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Trivia
Birth name: Kelly Brianne Clarkson
Date of birth: 24 April 1982
Place of birth: Burleson, Texas, USA
Nickname: Kellbelle
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Originally wanted to be a marine biologist
but changed her mind when she saw the movie 'Jaws'
Was an extra on the show 'Sabrina, the
Teenage Witch'.
Graduated from Burleson High School,
Burleson, Texas in 2000.
She won the "American Idol"
contest by beating fellow contestant Justin Guarini. Her first single
comes out late September 2002.
Was a cocktail waitress at a comedy club in
Arlington, Texas and at Hyena's Comedy Club in Downtown Fort Worth,
Texas.
Mom Jeanne.
Stepdad Jimmy Taylor.
Her first single sold nearly 250,000 copies
in its first week.
Her first single, "A Moment Like
This", set records by jumping from number 52 to the number 1 spot
on the Billboard Hot 100.
Beat out more than 10,000 people to land a
$1 million recording contract on American Idol.
Brother: Jason (b. 1973), sister: Alyssa (b.
1976).
Kelly stayed up all night before her
American Idol audition so she wouldn't sleep through the alarm, which
she frequently did in high school.
Used to work at a bookstore and at a zoo.
Used to work at Hollywood Theatres in
Burleson, Texas.
Sang the National Anthem at The Day of
Service in Washington D.C., on September 11, 2002.
Christina Aguilera co-wrote her hit,
"Miss Independent".
Came in second place in World Idol.
Avril Lavigne co-wrote her new single
'Breakaway' which is on the soundtrack for Princess Diaries 2: The Royal
Engagement.
Debut album, "Thankful" went
double platinum.
Is of Greek, Irish and German descent.
As a child, her favorite thing to wear was a
Mickey Mouse t-shirt.
Performed at the 2003 Radio Music Awards.
Sophmore album, "Breakaway",
debuted at number three.
Is the first artist in the Billboard Radio
Monitor era to hold the No. 1 spot at Mainstream Top 40 and AC during
the same week with two different songs (Breakaway and Since U Been
Gone).
Ranked #92 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the
World (2005).
Became the first artist to have two songs in
the top three of Billboard's Pop 100 Airplay chart (Since U Been Gone,
Behind These Hazel Eyes)
Underwent LASIK eye surgery to correct her
vision
"Breakaway" was her album of
parting ways with her "American Idol" image, producing a
serious artist image, in that she wrote some of her own songs, many with
a rock sound a la Sheryl Crow and Michelle Branch, while appealing to
more of a mature, Adult Contemporary audience. It worked: she topped
both the mainstream Top 40 and AC Charts, at the same time, with
different songs.
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