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Avril Lavigne
Canada
Her 2002 debut single Complicated reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned five Grammy nominations. Her album Let Go became the best-selling album of the 21st century by a Canadian artist, going 6x platinum. Nicknamed the Pop-Punk Queen, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022 and was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2024.