Early life

Clarkson was natural inside Fort Worth, Texas to parents of Greek, Irish, and German descent. Her parents divorced whenever she was six years old, fallowing which her brother attend swallow their father, her sister by using their aunty, & Clarkson using her mother. She yet moved to Burleson, Texas after fourth grade. Withinside gymnasium, she was overheard singing in a school corridor by the teacher, world health organization invited her to join the school choir. Her participation inside choral & musical activities spurred her interest within the recording career and, following her high school graduation, she relocated to Los Angeles, California.

Clarksin worked as an more on television (one such appearance get on Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and worked briefly by using ballad maker Gerry Goffin. When her Los Angeles apartment burned down, however, she pull back to Texas, discouraged however however bent the career around entertainment industry. She however managed a bit of odd jobs like cocktail waitress, Red Bull promo girl, and telemarketer.

American Idol competition

Clarkson auditioned for Western Idol along by owning ten thousand more humans within 2002. Impressed by her performance, a panel of judges put her across to the next spherical. Upon landing the final xxx spot, Clarkson was praised per judges for her rendition of Aretha Franklin's "Respect". She moved around to the final 10, getting the benumb deuce spot in her class action. Once in a top decade, Clarkson step by step come in a position of competition favourite, performing songs like Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and Bette Midler's "Stuff Like That There".

In September 4 2002, Clarkson won the competition, earning 58% of the audience vote all over Justin Guarini, who got antecedently been leading. When a new crowned "American Idol", Clarkson performed a ballad "A Moment Like This". Clarkson, Clay Aiken of season 2 and Carrie Underwood of season quaternary were a sole contestants around U.s. Idol history world health organization succeeded withinside staying away from a bottom threesome wharehouses in each week balloting final result. Clarksin & Underwood each went on to win a competition.

Idol recording career

In October 5 2002, Clarkson's first only, "A Moment Like This", manufactured chart history while it leapt from either total fifty-two to first on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This broke a long-standing record placed by The Beatles in 1964, when "Can't Buy Me Love" moved from number twenty-seven to number one. "A Moment Like This" finally sold to a higher degree 500,000 copies.

Her 1st album Thankful was released by RCA Records on April 15 2003. Inside Could 2003 it was qualified double platinum by the RIAA. Grateful as well standard effective reviews, though critics said uncooperative of her profits can be credited to the commerciality of the music. Clarkson cowrote quaternary of the 12 songs on the album. Songs from either a album freed when singles include "Low", which peaked at number fifty-eight in the U.s., & "The Trouble with Love Is", which was featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 film Love Actually.

Clarkson starred by owning fellow U.s. Idol contestant Justwithin Guarini in From Justin to Kelly which was released in the summertime of 2003. the film received frail reviews & was a box office disaster. A bit of critics known as it one of a worst movies ever made. Them stars revealed that their operate in the film was stipulated in their Idol contracts.

Around September 2003, Clarkson appeared NBC's American Dreams as Brenda Lee, performing "Sweet Nothing".

Around December 2003, Clarkson participated in the World Idol competition. She positioned 2nd to Norwegian Idol winner Kurt Nilsen.

Inside 2004, Clarkson received a nomination for the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy for her edgy top-ten hit lone "Miss Independent". It was co-written by Christina Aguilera and Clarkson.

Late within 2004, Clarkson start the thirty-city "Independent Tour" by using fellow Idol contestant Clay Aiken.

Solo career established

In November 30 2004, RCA Records released Clarkson's 2nd album Breakaway. Typing a Hoarding album chart at benumb triplet, Breaking away received praise from either critics, world health organization noted its harder, further rock-flavored edge, one that invited comparisons to Avril Lavigne. A album hwhen as well been characterized by Clarkson herself as existence in the pop rock genre.

Clarksin took the extra mitts-on approach to creating Separatist, co-writing half a dozen of the eleven tracks in the run. Producers & fellow creative person as well helped Clarkson craft a album, a few of which include Max Martin ("Since U Been Gone", "Behind These Hazel Eyes"), Avril Lavigne ("Breakaway"), & previous Evanescence band members Ben Moody and David Hodges ("Because of You", "Addicted").

''Separatist's foremost 3 singles, "Breakaway", "Since U Been Gone" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes", have totally received far flung airplay within many different radio formats & mass produced it swell into a Billboard Hot 100 top-ten, peaking at dull captain hicks, dull ii, & number sise severally. A for lone from either Breaking away, "Because of You", is currently climbing that chart, & is at total nine around its 9th week. A song became Separatist'''s third first mainstream radio hit in the U.S. resulting "Breakaway" & "Since U Been Gone". A song is too presently ranked at benumb dozen inside Canada.

Industry experts noted that Clarkson got avoided a "sophomore slump", & that a artistic & commercial profits of the album & its singles cemented Clarkson's place in a pop music industry, separate from either the Our contries Idol machine. Breaking away has proved to keep close at hand staying power. Eleven months when its release, it has non left a top-twenty.

Around 2005 Clarksin was a musical guest on Saturday Night Live and acted in 2 sketches. Clarkson was as well known as by Teen People Magazine as one of the "Hottest 25 Stars Under 25".

By July 2005 Clarkson was a top-selling Our contries Idol contestant (& a just a single with freed Deuce mainstream Videos eventually), getting sold some 5 million albums in the U.S. & getting experienced 5 top-ten singles. Breaking away has therefore far sold all over Trine.Three million copies domestically (qualified triple-platinum per RIAA on July 21, 2005).

Around August, Clarkson won many Teen Choice Awards and MTV Video Music Awards.

Clarksin appeared on ReAct Okay,: Music & Relief, a live performance broadcast on Viacom's networks MTV, VH1 and CMT on September 10, 2005. A program raised funds for the American Red Cross and the hikers of Hurricane Katrina. Clarkson performed the handle of Ray LaMontagne's "Shelter".

Personal life and persona

Clarkson has the easily-known conservative reputation, which is considered unusual by average "Hollywood" standards, & she says that a public won't exist as seeing her around tabloids or gossip columns whenever soon.

Clarkson's personal relation come seldom outspoken, & although a few preceding love interests own sparked curiosity among fans & media outlets all over. When rendering her acceptance speech for Right Female Streaming at a MTV Streaming Music Awards in August 28, 2005, Clarkson briefly thanked her beau inside the crowd, essentially confirming the rumour that she was in the recently relationship.

Clarkson is known for her attach by owning her fans, sustaining whom she goes away from her way to meet & talk. It used to be that in her Breakaway Tour, she sick when the indicate within Chicago. Instead of cancelling a meet-&-greet subsequently, when numbers of creative person would wash, she went across sustaining it & potentially apologized to her fans for non existence a cappella to talk lot to the babies.

Clarkson has besides got her part of minor argument, like allegations that her function doing demonstration for the record company broke Our contries Idol system all about nin with the locate the record company, & late what a few saw when unfortunate sportsmanship on her section when you took the World Idol competition while she realized she was non attend win.

Based on datthe from a latest issue of Pop-Star, Clarkson has written a recently song known as "Haunted" according to the realistic personal experience. "But it's not about me," she says. "It's about a friend of mine. We went to high school togehter and she comitted suicide about a year after we graduated. She was a very cool girl. It's always the people you'd never expect. I would have never thought that."

Tours

'2002: A U.s. Idol Tour' 28-City U.S. Tour (October - November 2002) Both-year arena tour starring Kelly & a more Western Idol finalists.

2004: A Independent Tour, co-headlining using Clay Aiken 30-City U.S. Tour (February - April 2004) A final indicate in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2004, featured the acoustic performance of a new song entitled "Don't", written by Clarkson and her band's lead guitarist Danny Weissfeld during the tour. "Don't" besides became a a share of the regular placed names throughout the Fissiparous tour, & is rumored to come out in Clarkson's third studio album.

'2005: A Separatist Spring Tour' 35-City U.S. / Canada Tour (March–Could 2005) A Breakaway Tour is Clarkson's virtually all successful up to now, selling-out a great deal of venues around its 35-city blocks.

2005: A Hazel Eyes Summer Tour Dates come presently scheduled throughout a U.s. & Canada, a forty-six-city tour may rerun from either July 6 opening within Lubbock, TX & ending in Up to date York, NY in October 11. Based on data from [http://www.ticketmaster.com Ticketmaster], Clarkson has added quadruplet newly dates to her summertime tour, making blocks around Puyallup, Washington, Up to date Orleans, LA, Pensacola, FL, & Up to date York, NY (occasionally of which were late cancelled & never performed or even rescheduled). The July 17 Orlando, Florida concert was webcast live on AOL. The key thematic moment around her concerts is her rendition of Annie Lennox's 1992 hit, "Why", which she introduces when her favored song. A Seventy-microscopic indicate features frequent sing-alongs from either either a audience & expressions of gratitude from Clarkson. There are rock arrangements to virtually all songs, by having an a cappella "Beautiful Disaster" and the 2-acoustic guitar-only shambolic "Breakaway". Due to popular require, "Hear Me" wwhen added to the tour placed names fallowing Clarkson was, as she put it, "hated on" in a period of the Breakaway Tour for non performing this song at any of her shows. the Hazel Eyes Tour features a recently song known as "Come Here" which is, according to Clarkson, "probably going to be on the next record". Several venues were cancelled, due to Kelly getting bronchitis. She did yet come out in many TV shows when you took victims days, which induced a bit of disputation.

'2005: A Addicted Globe Tour' In the June 2005 radio locate in Capital FM in London, Clarkson mentioned that she would begin planning the globe tour that may visit Australia, Asia, & Europe, fallowing finishing A Hazel Eyes Tour in the U.S.

The Addicted Globe Tour may begin in Friday November 4 2005 at the Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia. Extra dates & venues come potential to exist as announced by RCA Records per prevent of September.

Discography

Albums
2003: Thankful — #1 United states of america (2x pt), US sales: Two.Two million; #1 CAN 2004: Breakaway — #Terzetto The states (3x atomic number 78), US sales: 3.Three million; #6 May; #6 UK (Gold), UK sales: 240,900; #2 AU (3x atomic number 78), AU sales: Across 210,000

Singles

from Thankful 2002: "A Moment Like This" — #1 US (Deuce weeks); #1 Potty (Ii weeks) Discharged in the United states of america as a double A-side with "Before Your Love" 2003: "Miss Independent" — #9 US; #6 Could; #6 UK; #3 AU 2003: "Low" — #58 US; #2 Might; #11 AU 2003: "The Trouble with Love Is" — #35 UK; #11 AU Discharged in the UK as The double A-side by owning "Low"

from Breakaway 2004: "Breakaway" — #6 US; #3 Could; #10 AU 2004: "Since U Been Gone" — #2 US; #1 Might (Deuce weeks); #5 UK; #3 AU; #1 SA (3 weeks) 2005: "Behind These Hazel Eyes" — #6 US; #4 Could; #9 UK; #6 AU #One Sg 2005: "Because of You" — #9 US; #12 CAN

Videography

from Thankful

|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Date !! Streaming video !! Director !! TRL Stats !! Notes |- | September 2002 || "Before Your Love" || Antti Jokinen || Xiii years
(One at #1) || Kelly's number 1 official streaming video, featured & globe premiered in MTV's Making the Video. |- | October 2002 || "A Moment Like This" || Antti Jokinen || Xix years
(Ace at #1) || Features clips of Clarkson's winning moment in U.s. Idol. |- | Could 2003 || "Miss Independent" || Liz Friedlander || L years
(Fourteen at #1) || Nominated for Best New Artist in a Video, Best Pop Video, and Viewer's Choice at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.

Clarkson's foremost cd to exist as retired from the TRL countdown. |- | August 2003 || "Low" || Antti Jokinen || Twenty-six years
(Quaternity at #1) || 1st cd to feature Clarkson singing by having the survive band. |- | November 2003 || "The Trouble with Love Is" || Bryan Barber || Twenty-two years
(Zero at #1) || Soundtrack videos for Love Actually |}

from Breakaway

|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Date !! Streaming !! Director !! TRL Stats !! VH1 Stats !! Notes |- | July 2004 || "Breakaway" || Dave Meyers || Xxiii years
(Zero at #1) || Septet weeks
(Cypher at #1) || Soundtrack cd for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement |- | November 2004 || "Since U Been Gone" || Alex De Rakoff || 43 years
(Sise at #I) || Xiv weeks
(1 at #1) || Won for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video at the 2005 MTV Streaming Music Awards.

Streaming video was by Santa Monica-based production company [http://www.fmrocks.com/ FM Rocks]. |- | Can 2005 || "Behind These Hazel Eyes" || Joseph Kahn || Fifty years
(33 at #1) || Xi weeks
(Cypher at #1) || Clarkson is credited sustaining writing a complete original treatment for the video,
which underwent super pack edits & was successfully executed by director Joseph Kahn.

A exterior woods scenes for "Behind These Hazel Eyes" were neutralize one of the big indoor sets ever built for a music videos.

Wholly interior gothic cathedral scenes were filmed within Ontario, Canada.

Placed the record in TRL for the most times at first by the solo female creative person.

Clarkson's 2nd streaming video to become retired from either a TRL countdown. |- | September 2005 || "Because of You" || Vadim Perelman || Tenner years
(X at #1) || — || Filmed within Irvine, California.

A a good deal hoped-for videos "Because of You" marks the 2nd instance where Clarkson has submitted her have professional assistance for a streaming video.

Globe Premiered in TRL on Monday, October 3 2005.

"Because of You" became Kelly's number 1 streaming videos to debut first in TRL, the exploit accomplished single by a handful of creative person.

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Filmography

2002: Issues 101 - Crystal 2003: From Justin to Kelly

Chart accomplishments

total 1 solo creative persin to hang on to number-one positions on deuce U.S. Hoarding stock and index charts at the same time by having ii different singles: "Breakaway" — first, Adult Contemporary "Since U Been Gone" — first, Top 40 Number one creative person to keep close at hand deuce songs in the top tercet of the Billboard Pop Airplay 100 at the same time, by having "Since U Been Gone" & "Behind These Hazel Eyes". "Breakaway" was first on the Adult Contemporary stock and index charts for twenty-xxi non-sequentially weeks (twenty one existence consecutive), attached for the long haul for the female creative person sustaining Céline Dion (Kelly's own idol) & her song "A New Day Has Come".

Awards and nominations

American Music Awards 2005: Nominated - Favored Female Artist 2005: Nominated - Preferred Pop/Rock Album 2005: Nominated - Favored Fully grown Contemporary Artist A 2005 Western Music Awards air November 22, 2005 in ABC. 2003: Nominated - Right Freshly Pop/Rock Artist

ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2004: Won - Song Writer Award (Kelly Clarkson & Rhett Lawrence - Miss Independent)

AOL Awards 2005: Won - Right Musical Buddy 2004: Won - Hottest Song (A Condition amorously Is)

BDS Qualified Spin Award 2003: Won - 50,000 Spins (Moo)

Billboard Music Awards 2002: Won - Right Marketing Only Of The Season (The Moment Such as This)

Grammy Awards 2004: Nominated - Right Female Pop Vocal Performance (Miss Independent)

Latin Video Music Awards 2005: Right International Pop Artist 2005: Better Freshly International Artist A Streaming Music Awards, Latin Usa air October 20, 2005 in MTV2.

MTV Video Music Awards 2005: Won - Right Female Videos (Since U Been Never to return) 2005: Won - Right Pop Streaming videos (Since U Been No more) 2005: Nominated - Viewer's Selection Award (Since U Been Never again) 2003: Nominated - Right Freshly Creative person Within The Streaming video (Miss Independent) 2003: Nominated - Right Pop Streaming videos (Miss Independent) 2003: Nominated - Viewer's Guide Award (Miss Independent)

Fresh Music Each week Awards 2004: Won - Female Creative person Of The Year 2004: Won - Top Forty Only Of The Season (Miss Independent)

Radio Music Awards 2003: Nominated - Song Of The Season / Top Xl Radio (Miss Independent) 2003: Nominated - Right Camping Song

Teen Choice Awards 2005: Won - Selection Album (Breaking away) 2005: Won - Guide Summer Song (Behind These Hazel Eyes) 2005: Won - Guide Individual (Since U Been Never again) 2005: Won - Selection Female Artist 2003: Won - Selection Female Music Artist 2003: Nominated - Guide Summer Motion picture (From either Justin To Kelly) 2003: Nominated - Selection Summer Song (Miss Independent) 2003: Nominated - Selection Crossover Artist 2003: Nominated - Selection Prisonbreak Artist 2003: Nominated - Guide Prisonbreak Film star, Female 2003: Nominated - Guide Chemistry (From either Justin To Kelly) 2003: Nominated - Selection Love-song (The Moment Prefer This)

World Music Awards 2005: Nominated - Globe's Right-Selling Pop Female Artist 2003: Nominated - Right Recently Female Artist