she's mass produced but shes undoubtabley talented... to be able to make it in the music industry, sing live, hell even just to record an album takes talent.. otherwise we'd all be doing it wouldn't we.
triforce: i have to say i think im with you is straight out of the britney/christina ballad hell writers club. BUT what sets avril apart slightly is songs like unwanted.. a genuinley good song. Nobodys fool was either written in part or in whole by her (obviously it was produced by somebody else, but then people don't seem to care who produces a song as long as the artist actually writes it.)
To be fair i have to draw compairsons, and in doing so.. compared to the other huge money makers for the record companies Avril is FAR MORE acceptable than britney/westlife/pop idol garbage