Avril Lavigne is a Canadian singer born in 1984. She began her singing career in small radio contests and became very successful. She married the singer Deryck Whibley in 2006 but they divorced after 3 years. She then had a short relationship with Brody Jenner but it did not last. In 2012, she began dating Chad Kroeger from the band Nickelback and they married later that year. Her music features elements of punk rock. She cites bands like blink-182, The Ramones, and Alanis Morissette as musical influences.