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For the song, see The Best Damn Thing (song).
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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. It made its radio debut on Ottawa radio station HOT 89.9 at 6:00 p.m. on April 14.

The album's first single was the number-one hit "Girlfriend", the second "When You're Gone", and the third "Hot". "The Best Damn Thing" is the fourth and final single on this album. The track "Keep Holding On" is also featured on the Eragon soundtrack. According to the IFPI, globally The Best Damn Thing was the fourth biggest selling album and Sony BMG's biggest selling album of 2007.[1] It is the first of her albums to earn a Parental Advisory label, but the label is only shown on the limited and deluxe editions of the album.

Album information

Lavigne described the record as "fast, fun, young, bratty,rock, aggressive, confident, cocky in a playful way...all the good stuff."[2] It is produced by Dr. Luke, Lavigne's 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, but most the drums come from the famous Josh Freese.

The standard version of the album, released on April 14, has all the profanities censored. This applies to the songs: "Girlfriend", "I Can Do Better", "Everything Back but You" and "I Don't Have to Try". In "I Can Do Better", all uses of the word shit are replaced with a shhuuh! sound, but the line "You're so full of shit" is changed to "You're so full of it", and in "Everything Back but You" the words bitch and slut (in the chorus line "...bitch, slut, psycho babe, I hate you...") are replaced with hey, similar to those in "Girlfriend". Also, the lyric "Get ready, motherfucker" is replaced with double "get ready" in "I Don't Have to Try". The term motherfucking is used in the track "Girlfriend". In some radio edits of the song, this is changed to "one and only". The word "bitch" is unedited on the song "Runaway". Only the Deluxe and Limited Edition versions contain the unedited, explicit versions of the songs. This version of the album bears the Parental Advisory label because of the instances of profanity. It was Lavigne's first album in the United States to bear the label; in some markets the label was used on her second album, Under My Skin (2004).[5] Because of this, and because the album title contains the word damn, some children's radio stations (e.g. Radio Disney) that previously played Lavigne's music are not playing her new singles. In addition to her band members, Travis Barker did drums on I Don't Have to Try and I Can Do Better.

In an interview on Much Music, Lavigne stated that, after numerous photo shoots, she could not choose a suitable image for the album's cover. Lavigne's husband, Deryck Whibley, took the photo which appears on the cover on the side of the road in a suburb of Los Angeles, which was taken in a "spur of the moment" decision by the couple.

Promotion

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.

Lavigne has been doing 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.[6] 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. On April 4, 2007, the album was leaked onto the internet and was made available to download on many file sharing sites. The whole album made its radio debut on Ottawa radio station HOT 89.9 at 6:00 p.m. on April 14, 2007.

On July 6, 2007, Lavigne performed the song "Hot" on The Friday Night Project in the UK.

On September 11, 2007, Lavigne appeared on the season finale of Canadian Idol 2007 and performed "Hot" and "When You're Gone". She received standing ovations from the audience after both these performances. On the show, Lavigne stated that she will be on tour in North America (Canada first) in March/April 2008. She will be playing in three continents and will be in Europe for the first time since the launch of her album "The Best Damn Thing. Avril is quoted as saying that she is really looking forward to the European leg of her tour, particularly Britain. Avril says "There is something really special for all Canadians about returning to the mother country. It reminds us of who we actually are."[This quote needs a citation]

Track listings

  1. "Girlfriend" (Avril Lavigne, Lukasz Gottwald) 3:37
  2. "I Can Do Better" (Lavigne, Gottwald) 3:17
  3. "Runaway" (Lavigne, Gottwald, Kara DioGuardi) 3:48
  4. "The Best Damn Thing" (Lavigne, Butch Walker) 3:10
  5. "When You're Gone" (Lavigne, Walker) 4:00
  6. "Everything Back But You" (Lavigne, Walker) 3:03
  7. "Hot" (Lavigne, Evan Taubenfeld) 3:23
  8. "Innocence" (Lavigne, Taubenfeld) 3:53
  9. "I Don't Have to Try" (Lavigne, Gottwald) 3:17
  10. "One of Those Girls" (Lavigne, Taubenfeld) 2:56
  11. "Contagious" (Lavigne, Taubenfeld) 2:10
  12. "Keep Holding On" (Lavigne, Gottwald) 4:00
Japanese Edition
  1. "Alone" (Lavigne, Martin, Gottwald) 3:14
  2. "Girlfriend" (video)
German Edition
  1. "Girlfriend" (German) 3:37
iTunes Edition
  1. "I Will Be" (Lavigne, Gottwald, Max Martin) 3:59
Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD
  1. The Making of: The Best Damn Thing
  2. Photogallery
iTunes Deluxe Edition
  1. "When You're Gone" 3:58 (acoustic)
  2. "I Can Do Better" 3:39 (acoustic)
  3. "Girlfriend" (The Submarines' Time Warp '66 mix) 3:11
  4. "When You're Gone"(video)
Limited Edition

CD:

  1. "Alone" 3:14
  2. "I Will Be" 3:59
  3. "I Can Do Better" 3:39 (acoustic)
  4. "Girlfriend" (The Submarines' Time Warp '66 mix) 3:11 (on Taiwanese Edition: "Girlfriend" (Mandarin version) 3:37)
  5. "Girlfriend" (Dr Luke Remix feat. Lil' Mama) 3:24

DVD:

Live at the Orange Lounge:

  1. "Everything Back But You"
  2. "Girlfriend"
  3. "Hot"
  4. "When You're Gone"

Music videos:

  1. "Girlfriend"
  2. "When You're Gone"
  3. "Hot"
  4. "Girlfriend" (Dr Luke Remix feat. Lil' Mama)
Japanese Tour Edition

CD:

  1. "Alone" 3:14
  2. "Sk8er Boi" 4:09 (live)
  3. "Adia" 3:42 (live)

DVD:

  1. "Girlfriend" (video)
  2. "Girlfriend" (Dr Luke Remix feat. Lil' Mama) (video)
  3. "When You're Gone" (video)
  4. "Hot" (video)
  5. "The Best Damn Thing" (video)
  6. The Making of: The Best Damn Thing
  7. The Making of: Girlfriend (video)

Plagiarism allegations

In a June 2007 interview with the magazine Performing Songwriter, Chantal Kreviazuk, who collaborated with Lavigne on the album Under My Skin, stated that Lavigne "doesn't really sit and write [songs] by herself or anything", and that because she "[will] cross the ethical line" without complaint from others, Kreviazuk refused to work with her again. She said she sent Lavigne a song she had written titled "Contagious" in 2005, and that she noticed the track listing of The Best Damn Thing features a song called "Contagious" on which Kreviazuk is not credited. "What do you do with that?", she said.[7] On July 10, 2007, Kreviazuk retracted the statements she made in the aforementioned interview.[8] 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.[9]

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".[10] 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."[11]

On July 10, the song "I Don't Have to Try" sparked further plagiarism speculation, after Perez Hilton and Rolling Stone noted similarities between it and Peaches's 2003 song "I'm the Kinda".[12]

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 number-one album 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.[13] The Best Damn Thing remained at number-one in its second week on the chart, selling about 121,000 copies.[14]

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.

Charts

Sales and certifications

2 - Japan sales still charting, eoy was 863,957[55]

Release dates

The Best Damn Thing was released in a number of countries during April 2007.

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, 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

The Best Damn Tour

The Best Damn Tour
Tour by Avril Lavigne
File:Examplehttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/ /3446805/The+Best+Damn+Tour+2008+Avril Best Damn Tour Logo.jpg
Start dateMarch 5, 2008
End dateOctober 6, 2008
No. of shows110
Avril Lavigne tour chronology
Promotional Tour 2007
(2007) 		The Best Damn Tour
(2008) 		–

The tour first goes through Canada and the USA, from May to July Lavigne is going to Europe, coming back to the USA and Canada in July-August and to Asia from August to October. For the North American leg of her tour Boys Like Girls will be the musical guest as it stated on her official MySpace site. The setlist[56] includes songs of the new album but also older singles from Let Go and Under My Skin. The European leg of the tour is opened by the Jonas Brothers. On April 15, in Fairfax, The Black List Club opened the show. Later Evan Taubenfeld, the Black List Club's lead singer and former lead guitarist of Lavigne's band performed "Don't Tell Me" together with her. A DVD with Live recordings of the tour was released on September 9th, 2008[57], called "The Best Damn Tour - Live in Toronto".[58]

Opening acts

Setlist

  1. "Girlfriend"
  2. "I Can Do Better"
  3. "Complicated"
  4. "My Happy Ending"
  5. "I'm With You"
  6. "I Always Get What I Want"
  7. "When You're Gone"
  8. "Innocence"
  9. "Don't Tell Me"
  10. "Hot"
  11. "Losing Grip"
  12. "Bad Reputation"
  13. "Everything Back But You"
  14. "Runaway" (Avril On Drums)
  15. "Hey Mickey" (Avril On Drums)
  16. "The Best Damn Thing"
  17. "I Don't Have to Try"
  18. "He Wasn't"
  19. "Girlfriend (Dr. Luke Remix)"
  20. "Sk8er Boi"

Notes

  • During her third show at Kamloops, Canada screans air for the very first time the premiere of the video 'The Best Damn Thing' 4th single of the album.
  • 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.
  • In Hungary she only performed 11 songs: the first six, "Everything Back But You", "The Best Damn Thing", "I Don't Have to Try", "He Wasn't", and "Sk8er Boi", because of a delay due to rain. Due to this delay, she did not go on stage until 9:30 p.m. and there was a 10 p.m. curfew at the arena; she performed until 10:15 p.m., for which she was fined.
  • In Manchester, Helsinki, Amsterdam and Brussels she didn't perform "When You're Gone" and "Innocence" for unknown reasons.
  • Avril Lavigne and husband Deryck Whibley played a song together during all the 2nd leg of TBDTour in Canada including a show at the Molson Amphitheatre of Toronto.
  • In Saint John, NB; Lavigne did not sing "Innocence", "Bad Reputation", or the "Girlfriend Remix". She did add "Keep Holding On" and had a guest appearance by her husband Deryck Whibley; the two sung Sum 41's "In Too Deep" as a duet, at Harbour Station.
  • The tour stirred controversy when it confronted protests by conservatives in Malaysia due to Lavigne being 'too sexy'. However, the government finally gave permission for her to perform on August 29, 2008.
  • Avril did a tour of 11 dates in Japan.
  • On September 16 Avril played for the very first time at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, where she sold over 40,000 tickets, becoming this her biggest concert in 'The Best Damn Tour'.
  • October 6th was chosen as the closing date of 'The Best Damn Tour', after 7 months of shows in more than 30 countries around the world.
  • The last concert in Beijing, China had a controversy when hundreds of incredibly excited fans left the upper seating, climbed to the floor and gathered at the foot of the stage to sing and dance along with Avril, something rarely seen in Beijing.

References

  1. ^ IFPI Top Selling Albums Worldwide 2007
  2. ^ "MTV News -". MTV. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Avril lavigne.com
  6. ^ Avril Lavigne Full CD Listening Party - AOL Music
  7. ^ Chantal Kreviazuk in Performer Songwriter
  8. ^ Billboard
  9. ^ The Black List Club official site
  10. ^ CBC.ca
  11. ^ Lavigne, Avril (2007). "To My Dear Media, Friends, and Fans". Avril Lavigne. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Did Avril Lavigne Bite a Peaches Track Too?
  13. ^ Katie Hasty, "Lavigne's New 'Thing' Debuts Atop Billboard 200", Billboard.com, April 25, 2007.
  14. ^ Katie Hasty, "Lavigne Remains No. 1 As Joe Debuts High", Billboard.com, May 2, 2007.
  15. ^ Australian Albums Chart for week ended 23 Apr 2007 ARIA Charts
  16. ^ Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing - austriancharts.at
  17. ^ Belgium Albums Top 50
  18. ^ Canadian Album Charts
  19. ^ Denmark Albums Top 40
  20. ^ Dutch Albums Top 100
  21. ^ Finland Albums Top 40
  22. ^ France Albums Top 150
  23. ^ Irish Albums Chart for week ended 19 Apr 2007 chart track.co.uk
  24. ^ [1] FIMI
  25. ^ [2] Oricon
  26. ^ Mexican Albums Chart (May 21, 2007)
  27. ^ Mexican Albums Chart (May 21, 2007)
  28. ^ Norway Albums Top 40
  29. ^ Portugal Albums Top 30
  30. ^ Spain Albums Chart
  31. ^ Swedish Album Chart
  32. ^ Switzerland Hitparade Top 100 Albums
  33. ^ Official UK Albums Chart
  34. ^ World Albums Top 40
  35. ^ Capif
  36. ^ a b c d e f g h i IFPI Worldwide Certification Levels
  37. ^ ARIA Album Accreditations 2007
  38. ^ Canadian Soundscan Report End of Year 2007. Reuters.com
  39. ^ IFPI Germany Certifications Searchable Database
  40. ^ Ελληνικό Chart
  41. ^ MAHASZ Hungary Certifications 2007
  42. ^ http://worldwidealbums.blogspot.com/2008/09/italian-sales-estimations-albums-with.html
  43. ^ Japan Weekly Charts - アヴリル・ラヴィーン 「ベスト・ダム・シングRetrieved: 28 February 2008
  44. ^ Mexican Certification for "The Best Damn Thing"
  45. ^ from the Official New Zealand Albums Chart Top 40 Album Chart: Chart #1581 - 10 September 2007
  46. ^ Polish Gold Certifications (ZPAV)
  47. ^ Russian Gold and Platinum Certifications
  48. ^ 무제 문서
  49. ^ Swiss charts - Awards 2007
  50. ^ Official SonyBMG Blog in Taiwan
  51. ^ [3]
  52. ^ BPI - Statistics - Certified Awards
  53. ^ a b c IFPI European Platinum Awards 2007
  54. ^ [4]
  55. ^ Japan Charts - Week 447, #24
  56. ^ Setlist of The Best Damn Tour
  57. ^ "Pre-Order "The Best Damn Tour (Live in Toronto) DVD"". avrillavigne.com. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  58. ^ "Avril Lavigne:The Best Damn Tour (Live in Toronto)". amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
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