

But what's ahead of it? Can we make it any more obvious?

Its overall chart sales tally stands at 503,000. One of Avril's signature hits ( and inspiration for one of the most iconic BuzzFeed quizzes ever), Sk8er Boi was her second Top 10, peaking at 8, and is her second most streamed song, with 29 million listens since counting began in 2014. It's not her top seller overall, though… Sk8er Boi Interestingly, it's her top selling single on physical format (ask your favourite auntie), with 215,000 of those CD singles taking up space out there somewhere. Complicated is her most streamed song on audio, with 33 million plays, and has also racked up the most video streams since we started counting in July 2018.

On the upside, the same week, her debut album Let Go went Top 10 for the first time. The track was the first of seven Top 10s for Avril, peaking at Number 3, marooned there for two weeks behind Will Young & Gareth Gates, Oasis and, in the second week, Holly Valance.

It's perhaps not a huge surprise that Avril's first hit would be her biggest across physical, digital and streaming equivalent formats, on 663,000 chart sales. MORE: See Avril Lavigne's full UK chart history, including three Number 1 albums Complicated As Avril returns with her new single I Fell In Love With The Devil from her latest album Head Above Water, let's look at the hits that shaped her career, and reveal her Official Top 10 biggest songs of all time. Now, Avril is on her way back, and while she may not be the spikey, rebellious artist she was, she still has plenty to say. She soon became a fixture of the Top 40 throughout the Noughties, landing three consecutive Number 1 albums and a clutch of Top 10 singles. It's over fifteen years since the UK chart got its first glimpse of Avril Lavigne, Canada's punky, perky, poppy new star with bags of attitude.
