Kelly Clarkson - Biography

Last Editor: Carolin				Kelly Clarkson Biography -   Name : Kelly Clarkson Birth name : Kelly Brianne Clarkson Nickname : Kellbelle Date of birth : April 24, 1982 Place of birth : Fort Worth, Texas Profession : Singer-songwriter, actress Nationality : American Trade mark : Performs barefoot Height : 5' 3" (1.61 m)

Kelly Clarkson Trivia -

Kelly Clarkson originally wanted to be a marine biologist but changed her mind when she saw the movie Jaws (1975). She was an extra on the show "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996). Clarkson graduated from Burleson High School, Burleson, Texas in 2000. She won the first "American Idol" contest, September 4, 2002. Her first single came out in late September of that year. She was a cocktail waitress at a comedy club in Arlington, Texas and at Hyena's Comedy Club in Downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Her first single sold nearly 250,000 copies in its first week. Her first single, "A Moment Like This", set records by jumping from number 52 to the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. She beat out more than 10,000 people to land a $1 million recording contract on American Idol. Her brother: Jason (b. 1973) and sister: Alyssa (b. 1976). Kelly stayed up all night before her "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002) audition so she wouldn't sleep through the alarm, which she frequently did in high school. She is used to work at a bookstore and at a zoo. She is used to work at Hollywood Theatres in Burleson, Texas. She sang the National Anthem at The Day of Service in Washington D.C., on September 11, 2002. Christina Aguilera co-wrote her hit, "Miss Independent". She came in second place in World Idol (2003) (TV). Avril Lavigne co-wrote her new single 'Breakaway' which is on the soundtrack for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). Her debut album, "Thankful" went double platinum. She is of Greek, Welsh, and Irish descent. As a child, her favorite thing to wear was a Mickey Mouse t-shirt. Her sophmore album, "Breakaway", debuted at number three. She is the first artist in the Billboard Radio Monitor era to hold the No. 1 spot at Mainstream Top 40 and AC during the same week with two different songs (Breakaway and Since U Been Gone). She ranked #92 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2005). She became the first artist to have two songs in the top three of Billboard's Pop 100 Airplay chart (Since U Been Gone, Behind These Hazel Eyes) She underwent LASIK eye surgery to correct her vision As of July 2005, she is the top-selling American Idol contestant, having sold approximately five million albums in the U.S. and having had five Top 10 singles. She is the first artist to have two songs in the top 3 of the Billboard Pop Airplay 100 simultaneously, with "Since U Been Gone" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes". Her first album, Thankful, has sold more than 2.5 million copies in America. Her Sophomore album, Breakaway, has sold more than 5.6 million copies in the US, with almost 11 million in sales worldwide. She held a record on TRL for a song to be number one on the countdown. Her music video for "Because of You" debuted at #1 on TRL. The only other artists to achieve this goal are Britney Spears, Eminem and "N'SYNC". She won the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ('Since U Been Gone') and Best Pop Vocal Album ('Breakaway') at the Grammy Awards on February 8th 2006. Kelly also performed "Because of You" at the ceremony and received a standing ovation. She ranked as #92 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement (2005). She accepted 2 Grammy Awards the award for Pop Female Vocal for "Since U Been Gone" and now, her album has been awarded Best Pop Album! Her parents divorced when she was six. She was named #50 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006). She said in a Reader's Digest interview that as a toddler, she would often walk around naked and that, to this day, hates wearing clothes. Calls wardrobe fittings "the death of me". Kelly considers her Texas home her "sanctuary" and turns off her cell phone when going home. She had jobs as a teenager and determined that once she started making money as a musician, she never wanted to have to take a job for the money. Working with her business manager, she said she has financially set herself up for life. She performed Ave Maria for Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2008. This took place at St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, New York. Her new song, "My Life Would Suck Without You", climbed from number 97 to 1 at the Billboard Hot 100 list (Jan.29-Feb.07,2009).

Kelly Clarkson Detailed Biography -

The winner of Fox TV's first American Idol: The Search for a Superstar competition, during the summer of 2002 Kelly Clarkson went from an anonymous talent to a nationally known singer performing for an audience of millions of viewers. One of the show's most naturally gifted singers, the 20 year-old Burleson, TX native's vocal talents were discovered when she was in seventh grade, when her school's choir teacher heard her singing and urged Clarkson to join the choir. After high school, Clarkson cultivated her voice and went to Hollywood to make her name; she appeared as an extra on an episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch but no other opportunities materialized. Upon returning to Burleson, Clarkson worked at a movie theater, promoted Red Bull energy drinks and ultimately worked as a cocktail waitress at a comedy club before entering the American Idol contest. One of 10,000 aspiring singers, Clarkson distinguished herself not only with her big, surprisingly mature voice, but also with her down-to-earth charm and sense of humor: at one of her auditions, she switched places with judge Randy Jackson, who did an impromptu version of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly." Over the course of the 13-week show, her consistently strong performances of songs like "Respect," "Natural Woman," "Stuff Like That There" and "Without You" earned Clarkson enough audience votes to claim one of the contest's two finalist positions. After singing "A Moment Like This" and "Before Your Love," both of which were written for the show, Clarkson won the American Idol contest with 58 percent of the audience's votes. In addition to the show's prize of a $1 million recording contract with RCA, Clarkson secured a deal with Creative Artists Agency and several bookings, including the national American Idol tour and a performance of the national anthem at the September 11 commemoration at Washington, DC's Lincoln Memorial. Despite her newfound fame, Clarkson opted to remain in Texas rather than move to New York or Los Angeles. Her first single, A Moment Like This, was released just two weeks after she won the contest and quickly earned platinum sales. Clarkson's self-titled full-length album -- which was rumored to include a duet with the contest's runner-up, curly-haired heartthrob Justin Guarini -- was released in spring of 2003, just in time to coincide with the second season of American Idol and right before the American Idol movie, From Justin to Kelly.