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The Best Damn Thing is the third studio album by Canadian pop punk singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on April 13, 2007. 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] This is Lavigne's first album to receive a Parental Advisory label, shown on the limited and deluxe editions of the album.

Background

Lavigne described the record as "fast, fun, young, bratty, rock, aggressive, confident, cocky in a playful way...all the good stuff."[2] It was produced by Dr. Luke, Lavigne's ex-husband Deryck Whibley, Butch Walker and Lavigne herself.[3][4] Travis Barker (Box Car Racer, blink-182, +44, Transplants, Expensive Taste, The Aquabats) has also recorded some drums for the album and some of the drums are played by Josh Freese.

Promotion

Lavigne at a press conference in Hong Kong, promoting The Best Damn Thing, 2007

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.[5] 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 at important TV shows which include Saturday Night Live, Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, TRL, Jay Leno, Live with Regis and Kelly and many more...

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 exersise. Her suite can be found on [www.stardoll.com/en] in the Real Celebrities collumn. She also has a promotion collumn and her clothing Abbey Dawn also features on the website too, where other members can buy her clothing to dress up their dolls.

Promotional Tour

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 Shangai. 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.

The Best Damn Tour

Lavigne at a concert in Beijing, 2008

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.[6][7] 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 were Boys Like Girls.[6] The European leg of the tour was opened by the Jonas Brothers.[8] 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. It is estimated that the Tour wraps around $50 million worldwide.[citation needed]

The tour stirred controversy when it confronted protests by conservatives in Malaysia due to Lavigne being 'too sexy'.[9] However, the government finally gave permission for her to perform on August 29, 2008.[10]

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.

Main article: Avril Lavigne tours § The Best Damn Tour

Plagiarism allegations

On July 2, 2007, songwriters for the U.S. band The Rubinoos filed a lawsuit against Lavigne, her publishing company and Dr. Luke, stating that the song "Girlfriend" was very similar to The Rubinoos' 1979 single "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend".[11] On July 6, Lavigne denied The Rubinoos' and Kreviazuk's accusations in an open letter on her website, writing that she had "never heard the [Rubinoos] song in [her] life" and that she was considering taking legal action against Kreviazuk with regards to her allegations, which she considered "damaging to my reputation and a clear defamation of my character."[12] On July 10, 2007, Kreviazuk retracted the statements she made in an interview.[13] On the website of The Black List Club, Evan Taubenfeld said that he and Lavigne had co-written "Contagious" for him to record, but that it sounded better when recorded by Lavigne.[14]

Reception

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.[15].
However, the album was poorly received by some fans, who felt the album had abandoned her original sound and was too upbeat.[16].

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.[17] The Best Damn Thing remained at number-one in its second week on the chart, selling about 121,000 copies.[18]

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. It peaked on the Taiwanese Albums Chart at number-one, and it had already been certified Gold within three days when the album was available for pre-order. It went Platinum when it was released to stores. 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.

Track listings

Charts

Sales and certifications

Release history

Region Date Label
Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium April 13, 2007 RCA Records
Australia, New Zealand April 14, 2007
Israel, South Africa April 15, 2007
France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Brazil, Singapore, United Kingdom April 16, 2007
Argentina, Canada, Finland, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, United States, Venezuela April 17, 2007
Japan, Norway, Sweden April 18, 2007

Personnel

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References

  1. ^ IFPI Top Selling Albums Worldwide 2007
  2. ^ "MTV News -". MTV. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  3. ^ Third album at MTV News
  4. ^ Kaufman, Gil (2006). "Butch Walker Works With Avril, Hot Hot Heat, Says Solo LP Won't Be 'Emo-Tastic'" (jhtml). MTV News. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
  5. ^ Avril Lavigne Full CD Listening Party - AOL Music
  6. ^ a b "Avril Lavigne Announces 'Best Damn Tour'". omg.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  7. ^ "Avril Lavigne Is Tickled Pink About Her Best Damn Tour ... Check Out Dates Here!". MTV. www.mtv.com. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  8. ^ "Jonas Brothers joinig Avril Lavigne's upcoming tours". ticketnews.com. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  9. ^ "Avril Lavigne: 'Too Sexy' for Malaysia?". MTV.com. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  10. ^ "Avril Lavigne's Malaysia Concert is Back On". MTV.com. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  11. ^ CBC.ca
  12. ^ Lavigne, Avril (2007). "To My Dear Media, Friends, and Fans". Avril Lavigne. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  13. ^ Billboard
  14. ^ The Black List Club official site
  15. ^ "Avril Lavigne:The Best Damn Thing (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  16. ^ "What the Hell Happened to Avril Lavigne?". Skeet Thrower. Retrieved 2009-09-18. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  17. ^ Katie Hasty, "Lavigne's New 'Thing' Debuts Atop Billboard 200", Billboard.com, April 25, 2007.
  18. ^ Katie Hasty, "Lavigne Remains No. 1 As Joe Debuts High", Billboard.com, May 2, 2007.
  19. ^ Australian Albums Chart for week ended 23 April 2007 ARIA Charts
  20. ^ Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing - austriancharts.at
  21. ^ Belgium Albums Top 50
  22. ^ Canadian Album Charts
  23. ^ Macedonian Albums Top 40
  24. ^ Dutch Albums Top 100
  25. ^ Finland Albums Top 40
  26. ^ France Albums Top 150
  27. ^ Irish Albums Chart for week ended 19 April 2007 chart track.co.uk
  28. ^ [1] FIMI
  29. ^ [2] Oricon
  30. ^ Mexican Albums Chart (May 21, 2007)
  31. ^ Mexican Albums Chart (May 21, 2007)
  32. ^ Norway Albums Top 40
  33. ^ Polish "OLIS" Albums Chart
  34. ^ Portugal Albums Top 30
  35. ^ Spain Albums Chart
  36. ^ Swedish Album Chart
  37. ^ Switzerland Hitparade Top 100 Albums
  38. ^ Official UK Albums Chart
  39. ^ Capif
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  41. ^ Brazilian Association of Disc Producers
  42. ^ Canadian Soundscan Report End of Year 2007. Reuters.com
  43. ^ IFPI Germany Certifications Searchable Database
  44. ^ Ελληνικό Chart
  45. ^ MAHASZ Hungary Certifications 2007
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  49. ^ from the Official New Zealand Albums Chart Top 40 Album Chart: Chart #1581 - 10 September 2007
  50. ^ Polish Gold Certifications (ZPAV)
  51. ^ Russian Gold and Platinum Certifications
  52. ^ Russian Gold and Platinum Certifications
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Preceded by
Now 24 by Various artists
 Billboard 200 number-one album
April 29, 2007 – May 12, 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK number one album
April 22, 2007 – April 28, 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Japan Oricon Charts number-one album
April 25, 2007 – May 2, 2007 		Succeeded by
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