Avril Lavigne Wins Best New Artist

Avril Lavigne won the Best New Artist award at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday. Avril told the crowd, “Dude, this is amazing. My dreams are coming true. And this is something that I won’t take for granted. I’ve had this dream for a very long time. And it’s incredible. I want to thank all of the people around me. I want to thank LA Reid for letting me do my thing and that’s what it’s about. Everyone at Arista for their hard work, the network management, Terry McBride, Shawna Gold, MTV for their support, everybody, fans, and my boys, Jesse, Evan, Mark and Matt, you guys rock. I love you guys. Yeah! That’s what I’m talking about. Thank you.”