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Clarkson Is The Only American Idol Contestant To Have Reached Number One

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Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson


Clarkson has released four albums to date under RCA Records: her multi-platinum debut album Thankful (2003) (which was nominated for a Grammy Award), her multi-platinum second album Breakaway (2004) (which won two Grammy Awards and sold more than 13 million copies worldwide), her platinum third album My December (2007), and her latest album All I Ever Wanted (2009) (which was nominated for a Grammy Award). Clarkson is the only American Idol contestant to have reached number one in the UK. Clarkson is also ranked on the top 200 album sellers of the Nielsen SoundScan era at number 187. She has two number one singles in the Billboard Hot 100 to date.Her single, “My Life Would Suck Without You”, advanced from No. 97 to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in its first week of release, breaking the record for the largest leap to the top position in chart history..”My Life Would Suck Without You” is also the only song by an Idol alum to top the Hot 100 chart that is not associated with the show. She has performed in other versions of American Idol such as Pop Idol, Swedish Idol, Canadian Idol, Australian Idol, as well as other singing competitions such as The X Factor and Superstar K. After Clarkson’s appearance on the CMT Crossroads and her duet version of “Because of You” (2007) with Reba McEntire, they co-headlined the 2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour (2008). When Clarkson was six years old, her parents divorced after seventeen years of marriage. Choking back tears, Clarkson performed the ballad “A Moment Like This”, the song written for the winner of American Idol, which would subsequently appear on her debut album, Thankful.

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