The Best Damn Thing

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The Best Damn Thing
Studio album by Avril Lavigne
Released 13 April 2007 (2007-04-13)
(see release history)
Recorded February 6–November 24, 2006 at Ocean Way Recording and Henson Recording Studios
Genre Rock, pop, Pop punk
Length 40:38
Label RCA
Producer Dr. Luke, Matt Beckley, Steven Wolf, Butch Walker, Deryck Whibley, Rob Cavallo, Avril Lavigne (exec.)
Avril Lavigne chronology
Under My Skin
(2004)		 The Best Damn Thing
(2007)		 Goodbye Lullaby
(2011)
Singles from The Best Damn Thing
  1. "Girlfriend"
    Released: 27 February 2007 (2007-02-27)
  2. "When You're Gone"
    Released: 19 June 2007 (2007-06-19)
  3. "Hot"
    Released: 2 October 2007 (2007-10-02)
  4. "The Best Damn Thing"
    Released: 24 June 2008 (2008-06-24)

The Best Damn Thing is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. It was released on April 13, 2007 through RCA Records. According to the IFPI, The Best Damn Thing was the fourth top-selling album worldwide and Sony BMG's top-selling album of 2007.[1] The album was certified platinum by the RIAA on June 15, 2007[2] and has sold over 6 million copies worldwide.[3] The explicit versions of the album were Lavigne's first to receive a Parental Advisory label, shown on the limited and deluxe editions.

The album was Lavigne's third consecutive #1 album in the UK Albums Chart and her second on the U.S. Billboard 200, as well as reaching the #1 spot in several other countries. The first single released from the album, "Girlfriend", reached the top of the charts in over twelve countries worldwide, including her first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number 1 single. Four singles were officially released from The Best Damn Thing as well as the soundtrack single for the 2006 film Eragon, "Keep Holding On".

Contents

[edit] Musical style and genre

While touring, Lavigne stated that her favourite songs to sing live were her more upbeat ones such as "Sk8er Boi". This made her decide that The Best Damn Thing wouldn't have many mid-tempo songs and would instead feature more energetic songs.[4]

Lavigne described the record as "fast, fun, young, bratty, rock, aggressive, confident, cocky in a playful way...all the good stuff". Many of the songs on the album didn't have a deep meaning to Lavigne, with her stating "It's not like some personal thing I'm going through. They're just songs."[5] It was produced by Dr. Luke, Butch Walker,[6] Lavigne herself, and Lavigne's husband at the time, Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley. Travis Barker of blink-182 and +44, recorded some of the drums for the album as did Josh Freese when Lavigne and her party couldn't reach Dave Grohl.

Like Lavigne's previous albums, The Best Damn Thing is not easily defined by just a few genres. The Best Damn Thing has been described as teen pop,[7][8] pop,[9][10][11][8] pop rock,[12][7][11][8] powerpop,[13][14][11] alternative rock,[7] pop punk,[13] punk,[11][8] and rock.[11][9]

[edit] Promotion

Lavigne performing in Amsterdam in 2008.

The first single, "Girlfriend", was to be released on January 29, but the date was changed because of the then-increasing popularity of "Keep Holding On" on the radio.[citation needed] The single premiered on Ottawa radio station HOT 89.9 on February 6, and the video debuted on February 26. Evan, her former guitarist, said in his MySpace blog that he makes a cameo in the "Girlfriend" video. "Girlfriend" is 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.

The track "Keep Holding On" is also featured on the Eragon soundtrack.

Lavigne performed a small tour to promote The Best Damn Thing. Only members of her fan club were allowed to attend the shows. She kicked off the small tour in Calgary, Alberta, and played for a crowd of around 200. The Calgary show aired on television on April 2, 2007, on the CBC Network. On this show, one could see behind-the-scenes footage and Lavigne performing songs from The Best Damn Thing, as well as other shows in Los Angeles, Paris and Madrid. She also held autograph signings in New York City and Hollywood after the album was released.

On February 18, 2007, clips of "Everything Back But You", "I Can Do Better" and "When You're Gone" were released on AOL Music.[15] The track "Alone" (the B-side of "Girlfriend") was made available for download on the iTunes Store in New Zealand and Australia on March 29. The whole album made its radio debut on Ottawa radio station HOT 89.9 at 6:00 p.m. on April 14, 2007.

Days before the release of The Best Damn Thing Lavigne was full in promotion around North America doing live performances on shows including Saturday Night Live, Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, TRL, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Live with Regis and Kelly.

On September 11, 2007, Lavigne appeared on the season finale of Canadian Idol 2007 and performed "Hot" and "When You're Gone". On the show, Lavigne made announcement regarding her tour in support of the album.

Avril also made her debut on the world-wide fashion website Stardoll to promote "The Best Damn Thing". Here, she created her own "paperdoll" and answered questions to her fans in a quick 10 minute exercise. Her suite can be found on [www.stardoll.com/en] in the Real Celebrities collumn. She also has a promotion column and her clothing Abbey Dawn also features on the website, where other members can buy her clothing to dress up their dolls.

[edit] Tours

Lavigne performing in Amsterdam in 2008.

During all 2007 Lavigne promoted her album with a Promotional Tour playing some TV concerts for CBC and MTV in Canada and Paris. She also played 3 full concerts in Mexico and places such as Rome, Hong Kong, Russia, and played in China for the very first time in her career with a record sold out concert in Shanghai. In Europe she played at different summer festivals. In Asia she was part of the Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan and by the end of the year formed part of the Jingle Bell Christmas Tour.

Avril Lavigne embarked on The Best Damn Tour, beginning March 5, 2008 to October 6, 2008 in 110 tour dates to support her third album The Best Damn Thing.[16][17] The tour visited North America from March to May, then from May to July all over Europe, coming back to the USA and Canada in July–August and finally went to Asia from August to October. The opening act for the North American leg of her tour was Boys Like Girls.[16] The European leg of the tour was opened by the Jonas Brothers.[18] Other opening acts include Double Faced Eels, and The Midway State. The setlist includes songs of the new album but also older singles from Let Go and Under My Skin. A DVD with live recordings of the tour was released on September 9, 2008 called The Best Damn Tour - Live in Toronto.

The tour stirred controversy when it generated protests in Malaysia over Lavigne being 'too sexy'.[19] However, the government finally gave permission for her to perform on August 29, 2008.[20]

Due to "acute Laryngitis" Avril canceled the last 8 North American Concerts. She also canceled her concert in Barcelona, Spain the same day of the concert due to a supposed truckers strike.

[edit] Singles

"Girlfriend", the first single produced by Dr. Luke was a global success reaching No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The single also reached number one in twelve other countries across the world including Australia, Canada and Japan, it was the top selling song of 2007 worldwide,[21] Its music video had YouTube record becoming the most watched video of all-time by July 2008. There was also a remix of the song featuring rapper Lil Mama. "When You're Gone", was the second single. Released on June 19, 2007 while "Girlfriend" was still strong on charts, by summer 2007 the power ballad became another hit in the UK and elsewhere. It peaked at No. 4 on the European Hot 100, was close to reach the top 20 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and attained top twenty status in over thirteen countries.[22] There is an acoustic version of the song on the deluxe edition of The Best Damn Thing that was only available on iTunes Store.[23] "Hot", was the third single released in October 2007, written by Lavigne herself and Evan Taubenfeld, it showcased Avril at her most revealing. Lyrics describes Lavigne's feelings for a guy who "Makes Her Hot",[24] music video as well is her most sexiest video to date, the song has been her least successful single in the U.S., charting only at No. 95 of Billboard Hot 100, top 10 in Japan and Canada, and top 20 in Australia. There's a Japanese version of the song replacing the chorus lyrics in Mandarin. "The Best Damn Thing", was the fourth single from the album released on June 13, 2008 produced by Butch Walker, the song has strong pop-punk vibe mixed with teen-cheerleader theme. "Innocence" was also a radio single for Italy and chart in Canada.[25]

[edit] Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[26]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[10]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[27]
Jam! 3/5 stars[28]
musicOMH 4/5 stars[29]
The New York Times (mixed)[14]
PopMatters (6/10)[30]
Slant Magazine 2/5 stars[31]
Sputnikmusic 3.5/5 stars[32]
Stylus (B)[33]
USA Today 3/4 stars[34]
Yahoo! Music (2/10)[35]

Initial critical response to The Best Damn Thing was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 66, based on 19 reviews.[36] The New York Times describe the album as "every word and every note on Avril Lavigne’s third album, is delivered as if it leads to an exclamation point."[14] Allmusic gave the album 4.5/5 and expressed, "It provides a soundtrack for teens and guilty pleasures for everyone else." PopMatters commented, "So here’s Avril, still unapologetic, waving the banner for bubblegum". In contrast, Jam! said, "Songs are meant to be disposable". The Guardian called it "a triumphant comeback".

[edit] Plagiarism allegations

On May 25, 2007, songwriters James Gangwer and Tommy Dunbar sued Lavigne, her co-songwriter Lukasz Gottwald, Almo Music, and RCA Records, claiming that "Girlfriend" contains lyrics plagiarized from their song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", originally performed by The Rubinoos and released by Beserkley Records in 1978.[37][38] In January 2008, the lawsuit was settled and Lavigne and Luke were completely exonerated.[39]

In June 2007, Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, with whom Lavigne co-wrote the majority of her second album, Under My Skin, spoke to Performing Songwriter magazine about Lavigne's songwriting ability and ethics. Kreviazuk claimed that the song "Contagious" was based on a track she had sent to Lavigne in 2005.[40][41] On July 6, 2007, Lavigne denied the accusation in an open letter on her website. She also threatened legal action against Kreviazuk for her allegations,[41][42] and Kreviazuk ultimately made a full public apology and retracted the statements.[43]

[edit] Chart performance

The Best Damn Thing sold 19,000 copies in a few hours in the UK,[citation needed] eventually selling over 60,000 copies in its first week. It became Lavigne's third album to have reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 with about 289,000 copies sold, less than Under My Skin, which sold 381,000 in its first week. This is Lavigne's second number-one album, after Under My Skin.[44] The Best Damn Thing remained at number-one in its second week on the chart, selling about 121,000 copies.[45]

In Canada, the album debuted at number one with 68,000 copies sold, slightly more than Under My Skin. In its second week, there was a 62% sales drop to around 26,000 copies. The album has sold 320,000+ in Canada. In Australia, The Best Damn Thing debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number two and shipped over 35,000 copies, being accredited Gold by ARIA; it was Lavigne's first album not to reach number one. It has been certified two times platinum.

In Japan, it debuted at number two. In its second week of release, after Lavigne's Music Station performance, it reached the number-one spot, selling 120,000 copies. This is her second number-one album in Japan. In its chart run, it sold 900,000 copies and was the third best selling album of the year, and the only non-domestic album in the top twenty-five. In Spain, The Best Damn Thing debuted at number nine, lower than Under My Skin, which debuted at number one. The album debuted at number one in over twenty countries and sold 784,000 copies in its first week worldwide.

[edit] Track listing

  • Writing and producing credits are from The Best Damn Thing's album notes.[46]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Girlfriend"   Avril Lavigne, Lukasz Gottwald Dr. Luke 3:37
2. "I Can Do Better"   Lavigne, Gottwald Dr. Luke 3:17
3. "Runaway"   Lavigne, Gottwald, Kara DioGuardi Dr. Luke 3:48
4. "The Best Damn Thing"   Lavigne, Butch Walker Butch Walker 3:10
5. "When You're Gone"   Lavigne, Walker Butch Walker 4:00
6. "Everything Back but You"   Lavigne, Walker Butch Walker 3:03
7. "Hot"   Lavigne, Evan Taubenfeld Dr. Luke 3:23
8. "Innocence"   Lavigne, Taubenfeld Rob Cavallo 3:53
9. "I Don't Have to Try"   Lavigne, Gottwald Dr. Luke 3:17
10. "One of Those Girls"   Lavigne, Taubenfeld Deryck Whibley 2:56
11. "Contagious"   Lavigne, Taubenfeld Deryck Whibley 2:10
12. "Keep Holding On"   Lavigne, Gottwald Dr. Luke 4:00

[edit] Personnel

  • Lukasz Gottwald - producer, piano, guitar, bass guitar, electronic keyboards and addictive drums on tracks 1,2,3,7,9 and 12
  • Steve Wolf - drums and additional drums on tracks 1,7 and 12
  • Travis Barker - drums on tracks 2,3 and 9
  • Josh Freese - drums on tracks 4 and 5
  • Butch Walker - producer, acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, background vocals and percussion on tracks 4,5 and 6
  • Deryck Whibley - producer, electric guitar and bass guitar on tracks 4,10 and 11
  • Dan Chase - electronic keyboards on track 4
  • Kenny Aronoff - drums on track 6
  • Rob Cavallo - producer on track 8
  • Matt Beckley - Producer (Additional Production) 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 12 and Engineer on Tracks 1, 3, 7, 9
  • Jamie Muhoberac - electronic keyboards & piano on track 8
  • Tim Pierce - guitars on track 8
  • Greg Suran - guitars on track 8
  • Paul Bushaell - bass guitar on track 8
  • Abe Laboriel, Jr. - drums on track 8
  • Steve Jocz - drums on tracks 10 and 11
  • Chris Chaney - bass guitar on track 11
  • Larry Corbett - cello on track 12
  • Cyan Wilson - viola on track 12

[edit] Release history

Date Region Label
13 April 2007 (2007-04-13) Belgium RCA Records/Sony BMG
Germany[47]
Italy
Netherlands
Republic of Ireland
14 April 2007 (2007-04-14) Australia
New Zealand
15 April 2007 (2007-04-15) Middle East
South Africa
16 April 2007 (2007-04-16) Brazil
France
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Poland
Russia
Singapore
United Kingdom
17 April 2007 (2007-04-17) Argentina Sony BMG
Canada[48]
Finland
Greece
Mexico
Spain
Taiwan
United States[49] RCA Records/Sony BMG
Venezuela Sony Music Entertainment
18 April 2007 (2007-04-18) Japan[50] Sony Music Japan
Norway Sony Music Entertainment
Sweden

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[51] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[51] 1
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[51] 9
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[51] 4
Canadian Albums Chart[52] 1
Danish Albums Chart[51] 5
Dutch Albums Chart[51] 8
Finnish Albums Chart[51] 8
French Albums Chart[51] 3
German Albums Chart[53] 1
Greek IFPI Albums Chart 1
Irish Albums Chart[54] 1
Italian Albums Chart[55] 1
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[56] 1
Macedonian Albums Top 40[57] 5
Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart[58] 2
Mexican Top 20 International Albums Chart 1
Netherlands Albums Chart 1
New Zealand Albums Top 40 2
Norway Albums Top 40[57] 18
Polish "OLIS" Albums Chart[59] 4
Portugal Albums Top 30[57] 9
Spain Albums Chart[60] 2
Sweden Albums Top 60[61] 6
Switzerland Hit parade Top 100 Album[62] 1
UK Albums Chart[63] 1
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums[64] 6
End of year chart (2007) Position
German Albums Chart[65] 20

[edit] Sales and certifications

Country Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF) Gold[66] 20,000+[67]
Australia (ARIA) 2× Platinum 140,000+[67]
Austria Platinum 20,000+
Belgium Gold 15,000+
Brazil (ABPD) Platinum[68] 100,000+[67]
Canada 2x Platinum 279,000+[69]
Colombia 3x Platinum 65,000+
Denmark Gold 10,000+
Netherlands Gold 30,000+
Finland Gold 15,000+
France Gold 151,900+
Germany(IFPI) Gold[70] 100,000+
Greece (IFPI) Platinum[71] 36,000+[67]
Hungary (MAHASZ) Platinum[72] 10,000+[67]
Hong Kong Gold 7,500+
Indonesia (LIMA) Platinum 210,000+[73]
IFPI European Awards (IFPI) Platinum[74] 1,270,000+[74]
Ireland (IRMA) 2x Platinum[75] 30,000+[67]
Italy (FIMI) 3x Platinum 200,000+[76]
Japan (RIAJ) Diamond 1,100,000+[77]
Mexico (AMPROFON) Platinum[78] 150,000+[67]
New Zealand (RIANZ) Platinum[79] 15,000+[67]
Philippines (PARI) 3x Platinum 50,000+[73]
Poland (Zpav/Olis) Gold[80] 10,000+[67]
Portugal Gold 10,000+
Russia 4× Platinum[81] 80,000+[81]
Singapore 3x Platinum[82] 36,000+[67]
South Africa Platinum 80,000+
South Korea (RIAK) 3x Platinum 30,000+[83]
Spain Gold 40,000+
Sweden Gold 20,000+
Switzerland Platinum[84] 30,000+[67]
Taiwan (G-Music/Five Music) 2x Platinum 40,000+[85]
UK (BPI) Platinum[86] 500,000+[67]
U.S (RIAA) Platinum[2] 1,600,000+[87]

[edit] Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
Now 24 by Various artists		 Billboard 200 number-one album
April 29, 2007 – May 12, 2007		 Succeeded by
Because of You by Ne-Yo
Preceded by
Because of the Times by Kings of Leon		 UK number one album
April 22, 2007 – April 28, 2007		 Succeeded by
Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
Preceded by
Cartoon KAT-TUN II You by KAT-TUN		 Japan Oricon Charts number-one album
April 25, 2007 – May 2, 2007		 Succeeded by
The Best of mihimaru GT by mihimaru GT

[edit] Awards

Year Awards ceremony Award Results
2007 MTV Europe Music Awards Album of the Year Nominated
Paja Awards Album of the Year Nominated
PortalMix.com (Spain) International Album of the Year Won
Premios Oye! Main English Record of the Year Nominated
2008 Juno Awards Album of The Year Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards Japan Best Album Of The Year Nominated
Japan Golden Disc Awards Album of the Year Won
Best 3 Albums Won
Gold Disc Award Hong Kong Best 10 Albums Won

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