World Events: Kelly Clarkson

Time and Place
Date: Saturday, Mar 1 @ 7:00 PM
Venue: Challenge Stadium
Street: Stephenson Avenue
City: Mt Claremont
State/Province: Washington

Date: Thursday, Mar 6 @ 7:30 PM
Venue: Sydney Entertainment Centre
Street: 35 Harbour Street
City: DARLING HARBOUR - Australia

Date: Monday, Mar 17 @ 7:00 PM
Venue: Carling Academy Glasgow
Street: 121 Eglington Street
City: Glasgow, Lanarkshire - UK
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Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series American Idol in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album Thankful (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album Breakaway (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music, and won two Grammy Awards. Clarkson's third album, entitled My December, was released on June 26, 2007. It went Platinum in many countries, including the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia. Clarkson has sold over 18.7 million albums worldwide as of 3rd February 2008.

American Idol 2002

Clarkson won the first season competition of American Idol on September 4 2002, earning 58% of the audience vote over 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. The song's music video was filmed at Pantages Theater in Hollywood, and incorporated short scenes of Clarkson performing on Idol. When released as a single in October 2002, it set a then record on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart when it rose from number fifty-two to number one. This achievement was largely due to the impact from Idol as the CD single managed to sell 236,000 copies in its first week of sales in the U.S.; it spent five weeks at number one in Canada.

Song performances on American Idol

Original audition: "Express Yourself" (Madonna) and "At Last" (Etta James)

Kelly nominated for three CMT Awards :: 2.5.08

Kelly has been nominated for three CMT awards for her video "Because of You" with Reba. They are up for Music Awards Video of the Year, Music Awards Collaborative Video of the Year, and Music Awards Tearjerker Video of the Year. And don't forget to vote for Roman White who directed the video! VOTE NOW
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