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Kelly Clarkson

Known for: Acting

Born 24/04/1982

Place of birth Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Kelly Brianne (born April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her debut single, "A Moment Like This", topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and became the country's best selling single of 2002. It was included on her debut studio album, Thankful (2003), which debuted atop the Billboard 200. Trying to reinvent her image, Clarkson parted ways with Idol management and shifted to pop rock for her second studio album, Breakaway (2004). Supported by four US top-ten singles – the title track, "Since U Been Gone", "Behind These Hazel Eyes", and "Because of You" – Breakaway sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won two Grammy Awards. Clarkson took further creative control for her third studio album, My December (2007), co-writing all of its tracks and becoming its executive producer. However, her label was dissatisfied with the album's darker rock music and promoted it reluctantly. Clarkson's fourth and fifth studio albums, All I Ever Wanted (2009) and Stronger (2011), returned to a lighter tone and pop rock sound, with the former becoming her second US number-one album and the latter making her the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album twice. Both albums spawned a Hot 100 number-one single: "My Life Would Suck Without You", which holds the record for the biggest jump to number one in the chart's history, and "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which became her best-selling single worldwide. Clarkson then became the first American female artist to release the best-selling Christmas album of the year with Wrapped in Red (2013). Her seventh studio album, Piece by Piece (2015), debuted at number-one in the US, while its title track reached the top ten. After leaving RCA and signing with Atlantic in 2016, Clarkson released her soul-influenced eighth album, Meaning of Life (2017), which was promoted by her highest-grossing tour to date. She went on to release her ninth studio album and second Christmas album, When Christmas Comes Around... (2021). Clarkson has sold over 25 million albums and 45 million singles worldwide. She has 11 top-ten singles in the US, and nine top-ten singles in the UK, Canada, and Australia. She became the first artist in history to top each of Billboard's pop, adult contemporary, adult pop, country, and dance charts. Clarkson also served as a coach on The Voice from its fourteenth season to the twenty-first season, and since 2019, has hosted her own talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show. Among her numerous accolades, Clarkson has received three MTV Video Music Awards, four American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and three Daytime Emmy Awards. Billboard has hailed Clarkson as "one of pop music's greatest singers", and honored her with the Powerhouse Award, while VH1 ranked her nineteenth on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelly Clarkson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Series ★ 4,9

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

2009

Series ★ 5,8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self - Guest

2014

Series ★ 5,1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

2014

Series ★ 5,1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self - Guest

2014

Series ★ 6,4

The Daily Show

Self

1996

Series ★ 8,5

The Rookie

Kelly Clarkson

2018

Series ★ 6,3

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self - Host

2019

Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest

1975

Series ★ 7,2

The Graham Norton Show

Self

2007

Series ★ 4,3

The View

Self

1997

Series ★ 7,9

Phineas and Ferb

Kelly Clarkson (voice)

2007

Series ★ 7,4

King of the Hill

Kelly Clarkson / Dawn (voice)

1997

Series ★ 5,9

The Voice

Self - Coach

2011

Series ★ 5,9

The Voice

Self

2011

Series ★ 5,3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

2003

Series ★ 5,3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Musical Guest

2003

Series ★ 7,8

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Self (archive footage)

2014

Film ★ 7,2

Trolls World Tour

Delta Dawn (voice)

2020

Series ★ 5,7

America's Got Talent

Self - Guest Judge

2006

Series ★ 7,3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

1993

Series ★ 5,3

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Series ★ 5,0

American Idol

Self - Guest

2002

Series ★ 5,0

American Idol

Self

2002

Series ★ 5,0

American Idol

Self - Contestant

2002

Series ★ 7,8

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Girl

1996

Series ★ 5,5

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self - Musical Guest

2003

Series ★ 7,7

The Morning Show

Kelly Clarkson

2019

Series ★ 6,9

Top Chef

Self - Guest Judge

2006

Series ★ 7,8

MTV Video Music Awards

Self

1984

Series

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge

Self

2010

Series ★ 5,6

Wetten, dass..?

Self

1981

Series ★ 5,6

Today

Self

1952

Series ★ 4,3

Germany's Next Topmodel

Self - Show Act

2006

Series ★ 7,7

Celebrity Family Feud

Self

2015

Series ★ 6,4

The Tony Danza Show

Self - Guest

2004

Series ★ 6,6

Reba

Kelly

2001

Series ★ 5,2

American Dreams

Brenda Lee

2002

Series ★ 4,8

The Reichen Show

Self - Guest

2005

Series ★ 4,8

Australian Idol

Self

2003

Series ★ 8,2

American Music Awards

Self - Musical Guest

1974

Series ★ 9,5

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Self - Performer

2004

Series ★ 7,5

CD:UK

1998

Series ★ 7,3

VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown

2003

Series ★ 9,6

Radio Disney Music Awards

Self

2013

Series ★ 8,0

CMT Crossroads

Self

2002

Series ★ 6,9

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

2010

Series ★ 4,3

Entertainment Tonight

Self

1981

Series ★ 6,2

The Crazy Ones

Kelly Clarkson

2013

Series ★ 7,5

Rove

Self

1999

Series ★ 5,3

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

Self

2005

Series ★ 7,2

Miley's New Year's Eve Party

Self - Musical Guest

2004

Film ★ 6,5

The Star

Leah (voice)

2017

Series ★ 5,8

That's My Jam

Self - Guest

2021

Series ★ 6,2

The Early Show

Self

1999

Series ★ 6,0

Barmageddon

Self - Contestant

2022

Series ★ 7,0

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model

Self - Winner, American Idol (archive footage)

2026

Series ★ 8,0

Billboard Music Awards

Self - Host & Performer

1989

Series ★ 7,1

Hart to Heart

Self

2021

Film ★ 6,6

UglyDolls

Moxy (voice)

2019

Series ★ 6,0

Willkommen bei Mario Barth

Self

2009

Series ★ 4,8

American Song Contest

Self - Host

2022

Series ★ 8,0

Top of the Pops Reloaded

Self

2005

Series ★ 5,7

TV total Wok-WM

Self

2003

Series ★ 6,5

LuLaRich

Self (archival footage)

2021