Background information Birth name: Kelly Brianne Clarkson Born: April 24, 1982, Fort Worth, Texas Origin: Burleson, Texas, United States Genre(s): Pop, pop rock, adult contemporary, country Occupation(s): Singer, songwriter, actress Years active: 2002 - present
Albums
Thankful
1st studio album Released: April 15, 2003
Sales worldwide: 4 million
Sales USA: 2.7 million+
2× platinum (2007)
Breakaway
2nd studio album
Released: November 30, 2004
Sales worldwide: 12 million
Sales USA: 6 million+
6× platinum
My December
3rd studio album
Released: June 26, 2007
Sales worldwide: 2 million
Sales USA: 750,000+
Platinum
Tours
2002: The American Idol Tour
2003: U.S. Mini-Tour
2004: The Independent Tour, co-headlining with Clay Aiken
2005: The Breakaway Spring Tour
2005: The Hazel Eyes Summer Tour
2005-2006: The Hazel Eyes World Tour
2006: The Addicted Tour
2007: The My December Tour
2008: 2 Worlds, 2 Voices Tour 2008, co-headlining with Reba McEntire
Clarkson won the first season competition of American Idol on September 4, 2002, earning 58% of the audience vote over Justin Guarini. Clarkson then performed the ballad "A Moment Like This", the song written for the winner of American Idol, which subsequently appeared on her debut album Thankful. The song's music video was filmed at Pantages Theater in Hollywood, and incorporated short scenes of Clarkson performing on Idol. When released as a single in October 2002, it set a then record on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart when it rose from number fifty-two to number one. The CD single managed to sell 236,000 copies in its first week of sales in the U.S. and it spent five weeks at number one in Canada. Clarkson has sold over 18,000,000 albums worldwide.
