All told Avril walked away with awards for Single Of The Year (“Complicated”), as well as New Artist Of the Year, Album Of The Year, and Pop Album Of The Year. 

Ozzy Osbourne isn’t the only rock star to hobnob with heads of state. Last Saturday Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien presented Avril with a diamond record award (that means she sold over a million albums in Canada. The U.S. version of the Diamond award requires sales of 10 million). 

Chart Attack ran segments of an interview with Avril following the ceremony. "He was actually kind of funny," Lavigne said. "He told me ‘I heard you were kind of complicated in school.’ And I was like, ‘OK?’ And then he was like ‘Yeah, I got kicked out of three different colleges.’ And I was like ‘Thank you!’ And he also told me that he used to skateboard or something like that and that he was the Sk8er Boi. I thought that was kind of funny." 

It is also noteworthy that Avril was nominated for Songwriter of the Year but lost out to Chad Kroeger of Nickelback. Some questioned this nomination since Avril was only a collaborative songwriter on the music for her debut album. 

Here’s the list of 2003 Juno Awards winners according to Chart Attack: 

Single: "Complicated," Avril Lavigne
Fan Choice: Shania Twain
Album: Let Go, Avril Lavigne
Artist: Shania Twain
New group: Theory Of A Deadman
Producer: Alanis Morissette, "Hands Clean" and "So Unsexy"
Songwriter: Chad Kroeger, Nickelback for "Hero," "Too Bad" and "How You Remind Me" 
R&B/Soul recording: "The Way I Feel," Remy Shand
International album: The Eminem Show, Eminem
Francophone album: Rever Mieux, Daniel Belanger
Instrumental album: Allegro, Robert Michaels
New artist: Avril Lavigne
Country recording: "I'm Gonna Getcha Good," Shania Twain
Rap recording: Monsters In The Closet, Swollen Members
Pop album: Let Go, Avril Lavigne
Rock album: Gravity, Our Lady Peace
Vocal jazz album: Live In Paris, Diana Krall
Contemporary jazz album: Tales From The Blue Lounge, Richard Underhill
Traditional jazz album: Life On Earth, Renee Rosnes
Children's album: Sing With Fred, Fred Penner
Classical album, solo or chamber ensemble: Liszt: Paganini Studie & Schubert March Transcriptions, Marc-Andre Hamelin
Classical album, large ensemble: Bruch Concertos: Vol. II,
James Ehnes, Mario Bernardi, Orchestre symphonique de Montreal
Classical album, vocal or choral performance: Mozart Requiem, Les Violons de Roy
Classical composition: Requiem For A Charred Skull, Bramwell Tovey
Alternative album: You Forgot It In People, Broken Social Scene
Dance recording: Billie Jean, The Sound Bluntz
Reggae recording: "You Won't See Me Cry," Sonia Collymore
Aboriginal recording: "Lovesick Blues," Derek Miller
Roots & Traditional solo album: Unravel, Lynn Miles
Roots & traditional group: Chicken Scratch, Zubot & Dawson
Blues album: 6 String Lover, Jack de Keyzer
Contemporary Christian/Gospel: Instrument Of Praise, Toronto Mass Choir
World music album: Balagane, Jeszcze Raz
Recording engineer: Denis Tougas, "Everybody's Got A Story" and "Double Agent" by Amanda Marshall
Album design: Steve Goode, Marina Dempster, Nelson Garcia and Margaret Malandruccolo, Exit by K-OS
Video: "Weapon" by Matthew Good, Ante Kovac and Matthew Good
Group: Sum 41

more on Avril

Preview and purchase music from Avril Lavigne

...end