Musical snobs over the age of 21 are likely to be highly suspicious of Avril Lavigne.
A Rolling Stone readers poll named Let Go as the fourth best album of the 2000s. According to Billboard Magazine the album was the number 21 top-selling album of the decade. It also did extremely well in Canada, receiving a diamond certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association, as well as reaching multi-platinum in many countries around the world, including the UK in which she became the youngest female solo artist to have a number-one album in the region.Īs of May 2008, Let Go had sold over 16 million copies worldwide, becoming Lavigne's highest-selling album to date. It was released to generally positive critical reviews, although Lavigne's songwriting received some criticism, Let Go was 6x platinum in the United States. The album was credited as the biggest pop debut of 2002. She was paired to the production team The Matrix, who understood her vision for the album.
Lavigne relocated to Los Angeles, California, and recorded there her earlier materials for the album, the kind of sound of which the label was not amenable. For a year after signing a record deal with Arista, Lavigne struggled due to conflicts in musical direction. Let Go is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on June 4, 2002.
