Kelly Clarkson

  • Date of Birth: April 24, 1982
  • Place of Birth: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Kelly ClarksonKELLY CLARKSON

Born April 24, 1982, Kelly rose to fame when she appeared as a contestant on the first season of the popular TV reality series, American Idol, which she subsequently won.

Kelly Brianne Clarkson was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but grew up in Burleson, Texas. Her parents are Jeanne Rose and Stephen Michael Clarkson. She has a brother named Jason, and a sister named Alyssa. Kelly is of Greek, Irish and Welsh ancestry. Kelly's parents split up when she was 6, and her sister went to live with her aunt and her brother left to live with his dad. Kelly stayed with her mom. Jeanne remarried later to Jimmy Taylor.

Kelly grew up with her family always struggling financially, which taught her to be very financially independent. Kelly originally wanted to become a marine biologist, but in grade 7, a teacher of hers heard her singing in the hallway and told her to audition for the school's choir, even though Kelly told her she had no formal vocal training. In highschool, Kelly performed in various musicals, in which she realized her true passion for music and decided she wanted to pursue a career singing. Kelly eventually got classical training, hoping that it would lead her to get college scholorships. When she did graduate highschool, she was offered full scholorships at 3 Universities, but she had decided at that point that she could go to college at any age, and really wanted to try to enter the music biz since she had already written some of her own music.

Kelly had a variety of jobs throughout highschool and afterwords. Many odd jobs, including mowing lawns, helping out her step father who was a contractor, and working at a movie theater. She also worked as a door-to-door vaccuum salesman, which as she once described "It Sucked".

After winning American Idol, Kelly made a movie with fellow American Idol contestant, Justin Guarini, entitled "From Justin to Kelly". It only grossed $5 million at the box office in North America though, and it was highly panned by movie critics.

Kelly has three albums and is releasing a fourth early this year.

Kelly's first album, Thankful, was very much a pop album. Her singles included A Moment Like This, which was her winning single from American Idol; Miss Independent, which was a track that had originally been slated to be on Christina Aguilera's album at the time and was later cut; Low, which was her third single; and finally, The Trouble With Love Is, which appears on the Soundtrack for the movie Love Actually, and in which a music video containing scenes from the movie was shot.

Kelly's second album, Breakaway, is by far her most popular album - it yielded five top 10 singles, certified 6x Platinum in the US, and has sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Her singles off the album include: the title track, Breakaway, which she co-wrote with Avril Lavigne. The track appears on the Princess Diaries 2 soundtrack, and the music video features scenes from the movie; her second single, Since U Been Gone, is the most successful single from the album, and garnered Kelly a Grammy award for "Best Pop Female Performance" - she also won for "Best Pop Vocal Album" at the same time. Since U Been Gone is arguably one of the most popular songs of this decade, and probably the most easily recognizable Kelly Clarkson track, even if you're just the occasional radio listener. Kelly's third single, Behind These Hazel Eyes, broke TRL's (Total Request Live, a show on MTV) record for the number of days at #1 for a female artist - 33 out of 50 days. Because Of You, her fourth single, became the biggest worldwide hit, being the first to reach number 1 on the world chart show, and stayed there two consecutive weeks. Because of You was later rereleased as a duet with Kelly's idol, Reba MacIntyre. Kelly's final single off the album, Walk Away, earned her the title of most played artist in 2006, even though that was the only single she released that year.

Kelly's third album, My December, was mostly panned by critics, but still managed to sell 2.2 million copies worldwide. She released three singles from the album: Never Again, Sober and Don't Waste Your Time - although, music videos were only released for the first and last singles.

Kelly is currently set to release her fourth album this year, with her first single being, "My Life Would Suck Without You".

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    posted 187 days ago
  • SaveTheEnvironment
    SaveTheEnvironment
    i love you so so much kelly clarkson i love your songs when ever i hear one on the radio i scream my favorite song of yours is walk away and me and my friend sang my life would suck with out you on our talent show you are so my favorite singer ever and your a great roll model i hope one day i can see you sing and again love you kelly bye
    posted 199 days ago
  • bluebird1623
    bluebird1623
    kelly you're totally the best singer ever!!!!I have all of your cd's and i'm getting you're new one the day it comes out!'My Life Would Suck Withtout You' is awesome and so kool!
    posted 273 days ago
  • ashleyescartin
    ashleyescartin
    hey kelly i have both of your cds and i just love love love them the song that i really love the most was "behind this hazel eyes" i thought that song was the best and also i love you


    -demilovatolover
    posted 361 days ago
  • rosiecozie225
    rosiecozie225
    U r a great singer and r pretty
    posted 573 days ago
  • foxchick44
    foxchick44
    ADD ME KELLY U R AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    posted 584 days ago
  • reba1fan
    reba1fan
    Hi. My name is Jessie. I think ur so cool! I've seen u on tv with Reba McEntire! I love her! I mean, I really LOVE her. I'm like her #1 fan. Right next 2 u of course. I have all of her cd's 2! Well, almost all of them. There's 1 I don't have that I really want. I don't know if I'll get it, but I hope I do. T2ul!
    posted 590 days ago
  • meganzepeda
    meganzepeda
    hi
    posted 592 days ago
  • lightningthief
    lightningthief
    Fan of Kelly, KELLY ROX MA SOX!!!
    posted 596 days ago
  • mollyknight06
    mollyknight06
    hayyyyyyyy waz up i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
    posted 601 days ago
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