AVRIL LAVIGNE

Year of Game Change: 2002
Origin: Napanee, ON
Genre Facelift: MAINSTREAM POP ROCK
Cherchez La Moose: "Dude, you wanna crash the mall?" Bahahaha. Avril Lavigne was a huge deal when she released Complicated. I'll admit that it was an ingenious move signing her to a Major. Who wasn't ready for an anti-Britney figure, feisty and rough around the edges? Too bad Avril was a total poser who quickly became the poster child for bratty suburban upper-middle-class punk wannabes. This list is about Game Changers though, and as much as it kills me to say this, she totally changed the game. Avril started a major fashion trend in this video, and her "I'm real and raw and, like, totally non-conformist" attitude spawned tribes of similar female recording artists in the early 2000's.