Goodbye Lullaby is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. The album was first released on 8 March 2011 through RCA Records (Sony Music). Recording sessions began in November 2008, and took place over a period of almost two years, concluding in October 2010. The album's songs contain mainly stripped down instruments, such as the piano and acoustic guitar. It was said to be a return to her older style of music, like those on her first two records. Every song on the album was written by Lavigne, with half of the album being written with co-writers. The album debuted inside the top five in over 15 countries such as the United States and Canada, topping charts in Japan, Australia, Germany, Greece, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Czech Republic. The lead single of the album, "What the Hell", was released on 7 January 2011 and reached the top twenty in USA, the top ten in Europe and Australia and the top five in Asia. The album also includes an extended version of the soundtrack single for the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland, titled "Alice". The album sold approximately 1 million copies worldwide within the first two months following its initial release date and has been a commercial success, selling an estimated 1.3 million copies worldwide as of January 2012 according to Mediatraffic's Album Countdown of 2011.
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