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Kelly Clarkson was born on April 24, 1982, in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2002, she won the first season of
American Idol, the prize for which was a million-dollar RCA record contract. Her first single, “A Moment
Like This,” jumped from No. 52 to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and her first album earned two
Grammy Awards. Clarkson continues to record and perform.
Kelly Brianne Clarkson was born on April 24, 1982, in Fort Worth, Texas. Clarkson graduated from
Burleson High School in 2000, where she sang in the school choir. After graduation, she moved to Los
Angeles to pursue a music career.Supporting herself with numerous odd jobs, Kelly Clarkson made a
few television appearances and eventually landed a job working as a female vocalist with songwriter
Gerry Goffin. Unfortunately, a bout of bad luck discouraged her and she returned to Texas shortly
thereafter. In 2002, a friend told her about a new talent search show on Fox called American Idol, and
Clarkson became one of 10,000 contestants.
After grueling rounds of televised eliminations, and critical evaluations by judges Paula Abdul, Simon
Cowell and Randy Jackson, Kelly Clarkson prevailed against Justin Guarini to become the first winner
of the hit contest on September 4, 2002. Her official prize was a million-dollar RCA record contract; the
unofficial prize a considerable amount of fame and notoriety. The following month, her first single, “A
Moment Like This,” went from No. 52 to No. 1 on the Billboard charts. In 2003, she made her feature
film debut in the forgettable From Justin to Kelly. Fortunately, her first album fared much better than
her movie. Thankful was a hit based in part because of the smash single, “Miss Independent.” And
Clarkson went on to establish herself as a leading rock performer with her second album, Breakaway
(2004). The album spawned several big hits, including “Since U Been Gone,” “Breakaway,” “Behind
These Hazel Eyes” and “Walk Away.” It also earned Clarkson two Grammy Awards in 2005: one for
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Since U Been Gone” and another for Best Pop Vocal Album
—an award she shared with producer Clive Davis and engineer/mixer Serban Ghenea.
After selling millions of records, Clarkson was under a lot of pressure to keep the hits coming. But she
wanted to try something different. Clarkson did not use professional songwriters as she had in the past
and filled the record with songs that she co-wrote. The result led to a clash with Clive Davis, over the
album, My December (2007), after he suggested it needed to reworked. Davis expressed concern that
there were no singles on the album and others indicated that its overall tone was too negative. But
Clarkson refused to change what she considered to be a very personal recording.
Around this time, Clarkson experienced some career difficulties. She fired her management and
canceled a planned concert tour for the summer of 2007. My December was released in late June of
that year and initially had strong sales, but still the cloud from the Clarkson-Davis conflict hung over
the project. She later expressed regret about the dispute, saying that it had been blown way out of
proportion. Clarkson also said that Davis “has been a key advisor and … an important force in my
success … he has also given me respect by releasing my new album when he was not obligated to do
so.”
In 2009 Clarkson released her fourth album, All I Ever Wanted. The first single off the album, “My Life
Would Suck Without You,” hit the airwaves in January 2009, shooting from No. 97 on the Billboard Hot
100 to No. 1. The jump broke the record of largest leap to the top spot. This marked the second time
Clarkson broke this record; in 2002, her American Idol single “A Moment Like This” catpulted from No.
52 to No. 1. The album also made it to No. 1 in the United States, selling 255,000 copies in its first
week.