Composer
Kelly Brianne Clarkson
American singer-songwriter (born 1982)
b. 1982
36 works in the index
- Born
- 1982
- Birthplace
- Burleson
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Kelly Brianne (born Kelly Brianne Clarkson, April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Rising to fame after winning the first season of American Idol, she has established a multi-decade career in music and television and is credited with having a lasting impact on televised talent shows. Known as a vocal powerhouse and versatile performer, she was ranked one of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone.
Signed to RCA Records in 2002, Clarkson released her chart-topping debut single, "A Moment Like This", which became the best-selling single of the year in the US. Her R&B and gospel-influenced debut album, Thankful (2003), entered the US Billboard 200 at number one. Clarkson shifted genres to pop rock for Breakaway (2004), one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century. Its singles "Since U Been Gone" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes" were among the top ten charted songs of 2005 in the US, while "Because of You" topped the charts in Europe. After the lukewarm reception to My December (2007), with its darker rock music, Clarkson returned to radio-friendly pop rock sounds with All I Ever Wanted (2009) and Stronger (2011), which each produced number-one singles "My Life Would Suck Without You" and "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", respectively.
Clarkson ventured into Christmas music with Wrapped in Red (2013), which became the best-selling holiday album of the year and featured "Underneath the Tree", American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)'s most popular Christmas song released in the 21st century. Following the release of the number-one album Piece by Piece (2015), she signed with Atlantic Records and recorded three further albums titled Meaning of Life (2017), When Christmas Comes Around... (2021), and Chemistry (2023), with the latter serving as her final release on a major label. Clarkson returned to television as a coach on The Voice for ten seasons between 2018 and 2026. She remains the female coach with the most winning contestants (four) in the show's history. From 2019 to 2026, she hosted her own talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show.
With over 82 million records sold worldwide, Clarkson is one of the world's best-selling music artists. She has received various accolades, including three Grammy Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, four American Music Awards, eight Daytime Emmy Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Billboard ranked her as the Top Female Artist of 2005 and the 11th most successful female artist of the 21st century. Clarkson's first seven studio albums generated a total of 12 top-ten hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart between 2002 and 2024, as well as 10 top-ten singles in the UK, Canada, and Australia. Having a crossover appeal on various radio formats, she became the first act in history to top each of Billboard's pop, adult contemporary, country, and dance airplay charts. VH1 ranked her nineteenth on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.
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Life and musical career
- Selected occupations
- singer; singer-songwriter; actor; children's writer; film actor; writer; voice actor; recording artist; talk show host; reality television participant; composer; pop singer
- Education
- Burleson High School
- Instruments played
- voice
- Genres
- pop rock; pop music; contemporary R&B
- Selected awards
- Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance; Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album; American Music Award for Artist of the Year; American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist; Country Music Association Award for Musical Event of the Year; Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host; Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment; MuchMusic Video Award for Peoples Choice: Favourite International Video; Teen Choice Award for Choice Music – Female Artist; Hollywood Walk of Fame; MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video; MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video
- Official website
- http://www.kellyclarkson.com/
- Birth name
- Kelly Brianne Clarkson
- Nickname
- The Original American Idol; Pop Princess; Queens of Covers
- Native languages
- American English
- Languages used
- American English
- VIAF ID
- 5188462
- ISNI
- 0000000114370895
- GND ID
- 135327601
- Library of Congress ID
- n2002041300
- MusicBrainz ID
- d339efbb-77b9-4147-ba9e-59f2f24550b2
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal
- Genres represented
- pop, Rock
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 36
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never Again | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 3 |
| Because Of You | — | — | — | — | Rock, pop | 2 |
| Breakaway | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | Rock, pop | 5 |
| A Moment Like This | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | Rock, pop | 4 |
| Miss Independent | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 4 |
| Addicted | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 2 |
| The Trouble with Love Is | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 3 |
| One Minute | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 2 |
| I Hate Myself For Losing You | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 2 |
| Don't Waste Your Time | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Maybe | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Low | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 2 |
| Hear Me | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 2 |
| Sober | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Beautiful Disaster | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 2 |
| Hole | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Yeah | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Where Is Your Heart | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 2 |
| How I Feel | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Since U Been Gone | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | Rock, pop | 2 |
| Behind These Hazel Eyes | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| Be Still | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Irvine | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Can I Have A Kiss | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Judas | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Anytime | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| Before Your Love | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| Already Gone | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| Just Missed The Train | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| Haunted | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Thankful | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| Gone | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| You Thought Wrong | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| Walk Away | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| What's Up Lonely | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
| You Found Me | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | pop | 1 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 5188462. Portrait: Stephen Schester/Carlin Leslie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.