Kelly Clarkson

In the latest world of fashion the name Kelly Brianne is rising as a rock star. Kelly Brianne Clarkson born April 24 1982 is an American pop rock singer songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after winning the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.

 In 2003 Clarkson released her debut album Thankful which was a commercial success and established herself in the pop music industry. The release of its first single A Moment Like This 2002 broke The Beatles' record for the biggest leap to number one from 52 in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. After parting ways with her management Clarkson developed a more rock-oriented music with the release of her critically acclaimed sophomore album Breakaway 2004 which had sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and which garnered Clarkson more worldwide success as a pop rock artist.
The album's single Because of You 2005 became the best-selling single by an Idol contestant worldwide. In 2007 Clarkson took full creative control for her third with a more rock inspired My December which was met with controversy and mild success. Clarkson later returned to a more pop-oriented sound with All I Ever Wanted 2009 which became a commercial and critical success. The album's lead single My Life Would Suck Without You 2009 currently holds the record for biggest leap to number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart and earning her first number 1 single in the United Kingdom. Clarkson is set to release her fifth studio album Stronger on October 24 2011. And in the UK it got growing and winning award.

In a career spanning almost a decade Clarkson has sold over 23 million albums and 36 million singles around the world gaining her the recognition as the most successful Idol contestant worldwide according to Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan. Clarkson's work also gained her numerous accolades including two Grammy Awards three MTV Video Music Awards and a Women's World Award. Billboard also ranked Clarkson the #14 artist of the 2000-10 decade as well as being also ranked on the top 200 album sellers of the Nielsen SoundScan era at number 187.

Clarkson was born in Fort Worth Texas and grew up in the small town of Burleson a suburb of Fort Worth. She is the third and youngest child of Jeanne Rose a first grade English teacher of Greek descent and Stephen Michael Clarkson a former engineer of Irish and Welsh extraction.[citation needed

Clarkson's siblings include her older brother and sister Jason and Alyssa. When Clarkson was six years old her parents divorced after seventeen years of marriage. The family settled in Burleson where Clarkson's mother married her second husband Jimmy Taylor.

Clarkson's family struggled financially and after her parents divorced music became her refuge. Clarkson attended Pauline G Hughes Middle School and Burleson High School. She wanted to become a marine biologist but changed her mind after seeing the movie Jaws. In seventh grade a teacher Mrs. Cynthia Glenn overheard her singing in a hallway and asked her to audition for the school choir; Clarkson told the teacher that she had never received professional vocal training.

In high school Clarkson performed in musicals such as Annie Get Your Gun Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Brigadoon. She sang at her high school talent show after which an audience member shared some inspiring words with her: God has given you this gift. You've got to sing. You're destined to sing. Clarkson continued singing and soon started classical training hoping that music would be her ticket to a college scholarship.

Upon high school graduation Clarkson was offered full scholarships to The University of Texas at Austin University of North Texas and Berklee but decided against college because she had already written so much music and wanted to try it on her own and she figured you're never too old to go to college. Clarkson later turned down two recording contracts from Jive Records and Interscope Records in the late 1990s stating They would have completely pigeonholed me as a bubblegum act. I was confident enough that something better would come along. She went to Los Angeles late 2001 to pursue a career in music but worked as a waitress and appeared as an extra in such shows as Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Dharma & Greg to support herself. She worked with songwriters such as Gerry Goffin and recorded five tracks between January and March 2002 to try to get a record deal but returned to Texas after four months in Los Angeles.

Clarkson auditioned for the first season of American Idol in May 2002. She subsequently won the competition 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 236000 copies in its first week of sales in the U.S it spent five weeks at number one in Canada. That’s how Kelly get going in the industry.

Clarkson's fourth album All I Ever Wanted was released on March 10 2009. During recording of the album Clarkson worked closely with producer-songwriters Ryan Tedder Dr. Luke Max Martin and Howard Benson among others. In its first week of sales it sold 255000 copies in the U.S. debuting at number one on the Billboard 200; it stayed at number one for two weeks. All I Ever Wanted received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. Clarkson was placed eighth on Billboard Magazine's Top Female Artists of 2009 and ninth on Billboard Magazine's Top Hot Artists of 2000s. She was ranked second on Billboard Magazine's Best of 2000s: Pop Song Artist behind Pink.

The first single from All I Ever Wanted My Life Would Suck Without You entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 97 and rose to number one the following week; this broke the record for the largest leap to the top spot formerly held by Britney Spears' Womanizer.This was the second time Clarkson broke this record. Moreover My Life Would Suck Without You was Clarkson's first number one in the United Kingdom and it made her the first American Idol winner to achieve a number one single in the UK. The album's second single I Do Not Hook Up peaked at number 20 in the U.S. I Do Not Hook Up didn’t fare very well overseas and the believed reason for this is due to a lack of radio support because a previous version had been recorded by Katy Perry. The third single Already Gone reached number 13 in the USA but failed to achieve international success attaining only number 66 in the UK.

Already Gone sparked another conflict between Clarkson and her label. There was a widely reported scandal with the album's third single which Clarkson wrote with OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder. Many critics had noticed that the backing track and style of the song sounded similar to Beyonce's Halo. After becoming aware of the comparisons Clarkson did not want to release the song out of respect for Beyonce instead requesting release for a self-penned song Cry which later hailed extremely positive reviews most notably from the BBC.[74] However her record company refused publishing Already Gone against Clarkson's wishes. In response to the entire fiasco Clarkson penned a song called Wash Rinse Repeat in which she states her view on the lack of creativity record labels give their artists; it is widely believed the song is an attack on Ryan Tedder.

The fourth single was All I Ever Wanted. Clarkson performed as one of many guests for the return of VH1 Divas in September 2009. Clarkson also became a guest mentor on the dutch television series X Factor in November 2009.

Clarkson was announced as one of the VH1 Save the Music Foundation ambassadors for 2009–2010. She began her 32-date All I Ever Wanted tour in October following a string of summer concerts around the United States. Clarkson toured all over the world with the album reaching territories such as Europe South Africa Oceania and Asia.The fall tour shows were performed in arena/theater type venues with the summer tour being performed in outdoor amphitheatres. Her Indonesia show was initially sponsored by tobacco company Djarum but after complaints from some fans and anti-tobacco groups the promoter removed the sponsor. The tour ended in May 2010 in China.

On August 23 2010 it was announced that Clarkson had recorded a duet called Don't You Wanna Stay with country star Jason Aldean for Aldean's upcoming album My Kinda Party. They performed the song at the 2010 CMA Awards on November 10 2010 and again on April 14 2011 during the elimination show of American Idol season ten. On the week ending February 27 2011 the song moved to number one on Billboard Hot Country Songs making Clarkson her first number one hit on the chart. As of July 21 2011 Don't You Wanna Stay has sold nearly 1.5 million digital singles becoming the most downloaded country music collaboration of all time. All in all Kelly is the best of today showbiz industry..