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Avril Lavigne's Official Top 10 biggest songs of all time
19 September 2018 | By Justin Myers

Avril's on her way back! We look at the hits that made her.

It's over fifteen years since the UK chart got its first glimpse of Avril Lavigne, Canada's punky, perky, poppy new star with bags of attitude. She soon became a fixture of the Top 40 throughout the Noughties, landing three consecutive Number 1 albums and a clutch of Top 10 singles.

Now, Avril is on her way back, and while she may not be the spikey, rebellious artist she was, she still has plenty to say. As Avril returns with new track Head Above Water, the lead single from her forthcoming sixth album, let's look at the hits that shaped her career, and reveal her Official Top 10 biggest songs of all time.

Complicated
It's perhaps not a huge surprise that Avril's first hit would be her biggest across physical, digital and streaming equivalent formats. The track was the first of seven Top 10s for Avril, peaking at Number 3, marooned there for two weeks behind Will Young & Gareth Gates, Oasis and, in the second week, Holly Valance.

On the upside, the same week, her debut album Let Go went Top 10 for the first time. Complicated is her most streamed song on audio, with 23.4 million plays, and has also racked up the most video streams since we started counting in July 2018. Interestingly, it's her top selling single on physical format (ask your favourite auntie), with 215,000 of those CD singles taking up space out there somewhere. It's not her top seller overall, though…

Sk8er Boi
One of Avril's signature hits (and inspiration for one of the most iconic BuzzFeed quizzes ever), Sk8er Boi was her second Top 10, peaking at 8, and is her second most streamed song, with 19 million listens since counting began in 2014. On physical and download sales it's in fourth spot, with a total tally of 247,000. But what's ahead of it? Can we make it any more obvious?

I'm With You
Avril got emotional on this Grammy-nominated lighter waving singalong, which peaked at Number 7 on the Official Singles Chart in 2003. Her first ballad as a single release, I'm With You has sold 173,000, and accrued 8.3 million audio streams.

Girlfriend
After two Top 5s from second album Under My Skin, Avril kicked off her third album campaign with this boisterous, cheerleading anthem. Backed by a video which saw Avril bravely raid Cher's wig cupboard, Girlfriend became Avril's highest charting single, peaking at 2 in March 2007. It's Avril's top seller, shifting 378,000 copies, is her most downloaded song (298,000), and her third most streamed, boasting 11.6 million plays. Overall, it's the second biggest song of Avril's career.

When You're Gone
Avril's third best-selling single is also her most recent Top 10, reaching Number 3 in June 2007. It's shifted 247,000 copies, and notched up 8.3 million listens to be her fourth biggest song of all time.

Here's the Official Avril Lavigne Top 10 of all time, based on Official Charts Company data:

TITLE PEAK YEAR
1 COMPLICATED 3 2002
2 GIRLFRIEND 2 2007
3 SK8ER BOI 8 2002 437k
4 WHEN YOU'RE GONE 3 2007 330k
5 I'M WITH YOU 7 2003 256k
6 WHAT THE HELL 16 2011
7 MY HAPPY ENDING 5 2004
8 HERE'S TO NEVER GROWING UP 14 2013
9 DON'T TELL ME 5 2004
10 KEEP HOLDING ON N/A 2007

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