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Kelly Clarkson
Actor, Writer, Director
Born April 24, 1982 (40 years)
Kelly Brianne (born April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her debut single, "A Moment Like This", topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and became the country's best selling single of 2002. It was included on her debut studio album, Thankful (2003), which debuted atop the Billboard 200. Trying to reinvent her image, Clarkson parted ways with Idol management and shifted to pop rock for her second studio album, Breakaway (2004). Supported by four US top-ten singles – the title track, "Since U Been Gone", "Behind These Hazel Eyes", and "Because of You" – Breakaway sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.
Clarkson took further creative control for her third studio album, My December (2007), co-writing all of its tracks and becoming its executive producer. However, her label was dissatisfied with the album's darker rock music and promoted it reluctantly. Clarkson's fourth and fifth studio albums, All I Ever Wanted (2009) and Stronger (2011), returned to a lighter tone and pop rock sound, with the former becoming her second US number-one album and the latter making her the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album twice. Both albums spawned a Hot 100 number-one single: "My Life Would Suck Without You", which holds the record for the biggest jump to number one in the chart's history, and "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which became her best-selling single worldwide. Clarkson then became the first American female artist to release the best-selling Christmas album of the year with Wrapped in Red (2013). Her seventh studio album, Piece by Piece (2015), debuted at number-one in the US, while its title track reached the top ten. After leaving RCA and signing with Atlantic in 2016, Clarkson released her soul-influenced eighth album, Meaning of Life (2017), which was promoted by her highest-grossing tour to date. She went on to release her ninth studio album and second Christmas album, When Christmas Comes Around... (2021).
Clarkson has sold over 25 million albums and 45 million singles worldwide. She has 11 top-ten singles in the US, and nine top-ten singles in the UK, Canada, and Australia. She became the first artist in history to top each of Billboard's pop, adult contemporary, adult pop, country, and dance charts. Clarkson also served as a coach on The Voice from its fourteenth season to the twenty-first season, and since 2019, has hosted her own talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show. Among her numerous accolades, Clarkson has received three MTV Video Music Awards, four American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and three Daytime Emmy Awards. Billboard has hailed Clarkson as "one of pop music's greatest singers", and honored her with the Powerhouse Award, while VH1 ranked her nineteenth on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.
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Filmography
| 2021 | The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Performer |
| 2021 | Hart to Heart (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | LuLaRich (TV Series) · as Self (archival footage) |
| 2021 | That’s My Jam (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | The 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2020 | 2020 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Host & Performer |
| 2020 | The Red Nose Day Special · as Self - Performer |
| 2020 | The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner: Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host |
| 2020 | Silent Night: A Song for the World · as Self |
| 2020 | 2020 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 2019 | The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards · as Self - Performer & Nominee |
| 2018 | Silent Night: A Song for the World · as Self |
| 2018 | The 60th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2018 | The 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Performer |
| 2017 | Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives · as Self |
| 2017 | Home: For the Holidays · as Herself |
| 2017 | The IMDb Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | A Pentatonix Christmas Special · as Herself |
| 2016 | Harry (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | CMA Country Christmas · as Self |
| 2015 | Josh Groban: Stages Live · as herself |
| 2015 | Jay Leno's Garage (2015) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Strange Inheritance (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale · as Herself |
| 2013 | Radio Disney Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Hollywood Game Night (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Crazy Ones (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas · as Herself |
| 2012 | FOX 25th Anniversary Special · as Self |
| 2012 | Nashville (2012) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Steve Harvey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Broke* · as Self |
| 2011 | The X Factor (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest |
| 2011 | Brain Games (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The Voice (TV Series) · as Self - Coach |
| 2011 | The Voice of Germany (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? (US) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Daybreak (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Celebrity Family Feud (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Top Chef (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2006 | America's Got Talent (TV Series) · as Herself - Guest Judge |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | CMT Giants (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2005 | The X Factor (AU) (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest |
| 2005 | Morning Express with Robin Meade (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The X Factor (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2003 | Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Canadian Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Australian Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade · as Self |
| 2003 | Summer Music Mania 2003 · as Self |
| 2002 | CMT Crossroads (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | Diary (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Good News Week (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | MADtv (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Footy Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1993 | Good Morning Australia (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | E! News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Christmas In Rockefeller Center (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1972 | Newsround (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |