

Submitted by ionstorm on April 26, 2007 - 11:55pm.

Lavigne's third album The Best Damn Thing was released in April 2007. The album is produced by Dr. Luke, her husband Deryck Whibley, Rob Cavallo, Butch Walker and herself. Travis Barker has also recorded drums on the record. The album made its radio debut in its entirety on Ottawa radio statio Hot 89.9 at 6:00 pm on April 14, 2007. Lavigne revealed in a posting on her MySpace blog that the first single from the album will be "Girlfriend". "Girlfriend" was due to be released on January 29 but the date has changed due to "Keep Holding On"'s increasing popularity on the radio. The video for "Girlfriend" debuted on February 26 and her single premiered on Ottawa radio station HOT 89.9 with evening personality Cash Conners February 6, 2006. Evan Taubenfeld, her former guitarist made a cameo in her video, confirmed in his Myspace blog.

On February 18, 2007, clips of "Everything Back But You", "I Can Do Better" and "When You're Gone" were released on AOL Music and received a mixed reaction from fans.

"Girlfriend" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #5 in early March 2007. This is Avril's highest debut ever on the chart and has already sold over 122,000 downloads through iTunes. "Girlfriend" also debuted at #3 on Billboard's Top Digital Songs which is Avril's second appearance on that chart. "Keep Holding On" being the first. The song "Girlfriend" is also available in seven other languages, the only difference from the English version being the chorus translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian, German and French. Avril's comeback single "Girlfriend" was added to the UK iTunes Music Store and reached #10 in under 24 hours. On Ryan Seacrest's radio show she said herself that "When You're Gone" will be the 2nd single.

Lavigne has been doing a small tour to promote The Best Damn Thing, with tickets available only to members of her fan club. She kicked off the tour in Calgary, Alberta, and played for a crowd of around 200. This show was aired on television on April 2nd 2007, on the CBC Network.

Click Here to listen before you buy