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Updated: Sep 01, 2022 12:59 IST

Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne obtained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday and expressed her pleasure on the occasion.
The Canadian singer-songwriter solely revealed to Fox News Digital that when she started her music profession on the age of 16, she by no means anticipated she can be given this accolade. When she was a young person and had simply dropped out of highschool with a purpose to pursue a profession as a singer, she recalled making her first journey to the well-known boulevard.

In the identical sweatshirt she was carrying through the ceremony, Lavigne introduced a photograph of herself from that journey. “I mean to get a star today on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is an absolute dream come true, I cant believe it. I visited L.A., Hollywood, for the first time when I was 16, and this is me here photographed on that trip. I was wearing this hoodie, which was my favourite hoodie in high school,” she stated. “Never in a million years did I think I would have a star, and I feel very blessed and grateful and I’m happy to be making music still today.”
When chatting with Fox News Digital in regards to the ceremony, her pal and fellow singer Machine Gun Kelly could not assist however applaud her. He stated he nonetheless has the aim of creating music that has the identical affect on listeners as her songs do.

He additionally complimented Lavigne’s dedication to holding it actual with her followers, saying she by no means places on a present and is simply all the time her genuine self. “[She is] so far beyond an image and really is a rock star,” he shared.
“Those songs have been in my life since before I even had arm hair. Just thinking about the fact that she wrote those songs at 17 years old, that are songs that me now at 30 is, like, striving to write,” he stated. “It’s so appropriate. That’s who you want to envision getting stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is someone who comes to the town of dreams and makes it happen.”
According to Fox News, Lavigne additionally talked about how significant it was to have the ability to recognise Shania Twain, a legend of nation music, on the latest ACM Honors. When she was simply 14 years outdated, she mirrored on how nice it was to carry out alongside Mark Twain and how that efficiency aided her in advancing in her career.
“I was just at the ACM Honors. I just honoured Shania Twain with the Poet Award and performed her song ‘No One Needs to Know,'” Lavigne stated. “I sang on stage with her when I was 14 years old. I won a contest through a local radio station to sing with her. Of course, that was super helpful and created buzz around me.”
At the age of 16, Lavigne earned a recording deal with Arista Records for 2 albums. The best-selling document of the twenty-first century by a Canadian artist is Let Go, her debut studio album, launched in 2002. (ANI)