A return to the pop sounds of Breakaway , it also hit number one in the U. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Albums Chart and held onto that position for two weeks; later in the year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Pop Album.
The single topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, making it Clarkson 's first number one on that chart. Country influences also made themselves known on her next album, October 's Stronger.
Featuring production work by Greg Kurstin , Darkchild , and Toby Gad , among others, the album reached number two on the Billboard Albums chart. Stronger spawned several hit singles: The title track was her third number one on the Billboard Hot and was nominated for three Grammy Awards, while "Mr.
In the wake of Stronger 's success, Clarkson expanded into other projects. She co-wrote the song "Tell Me a Lie," which appeared on One Direction 's debut album Up All Night , and returned to her roots by appearing as a mentor and judge on the singing competition TV show Duets in That year, she also served as a guest mentor on season two of The Voice and celebrated her tenth year as a recording artist with Greatest Hits, Chapter 1.
The collection included three newly recorded songs -- "Catch My Breath" became her 14th Top 20 hit and her 13th million-selling single in the U.
Clarkson kicked off by performing at the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, then collaborated with Jewel and Robbie Williams later in the year. That October saw the release of her first holiday album, Wrapped in Red.
As well as the usual selection of festive favorites, it included a number of newly written songs, including several co-penned by Clarkson herself. By the end of the year, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA. The first single, "Heartbeat Song," appeared in January and, a few months later, the electro-pop-influenced Piece by Piece debuted atop the Billboard This marked her third number one album and first since Nearly a year later, after a heartfelt performance during the 14th season of American Idol, title track "Piece by Piece" shot into the Billboard Top Ten.
In September of that year, Clarkson released "Love So Soft," the lead single from her eighth studio album and first for Atlantic. Late that year, she made her voice-acting debut in The Star, a computer animated version of the Nativity of Jesus that included Oprah Winfrey and Steven Yeun among its cast members. Early in , Clarkson joined season 14 of The Voice as a coach, and her team member Brynn Cartelli was named the show's winner. In May, she returned to season 15 of The Voice as a coach, and once again guided one of her team members, Chevel Shepherd , to victory, making her the show's first female coach to win multiple seasons.
That November, she issued a cover version of "Never Enough" from the popular musical Greatest Showman. Clarkson continued her tenure on The Voice in , returning for its 16th season in February. In September, along with coaching on the 17th season of The Voice and scoring her third win on the show with her team member Jake Hoot , Clarkson debuted her daytime variety talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Early in , she returned to coach The Voice's 18th season and was a voice actor in the film Trolls World Tour a few months later. With her octaves-encompassing singing voice and an almost guileless approachability, Kelly Clarkson became an instant star when she won the first season of American Idol in Her goal from an early age was never fame and fortune, but to simply connect with audiences through the power of music.
Songs of all different types. The self-described rule-breaker was already focused on a successful singing career before Idol.
That win catapulted Clarkson onto the world stage, and subsequent successes — including three Grammys, an Emmy and record sales totaling more than 25 million — only helped to showcase her personality alongside a considerable musical prowess.
Everyday normalcy was her secret weapon and after two decades in the spotlight, it continues to win and keep fans. Born Kelly Brianne Clarkson on April 24, , in Fort Worth, Texas, her parents divorced when she was 6-years-old and Clarkson was raised in suburban Burleson by her mother, an elementary school teacher, and her stepfather, a contractor.
Clarkson says she spent most of her adolescence singing, though she never received any formal training other than as a member of the junior high school choir and acting in school musical productions. Religion played a major part in her upbringing in the form of Church youth group and attending services Sundays and Wednesdays with her Southern Baptist parents.
College held little interest for Clarkson after graduating Burleson High School in , her goal was Los Angeles and she saved money by working at a movie theater and waitressing at a comedy club. In , she left Texas for the West Coast to pursue a living as a singer.
Though she made ends meet with waitressing gigs and occasionally appearing as an extra on television shoots, misfortune soon struck and she returned home to Texas where she heard about a new, upcoming show called American Idol. She applied, along with 10, other hopeful entertainers. But then my apartment in L. Reporters would ask, "So what's it like being a big girl? I have a curvy figure, which guys like. And performing isn't about looking the best or being the most beautiful.
I do it because I love it. Look, nobody else has my butt. Nobody has my eyes. Nobody has my nose. It's all mine. And that's what makes me different from everyone. I'm only 27, not 40 and still single! I enjoy being single, I love work and I think people are so passive with relationships and I'm not that person. I'm an extremist, I'm either in a relationship or I'm not. I'm honest about it and I'll tell people, it's just there's nothing to tell.
I have a very good life. I love my body. I'm very much okay with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people. The rumors are not helping me on the dating front!
I prefer the boys. I'm extremely flattered when I do get hit on by girls, and I think it's hot, but I'm not into it. I like boys. So it's really not going to affect me to an extent. I really feel for the people that it does.
I have a hard time being cheesy, but you can be cheesy with Christmas music, so I felt I could be vulnerable. People don't realize that Frank Sinatra got into the business through a competition. I don't think it matters how you got there.
It matters if you're good enough to hang around. I'm usually barefoot. That's how I'm most comfortable. I like my feet on the ground. I like to jump around, I like to fly across the state. Everyone gives you their two cents, but you have to follow your gut. I thought that was really cool 'cause I was sitting next to Paula and they liked it, they all were like I mean, I was so happy 'cause the British man didn't make me cry!
I was not made aware of this and am in no way an advocate or an ambassador for youth smoking. I'm not even a smoker, nor have I ever been. I can't justify penalizing my fans for someone else's oversight. This is a lose-lose situation for me and I am not happy about it but the damage has been done and I refuse to cancel on my fans.
I think the hardest part of situations like this is getting personally attacked for something I was completely unaware of and being used as some kind of political pawn. I don't understand why we're still struggling with these basic, asinine issues [gay, straight, black, and white].
It bothers me. So I ended up writing this whole song about it and I had a dream that we were more. We decided the cover of the album [All I Ever Wanted] and just in case you haven't seen it I'll post it! It's very colorful and they have definitely Photoshopped the crap out of me - but I don't care, haha!
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