Kelly Clarkson

Biography of Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Brianne Clarkson was born on April 24, 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas. She is an American pop singer.

Clarkson grew up in Burleson and lives in Mansfield and Nashville. She has two older biological siblings, a brother and a sister, and nine step-siblings.

On September 4, 2002, she won the American Idol finale with 58% of the audience votes against Justin Guarini. After the finale, she signed to RCA Records.

Her debut single, A Moment Like This, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2002. Her debut album Thankful, released in April 2003, sold more than 2.1 million copies he United States and went double platinum.

At the end of 2004 her second album, Breakaway, was released, produced by Max Martin, among others, with a focus on rock instead of soulful pop, which has sold around ten million copies worldwide and has gone five times platinum in the USA.

Her video Behind These Hazel Eyes stayed at #1 on the US MTV TRL chart for 33 days. On February 8, 2006, she was awarded two Grammys in Los Angeles for Best Pop Vocal Performance with Since U Been Gone and for Best Pop Vocal Album for her album Breakaway.

The first single, Never Again, from Clarkson's third studio album, My December, was released on April 13 on US radio stations.

In March 2009 her fourth album All I Ever Wanted was released. The single My Life Would Suck Without You was released at the end of January.The second single was I Do Not Hook Up. The song was written by Katy Perry and was originally planned for her own album, which was not released at the time. The song rose to number 20 on the Billboard charts.

In October 2011, the album Stronger and the first single released from it Mr. Know It All was released. The album was certified Gold in the US.

At the end of October 2013 Clarkon released his first Christmas album entitled Wrapped in Red. The album sold more than 60,000 copies in its first week and was certified platinum in December.

At the end of February 2015, album Piece by Piece was released, which reached the top of the American album charts. It is Clarkson's third number one album in the US and was certified Gold in early 2016.

On October 27, 2017, Clarkson released her eighth studio album, Meaning of Love.

On October 20, 2013, Clarkson married her fiancé, Brandon Blackstock, with whom she has been dating since 2011. In 2014 a daughter was born; A son followed in 2016. In June 2020, she filed for divorce.