Kelly Clarkson
- Kelly Brianne in Texas on 24 April 1982
- American singer, songwriter, author and television personality
- In the seventh grade, the school’s music teacher overheard her singing in a hallway and asked her to audition for the school choir.
- She wanted to be a marine biologist but stopped pursuing that career after she watched the movie Jaws.
- She rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002
- She was an extra on the television show Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.
- Her debut single, A Moment Like This topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and became the country’s best selling single of 2002
- Her second album Breakaway sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.
- She has been a coach on The American Voice
- Since 2019, she has hosted her own talk show,
- She runs a sanctuary for unwanted animals at her ranch in Texas
- She and her husband Brandon Blackstock have a daughter River Rose
- She has received three MTV Video Music Awards, three Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- She has sold over 25 million albums and 45 million singles worldwide including nine top-ten singles in the UK,
- Her hits include: “Heartbeat Song”, “Since U Been Gone”, “Because of You” and “My Life Would Suck Without You”
