History Music / KellyClarkson

* BreakUpToMakeUp: "Since U Been Gone" describes her relief at her relationship being over, even stating "I can breathe for the first time", due to her ex manipulating her into believing they fully returned her feelings and making little effort to reciprocate. It's implied the ex tries to win Clarkson back but she's already moved on and is happier for it.

In October 2013, she married Brandon Blackstock, the son of her manager Narvel, and stepson of Music/RebaMcEntire. Brandon had two children, a boy and girl from a previous marriage. In June 2014, she gave birth to their first child, a girl named River Rose. In April 2016, she had a son named Remington "Remy" Alexander.

* LyricalDissonance : The romantic sounding ballad [[BrokenBird Because]] [[DisappearedDad Of You]], the upbeat rock tune of [[DestructiveRomance My Life Would Suck Without You]] and the dynamic and fast paced [[MoodWhiplash One]] [[DespairEventHorizon Minute]] are examples of this.
* MaleBandFemaleSinger : Her musicians in her music videos are all male.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She performs most of her concerts in her bare feet.

Since winning in 2002, she has surprised skeptics by having a very successful music career, with five albums and two Grammys to her name. The popularity of her second album ''Breakaway'' and the single "Since U Been Gone" made her an international pop star and she has since toured around the world.[[note]]Clarkson is also the only ''Series/AmericanIdol'' winner (so far) to have had a British chart-topper, with "My Life Would Suck Without You."[[/note]] Her success as a former ''Series/AmericanIdol'' contestant has few rivals not named Music/CarrieUnderwood. Ten years after Idol she, along with Robin Thicke, Jennifer Nettles, and John Legend were mentoring and judging young hopefuls like herself on "Duets", an ABC singing competition show that aired during the summer of 2012. She also had the honor of singing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at UsefulNotes/BarackObama's second inaugural ceremony.

* BreakawayPopHit: A somewhat literal example with "Breakaway", which became her first major success after the ''From Justin to Kelly'' fiasco. Hardly anyone remembers it was a tie-in to ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries 2'' (unless you watch the music video).

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: In the "People Like Us" video scientists in a black and white world are studying a little girl who's in color. Kelly pretends to be a HotScientist and rescues her and escapes to a world that's full color.

* HotScientist: Dresses like one in the music video for "People Like Us" complete with glasses.

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Unfortunately, record companies she sent demos to were either surprised to find out she was white when they met her or wanted her to lose twenty pounds (she's 5'3" and weighed 120 lbs.) and sign contracts that forced her into bubblegum pop. After a few months she returned to Texas dejected until a friend gave her an ad for a new singing competition series holding auditions in Dallas. With nothing else to lose she went to the auditions meeting Simon Cowell, Music/PaulaAbdul and Randy Jackson and was passed through to Hollywood, where she had just left. During the summer of 2002 she competed on live television with several other hopefuls in the inaugural season of ''American Idol: The Search For a Superstar''. Kelly's belting voice and small town Southern charm got her voted through by viewers to the end when it was down to her and Justin Guarini. She was declared the winner and in a week her first single "A Moment Like This" had the fastest rise up the Billboard chart to number one since Music/TheBeatles. Unfortunately she and Justin were also forced into starring in the 2003 movie flop ''Film/FromJustinToKelly''.

* NotChristianRock: Some of her ballads, such as "Hear Me" and "Irvine", are very clearly musical prayers to the Judeo-Christian God.

* AbsoluteCleavage: In the music video to "Since U Been Gone".

--> ''If you stop, they'll just say you quit''
--> ''If you don't, you migh lose your...shhh''
--> ''You can't win, no, you can't win, no''

-->I know you know I know\\

Let's get this show on the road today

-->Everybody's got a dark side\\

You know that we're worth it

* AbsoluteCleavage: In the music video to ''Since U Been Gone''.

* AscendedFangirl: Kelly grew up a big fan of country singer [=Reba McEntire=] and she got to sing a duet with her immediately after she won ''Series/AmericanIdol''. Then she became good friends with her and her husband became her manager. They recorded a duet version of Kelly's song "Because Of You" together and Kelly also appeared on Reba's sitcom in 2007. They went on tour together in 2008. Finally in 2012 she started dating Reba's stepson Brandon Blackstock and became engaged that year. As of October 20, 2013 they were married and Kelly became Reba's stepdaughter-in-law!

* GenreShift: From R&B and ballads on her first album "Thankful" to pop/rock in "Breakaway".
* HeartBeatSoundtrack: Her song "Heartbeat Song" from the album Piece By Piece starts out with a heart beat rhythm and continues from there.

Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born on April 24, 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American singer and the first winner of ''Series/AmericanIdol''. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, after her parents divorced when she was six, Kelly was raised alone by her mother in Burleson, a small town near Dallas. She first learned she could sing in junior high when the choir teacher heard her singing in the hall and told her she should try out. In high school she starred in musical productions and after graduating she moved to Los Angeles in early 2002 to try a career in the music industry.

* HotScientist: Dresses like one in the music video for "People Like Us" complete with SexySpectacles.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally stays in the 1 to 4 range. Can also go up to a 5 or a 6. Overall, she's definitely one of the harder pop singers out there.

* CallingTheOldManOut: "Because Of You".