Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
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Tracklist
Losing Grip (A. Lavigne / C. Magness) – 3:53
Complicated (A. Lavigne / The Matrix) – 4:05
Sk8er Boi (A. Lavigne/ The Matrix) – 3:23
I'm With You (A. Lavigne / The Matrix) – 3:44
Mobile (A. Lavigne / C. Magness) – 3:31
Unwanted (A. Lavigne / C. Magness) – 3:40
Tomorrow (A. Lavigne / C. Frasca/S. Breer) – 3:48
Anything But Ordinary (A. Lavigne / The Matrix) – 4:12
Things I'll Never Say (A. Lavigne / The Matrix) – 3:43
My World (A. Lavigne /C. Magness) – 3:27
Nobody's Fool (A. Lavigne / P. Zizzo) – 3:57
Too Much to Ask (A. Lavigne / C. Magness) – 3:45
Naked (A. Lavigne/C. Frasca / S. Breer) – 3:29/4:27
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Album Information
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Release Date: June 4, 2002
Label: Arista
Length: 48:41
Genre: Pop rock, teen pop, adult alternative, rock, post-grunge
Let Go is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on June 4, 2002. For a year after signing a record deal with Arista, Lavigne struggled due to conflicts in musical direction. Lavigne relocated to Los Angeles, California, and recorded there her earlier materials for the album, the kind of sound of which the label was not amenable. She was paired to the production team The Matrix, who understood her vision for the album.
The album is credited as the biggest pop debut of 2002, a successful launch of Lavigne's career attributed to her management's marketing strategy. It was released to generally positive critical reviews, although Lavigne's songwriting received some negative comments. Let Go sold well in the United States, becoming the third top-selling album of 2002. It also performed well in Canada, receiving a diamond certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association, as well as reaching multi-platinum in many countries. As of June 2009, Let Go had sold over 18 million copies worldwide and is Lavigne's most successful album to date.
Let Go was commercially successful in the United States, gaining praise from Entertainment Weekly magazine as one of the biggest pop debut album of 2002. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 on the strength of 62,000 unit sales. Its high debut was fueled by the success of "Complicated", which was in heavy rotation on MTV. Increasing weekly sales allowed the album to stay inside the chart's top 10 for weeks. The album sold at least 100,000 copies straight until late 2002, easily accumulating over two million unit sales. In a December 2002 report by Entertainment Weekly magazine, the album had sold 3.9 million copies, becoming the third top-selling album of 2002 in the United States.
Year-end figures released by Nielsen SoundScan revealed that Let Go had sold over 4.1 million copies in the United States, sales accumulated in 30 weeks of the album's release. Let Go had shipped over four million units to US retailers, earning a four-time platinum award from the Recording Industry Association of America. This earned Let Go the distinction as the highest-shipped debut of 2002 and best-selling album by a female artist. On April 30, 2003, RIAA certified the album six-time platinum, denoting shipments of over six million units. It remains as Lavigne's best-selling album to date, with sales of over 6,724,000 copies sold in the United States, as of July, 2009.
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