

Clarkson's fifth album, Stronger, is scheduled to be released on October 25, 2011. She claimed number one on March 1, 2009, when "My Life Would Suck Without You" debuted number one on downloads alone. She is currently the only American Idol contestant to have reached number one in the UK. 1 on the Hot 100 in its first week of release, breaking the record for the largest leap to the position in chart history. On January 28, 2009, it was announced that her latest single, "My Life Would Suck Without You", had advanced from No. Clarkson's fourth album titled All I Ever Wanted is due out on March 10, 2009. As of 2008 she is one of the 10 most played artists on adult contemporary radio. She also hit #28 on VH1's Top 30 Hottest Rock Front Women. In 2008, she joined VH1's list of 10 sexiest women of the new millennium at #8.

Her first three albums have sold over 9.5 million copies in the United States. Clarkson has had nine of her singles become Top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100. According to Sony Music, Clarkson has sold over 56 million albums worldwide. Clarkson's third album, entitled My December, was released on June 26, 2007. With the release of her multi-platinum second album, Breakaway (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album Thankful (2003). Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly-publicized first season of the television series American Idol in 2002. Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. It was never going to be a normal "Idol" finale anyway.Kelly Clarkson (2002) Main article: Kelly Clarkson But there wasn't much time for chit chat (or the ability to do so over video chat), so instead the episode ended with a cheesy rendition of Richie's famous "We Are the World" featuring the season's contestants and the judges, shown over images of an empty, socially distant America. "Can I thank America now?" she practically screamed at the news.

(Gunn's family even had a confetti canon at his home for the occasion.)Īfter one more commercial break, Seacrest named Just Sam the winner. The remaining 40 or so minutes of the episode were filled with remotely filmed performances from Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Perry and Cynthia Erivo, before the top two, Just Sam and Arthur Gunn, were at last revealed. There was nothing but praise from the judges – Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan and Katy Perry – for all 10 performances Sunday night, and everyone seemed to be on such equally inoffensive and pleasant footing that there was no real front runner as the voting closed.
