Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series. The High School Musical series became a successful franchise which included two television films, a feature movie and numerous soundtrack albums. The popularity earned by Tisdale in High School Musical led her to sign a solo record deal with Warner Bros. Records in 2006. Her debut album Headstrong, was released in February 2007, and debuted at number five in the U.S. chart and sold 64,000 copies in the first week. It was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. A second studio album, Guilty Pleasure, was released in 2009.

Early life

Tisdale was born in West Deal, Monmouth County, New Jersey on July 2, 1985,^[5] to Lisa (née Morris) and Mike Tisdale, the manager of a construction company. Her elder sister, Jennifer Tisdale, is an actress, and her maternal grandfather, Arnold Morris, developed the Ginsu Knives. Through her grandfather, Tisdale is also related to businessman Ron Popeil.^[6] She grew up in Ocean Township. She is Jewish on her mother's side and considers herself Jewish.^[7]

                   

Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne (pronunciation: /ˈævrɪl ləˈviːn/; born 27 September 1984) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, fashion designer, actress, and philanthropist. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent the majority of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista (now RCA Records) worth more than $2 million. When she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene with her debut album, Let Go, released in 2002.

Early life

Avril Ramona Lavigne was born in Belleville, Ontario,^[1] the daughter of a working-class family.^[2] Her father, Jean-Claude Lavigne, who is of French Canadian descent,^[1] named her Avril after the French word for the month of April.^[3] At the age of two, Lavigne began singing church songs along with her mother,^[3] Judith-Rosanne "Judy" (née Loshaw).^[1] Judy recognized her two year old daughter's talents after hearing her sing "Jesus Loves Me" in church.^[4] Lavigne has an older brother, Matthew, and a younger sister, Michelle,^[5] both of whom teased Lavigne when she sang. "My brother used to knock on the wall because I used to sing myself to sleep and he thought it was really annoying."^[4]