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Avril Lavigne to be honoured with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame after 20-year career in music-Kim Novak-Entertainment – Metro
The Sk8er Boi star will be immortalised with a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
Avril Lavigne will be honoured with a star on Hollywood Boulevard (Picture: Jennie Book/REX/Shutterstock)
Avril Lavigne is set to be the latest artist to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it has been announced.
The Sk8er Boi star will be the recipient of the 2,731st star on Hollywood Boulevard in the categot of Recording.
The Canadian singer, 37, has sold over 40million albums throughout her career, beginning with her first record, Let Go, in 2002 which went septuple platinum.
She had further success with triple platinum album Under My Skin, double platinum record The Best Damn Thing, as well as gold-selling records Goodbye Lullaby and self-titled album Avril Lavigne.
Avril’s latest record, Love Sux, which was released in February features rapper and pop-punk star Machine Gun Kelly, who is also due to speak at her star unveiling ceremony next week.
As well as her latest honour, the Complicated singer also holds a Guinness World Record as the youngest female solo artist to top the UK chart.
Avril has been a chart-topper since 2002 (Picture: Chris Mckay/REX/Shutterstock)
She’s had a stellar 20-year career so far (Picture: Tammie Arroyo/REX/Shutterstock)
Avril’s song Girlfriend was the first music video to reach 100 million views on YouTube and she has amassed a social media following of over 93.8million fans worldwide.
Her music career began at the age of just 16 after she was signed up for a two-album recording contract, which set her on her stratospheric rise.
Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, said of the decision to give Avril a star: ‘This isn’t Complicated, Avril Lavigne is very deserving of this Walk of Fame star and we are thrilled to be honouring her with this great honour.
‘Avril’s fans have been blowing up my phone asking when she will be getting her star. We are thrilled to say that the time is now.’
Avril’s star will be located at 6212 Hollywood Boulevard and will be unveiled at the ceremony on August 31.
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