Avril Lavigne's 'Complicated' Sets All-Time Adult Top 40 Record for a Female Artist - 16 Weeks At #1!Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002 LET GO debut album hits triple-platinum as "Sk8er Boi" moves inside top 10 and "I'm With You" emerges as third single and video Avril wins first MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. VMA VMA vanillylmandelic acid. Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. award, sets November performances in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of at PENCIL benefit dinner and Teen People "What's Next" event Arista arista (ä·riˑ·st recording artist Avril Lavigne received a belated 18th birthday present with the news that "Complicated" (the debut single from her 3 million-selling debut album LET GO) has set a new BDS BDS abbr. Bachelor of Dental Surgery BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery BDS n abbr (= Bachelor of Dental Surgery) → tÃtulo universitario BDS record for a female artist- logging 16 weeks at #1 on the Adult Top 40 chart, surpassing Natalie Imbruglia's near four-year old record of 14 weeks (for "Torn"), it was announced today by Antonio "L.A." Reid, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Arista Records. At the same time, it was announced that Avril will headline the first major benefit date of her career on November 18th, the annual awards dinner for PENCIL ('Public Education Needs Civic Involvement in Learning'), the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. organization known for its flagship Principal For A Day program. Avril's set will kick off the "High Performance" gala for which Antonio "L.A." Reid and Erica Reid head this year's illustrious roster of co-chairs. The awards dinner takes place some two weeks after Avril's November 5th performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, at the star-studded celebrity event celebrating Teen People magazine's 4th annual "What's Next" issue. Avril, who will join Justin Timberlake, Mario, Dirty Vegas, Cam'ron and others that night, will appear on the issue's cover. Most recently, Avril has also put in cover girl duty on Rolling Stone's annual "Women In Rock" special issue and the current edition of Entertainment Weekly (dated Nov. 1st); and was profiled in this week's "Friends" issue of TV Guide. At last Thursday night's first annual MTV VMA Latin America live broadcast from Miami Beach, Avril received the Best New Artist International award in a competitive field that included Nelly Furtado, Gorillaz, Linkin Park, and System Of A Down. Even as "Complicated" hangs tough at Adult Top 40 and the Billboard Hot 100 (where it spent 16 weeks in the top 10, including 12 weeks inside the top 5), the LET GO album's second single "Sk8er Boi" has just now entered the top 10 in its 8th week out. Radio has already picked up on the fast-breaking third single, "I'm With You," whose promo video will be shot in Los Angeles by noted photographer/ director David LaChapelle. LET GO, certified RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. triple-platinum on September 30th, is in its 21st week in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, all but 4 of those weeks boasting 100,000-plus Soundscan totals.
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