History Music / KellyClarkson

* {{Adorkable}}: In any interview she gives.

* ChristmasCake: She's joked that people in her home town consider her one because she hasn't gotten married like the other girls she grew up with, even though she's only 30.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Her third album ''My December''.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Uses a Colt .45 to shoot skeet instead of a rifle.

->''"Everyone says I'm like the GirlNextDoor. Y'all must have really weird neighbors!"''

In October 2016, she wrote and released a children's picture book called ''River Rose and the Magical Lullaby'', which features the lyrics for an original lullaby she eventually performed. She hinted she will write more books in the future. In October 2017, she wrote and released a sequel called ''River Rose and the Magical Christmas''.

In October 2013, she married Brandon Blackstock, the son of her manager Narvel, and stepson of Reba [=McEntire=]. 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 October 2016, she wrote and released a children's picture book called ''River Rose and the Magical Lullaby'', which features the lyrics for an original lullaby she eventually performed. She hinted she will write more books in the future.

* CoolBigSis: Acts as one for FanGirl (and fellow Texan) DemiLovato, who Clarkson admires.

* 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 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!

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:[[invoked]] Some have accused "Already Gone" of being similar to Music/{{Beyonce}}'s "Halo". Both were produced by Ryan Tedder who used practically the same drum tracks and arrangment for both. Kelly had not been aware of this and recorded her song before the other was released. It was too late to get the song off her fourth album "All I Ever Wanted" and her label also insisted on releasing it as as single. Kelly was livid, vowing never to work with Tedder again and had to come up with a new acoustic arrangement for the song when she performed it live in concerts. She also wrote an unreleased song called "Wash, Rinse, Repeat" which is a TakeThat at Tedder and her label.

* AdamWesting: Played a bitchy, diva version of herself in the PilotEpisode of the sitcom ''TheCrazyOnes'' starring Creator/RobinWilliams and SarahMichelleGellar.

In October 2016, she wrote and released a children's picture book called ''River Rose and the Magical Lullaby'', which features the lyrics for an original song she eventually performed. She hinted she will write more books in the future.

'''Kelly Brianne Clarkson''', a top selling TurnOfTheMillennium musical artist and the first winner of ''Series/AmericanIdol'', was born on April 24, 1982 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.

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 5'1" 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, 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''.

* TechnicalVersusPerformer: Kelly has stated in interviews she prefers the latter(performer) in terms of herself and other singers. She doesn't care if a performance isn't technically perfect, as long as the audience feels the emotions.

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 5'1" 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, 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 ''From Justin to Kelly''.

* RereleaseTheSong: "Because of You" was re-released to country as a duet with Music/RebaMcEntire. "Mr. Know It All" also got a remixed country release in 2012.

* AdamWesting: Played a bitchy, diva version of herself in the PilotEpisode of the sitcom ''TheCrazyOnes'' starring RobinWilliams and SarahMichelleGellar.

* RereleaseTheSong: "Because of You" was re-released to country as a duet with RebaMcEntire. "Mr. Know It All" also got a remixed country release in 2012.

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 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.

* ''Wrapped in Red'' (2013) A [[ChristmasSongs Christmas album]].

->"Everyone says I'm like the GirlNextDoor. Y'all must have really weird neighbors!"