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Kelly Brianne Clarkson was brought into this world on
April 24, 1982, by her
mother Jeanne and father Steve Clarkson. Her parents separated and divorced
when Kelly
was 6. Her mom later went on to marrying Jimmy Taylor.
In junior high, Kelly was heard singing in the hallway by the choir
director,
Cynthia Glenn. Mrs. Glenn encouraged Kelly to sing in the choir that coming
year,and Kelly did so.
By high
school, Kelly kept singing and performed in small musicals, and productions.
She was a part of "Seven brides for seven
brothers" and was the leading role
in "Brigadoon".
Graduating in 2000, Kelly had no desire to go to college. She wanted
to persue
a career in music. Keeping numerous jobs to pay bills, Kelly made a demo tape
and sent it to many places without
hearing a word back. Getting frustrated
Kelly packed her bags and moved to L.A. with a friend in hopes to find her
big
break.After experiencing the big city life, her car getting towed twice and
her apartment burning down, Kelly decided to
come back home and figure out
what she is going to do with her life. Her best friend, Jessica, heard about
an American
Idol audition in Dallas and filled out all the paper work for
her.
After auditioning in Dallas, she made it and was
soon going back to
Hollywood.
She later found out she made it into the Top 30 and was going to be on
national television.
After singing 'Respect'-Kelly made it into the Top 10.
Week after week, the television show grew and thousands of people
tuned in
to watch their favorites perform. It was down to the last two contestants,
Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini.
After a special two-hour show and
thousands
of votes later, Kelly became crowned the First American Idol September
4,
2002 and receiving a million dollar contract.Just a month later, October 5th,
Kelly's single 'A Moment Like This'
went from No. 52 to No. 1 on the Billboard
Charts setting a new record once by the Beatles in 1964.
My Idol!!
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So0o0o Pretti!!
Biography- Solo Career
Kelly's first solo
single was a double sided track- 'A Moment Like This/Before Your Love.
After being crowned the winner of American Idol,
Kelly and the other
Top 30 contestants performed in Las Vegas for an American Idol Special.
Later on the Top 10 contestants,
including herself went on a city tour around the
U.S. Kelly and Justin Guarini, the runner up on American Idol started
filming for
their movie musical, From Justin to Kelly. They filmed for 6 weeks, learning new
choreography, and their
script one month before hand. While filming, Kelly was
also trying to get her first solo CD together. On April 15, 2003,
Kelly's debut album,
Thankful was released.
Kelly's first single off her debut album was 'Miss Independent'. Her album
went Gold just after 3 weeks on the charts. On May 19, 2003 Kelly's album was
certified Platinum and presented to
her by Clive Davis.June 20th her movie From Justin
to Kelly hit theatres and later released the DVD and Video on August
26th.
August 6th 2003, Kelly appeared on the Teen Choice Awards and performed her 2nd single,
'Low' off her debut album.
She also won her first award for the 2003 Teen
Choice Female Artist.Kelly has become a spokesperson for Candies.
Starting
on August 6th through August 16th, Kelly's first solo mini-tour was at 8
venues mainly in the midwest in: Michigan, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Indiana and New
York.
She sang seven songs off her debut album, 'A Moment Like This', and a few renditions
from
Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Bonnie
Rait, No Doubt and Aerosmith.After her solo mini-tour,
Kelly headed over seas to
promote her album. She's been to the UK, Germany, Japan, and Australia. She is known
internationally
around the globe.By Christmas of 2003 her and a few past
Idols are releasing an American Idol Christmas CD called 'The
Great Holiday Classics'.
Kelly ventured onto a tour with Clay Aiken runner up from season 2 of American
Idol. They
shared a bus on the tour and they became great friends.
Her second album, 'Breakaway' was released in November, 2004 and
was shipped Platinum!
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