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BIRTHDAY: April 24, 1982
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BIGGEST SINGLE: "Since U Been Gone" (2005)
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BIGGEST LP: Breakaway (2004)
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GRAMMY AWARDS: 2

 
TIMELINE

Kelly Clarksonbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kelly Clarkson, born April 24, 1982 in Texas, will always be remembered as the first winner of the successful FOX TV show American Idol. While in high school, Kelly had ambitions to be a marine biologist but turned to music after being persuaded to use her singing talents in the school choir and musicals. After high school, Kelly spent time in California pursuing an entertainment career and had some slight success as an extra on Sabrina, The Teenage Witch and That '70's Show and in the film Issues 101. Without much success in California, Kelly returned to Texas and found herself being persuaded to audition for American Idol.

2002... # 52 Singles Artist of the Year

September
button.gif (123 bytes) With 2 remaining finalists, Kelly and Justin Guarini, America voted Kelly as the first US American Idol with 58% of the votes.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "
A Moment Like This."
button.gif (123 bytes) The American Finalists along with Kelly performed live in Las Vegas for a special concert airing on Fox.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Canadian singles chart with "
A Moment Like This."

October
Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This / Before Your Love (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard Hot 100 with "A Moment Like This" for 2 weeks and the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 5 weeks and went into the record books with the biggest jump to #1 in Billboard's history (from # 52). The single (with the B-side "Before Your Love") sold over 236,000 copies in its first week of release.
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American Idol Greatest Moments was released and included tracks from all Top 10 finalists including 4 tracks by Kelly.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the
Top 10 with "A Moment Like This."
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly's single "Before Your Love /
A Moment Like This" was certified gold.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the
Billboard Year-End Charts with the Top Hot 100 Single Sales ("A Moment Like This").

2003... # 8 Singles Artist of the Year

January
Kelly Clarkson LPbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kelly was nominated for a American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist.

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly's debut LP,
Thankful, was released. She said of the LP: "There's soul. I have some rock on there. I have some big bluesy numbers and I have 2 ballads I think, and some faster, hip-hoppy stuff." Entertainment Weekly said of Kelly's debut LP: "Her range is awesome. She owns pop, R&B, country and gospel. America was right to idol-ize her." The first single, "Miss Independent," was co-written by Christina Aguilera.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "
Miss Independent."

May
Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart for a week with Thankful - selling almost 300,000 copies in the US its first week of release.
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Thankful was certified platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the
Top 10 with "Miss Independent."

June
Kelly Clarkson - From Justin To Kelly DVDbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit #1 for 5 weeks with "Miss Independent."
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 6 weeks and Mainstream Top 40 chart for 6 weeks with "
Miss Independent."
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Justin Guarini's movie - From Justin To Kelly - hit theaters and only grossed 2.9 million dollars its first week of release (coming in at #11 for the weekend of its release).

August
Kelly Clarkson - Low (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Music Female Artist.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly's video for "
Miss Independent" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop Video, and Viewer's Choice.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "
Low."

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly appeared on the NBC TV show American Dreams.

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the
Top 10 with "Low."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly released the DVD
Miss Independent.
Kelly Clarkson - The Trouble With Love Is (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "The Trouble With Love Is."

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Thankful was certified 2x platinum.

2004... # 14 Singles Artist of the Year

January
Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent DVDbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kelly participated in the first 'World Idol' competition against 10 other 'Idol' winners from countries around the world and came in second. The winner of 'World Idol' was Norway's Kurt Nilsen.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 10 with "The Trouble With Love Is."

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female ("Miss Independent").
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly and
Clay Aiken co-headlined a tour together.

August
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Breakaway" from the soundtrack for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the
Top 10 with "Breakaway."

November
Kelly Clarkson - Breakawaybutton.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Since U Been Gone." The song eventually set a record for the most weeks on the chart since the chart was conceived in 1980.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly released her next LP,
Breakaway. Billboard called the LP a "...rare exhibition of substance over style. Throughout, Clarkson exhibits the ability to dominate. Clarkson proves that she's the real thing, packed with enough potency to ensure radio that she's here to stay."

December
Kelly Clarkson - Since You Been Gone (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Since U Been Gone."
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard Hot Digital Tracks chart with "
Since U Been Gone."

button.gif (123 bytes) # 155 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

2005... # 1 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Female Artist of the Year)

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly performed on Saturday Night Live.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit
#1 for 8 weeks with "Since U Been Gone."
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Breakaway was certified platinum and the singles "Breakaway" and "Since U Been Gone" were certified gold.

March
Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 21 weeks with "Breakaway."
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "
Behind These Hazel Eyes."
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Breakaway was certified 2x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) The single "
Miss Independent" was certified gold.

April
Kelly Clarkson - Behind Hazel Eyes DVDbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard Pop 100 chart for 6 weeks, Top 40 Mainstream chart, Pop 100 Airplay chart, and Hot Dance Radio Airplay chart with "Since U Been Gone."

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the
Top 10 with "Behind These Hazel Eyes."

July
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Since U Been Gone" fell off the Top 40 after 33 weeks making it the longest charting single in the ARC Weekly Top 40 history.
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Breakaway was certified 3x platinum and the single "Behind These Hazel Eyes" was certified gold.

August
Kelly Clarkson - "Because Of You" (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly won 4 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Album (Breakaway), Choice Single ("Since U Been Gone"), Choice Summer Song ("Behind These Hazel Eyes"), and Choice Female Artist.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "
Because Of You."
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart with "
Behind These Hazel Eyes."
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "Since U Been Gone" won 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video, and was nominated for Viewer's Choice. Kelly performed at the ceremony.

September
Kelly Clarkson
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly performed on ReAct Now: Music & Relief - a benefit program shown on music video channels to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly had to cancel a few concert dates due to bronchitis.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the
Top 10 with "Because Of You."

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit
#1 for 5 weeks with "Because Of You."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay chart and Top 40 Mainstream chart with "
Because Of You."
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly won 2
American Music Awards for Artist of the Year and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Breakaway).
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Breakaway was certified 4x platinum.

December
Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away" (CD Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Walk Away."
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly had the #3 selling LP of 2005 with
Breakaway selling over 3.4 million copies during the year.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist - Female (singles & albums), Top Hot 100 Singles Artist - Female, Top Pop 100 Artist, Top Hot Dance Airplay Artist, Top Hot Adult Contemporary Artist, and Top Hot Adult Top 40 Artist, and with the Top Pop 100 Song and Top Pop 100 Airplay Track ("Since U Been Gone"), and Top Soundtrack Single and Top Hot Adult Contemporary Track ("Breakaway").

2006.. # 11 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Breakaway was certified 5x platinum, the single "Since U Been Gone" was certified platinum, and the single "Because Of You" was certified gold.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer.

February
48th Grammy Awardsbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Walk Away."
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly won 2
Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female ("Since U Been Gone") and Best Pop Vocal Album (Breakaway). Kelly performed at the ceremony.

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly won a Kid's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer.

March
button.gif (123 bytes) The single "
Walk Away" was certified gold.

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "
Gone."

August
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "
Because Of You" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video and was nominated for Viewer's Choice.

November
Kelly Clarkson - "Never Again" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

2007..# 60 Singles Artist of the Year

April
Kelly Clarkson - My Decemberbutton.gif (123 bytes) Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Never Again."

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Breakaway was certified 6x platinum.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly cancelled her summer touring pans due to poor ticket sales.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly released
My December.
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly topped the Billboard Top Digital Albums chart with
My December.

June
Kelly Clarkson - "Sober" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) On July 7th, Kely performed at the Live Earth concert in the US. The 7-continent concert organized by Al Gore brought together over 100 artists to perform and raise the world's awareness about the climate crisis and how to make a difference to help the environment and the world.

August
button.gif (123 bytes) The single "Never Again" was certified gold.

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Kelly could be heard on the
Reba McEntire LP Reba Duets with a duet version of "Because Of You."

December
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