Clarkson is the only American Idol contestant to have reached number one in the UK. She claimed number one on March 1, 2009, when “My Life Would Suck Without You” debuted number one on downloads alone. Billboard ranked Clarkson the #14 artist of the 2000-10 decade. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Clarkson is the highest-selling Idol winner worldwide, with around 36 million singles and 25 million albums sold around the world. Clarkson was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up in the small town of Burleson, a suburb of Fort Worth. She wanted to become a marine biologist but changed her mind after seeing the movie Jaws. You’ve got to sing. 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.