Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne's third studio album has been christened The Best Dam Thing, and will be released in April. The first single, Girlfriend, will hit US radio outlets in February. Lavigne recorded the chorus of her latest single Girlfriend in different languages for ringtones, including a Mandarin version to be released in Chinese speaking areas, as well as in Japanese and Spanish.

(China Daily 03/07/2007 page3)