Kelly Clarkson Photo Collection
by Alice on Sep.22, 2010, under Actress, Artist, Entertainment, Gallery, Singer, Songwriter, TV, updates
Kelly Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She rose to fame after winnning the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later represent the United States in the World Idol competition in 2003.
She has released four albums to date under RCA Records: her double-platinum debut album Thankful (2003), her multi-platinum second album Breakaway (2004) (which has won two Grammy Awards), My December (2007), and her latest album All I Ever Wanted (2009). Kelly’s albums have sold over 10.5 million copies in the United States. She is the only American Idol contestant to have reached number one in the UK. She claimed number one on March 1, 2009, when “My Life Would Suck Without You” debuted number one on downloads alone. Kelly is also ranked on the top 200 album sellers of the Nielsen SoundScan era at number 187.
Kelly won the first season of American Idol on September 4, 2002, earning 58% of the vote to 42% for runner-up Justin Guarini. Choking back tears, Clarkson performed the ballad “A Moment Like This”, the song written for the winner of American Idol, which would subsequently appear on her debut album, Thankful. When released as a single in October 2002, it set a record on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart when it rose from number 52 to number one. This achievement was largely due to the impact from Idol as the CD single managed to sell 236,000 copies in its first week of sales in the U.S.; it spent five weeks at number one in Canada.
Distancing herself from her American Idol image, Kelly took more creative control with her second studio album Breakaway, and developed a more rock-oriented image. Clarkson co-wrote six of the songs with songwriters such as former Evanescence band members Ben Moody, David Hodges and producer Max Martin; the title track was co-written by punk-pop singer Avril Lavigne.
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