Avril Lavigne Breaks Spin Record For Complicated

Antonio “L.A.” Reid, President and CEO, Arista Records continued putting out weekly hype press releases for his current top selling artist Avril Lavigne. The sales rise streak came to an end but this week Lavigne set the all-time BDS spin record for one week at Mainstream Top 40 with 9,205 spins of ‘Complicated’, breaking Nickelback’s prior record of 9,050 (for ‘How You Remind Me’). “This is an incredible accomplishment,” declared Mr. Reid. Next up for Avril is ‘Sk8er Boi’, which MTV plans to cover with a ‘Making Of’ special video shoot. Lavigne will also perform on a Nickelodeon concert set for August 4th and David Letterman on October 1st. Read more.