Avril Ramona Lavigne WhibleyShe reports having taken her new husband's last name in various interviews, such as with The Independent on April 22 2007, accessible online [LINK: http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2467426.ece] here better known by her birth name of Avril Lavigne (), (born September 27 1984) is a French-Canadian Grammy award-nominated rock/punk-pop singer, musician and actress. In 2006, Canadian Business Magazine ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood,[LINK: http://www.canadianbusiness.com/after_hours/lifestyle_activities/article.jsp?content=20060814_79827_79827&page=3] Power players: Canada's top actors | Canadian Business Online. August 14 2006. Retrieved June 27 2007. and in 2007 she won ninth place in the Jabra Music Contest for the Best Band in the World, based on fan votes from