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Interestingly, the beautiful, blonde, American singer primarily craved a career in marine biology, however was later apparently put off when she watched the famous shark attack film ‘Jaws”. The Texas born girl, is the youngest of three children, her brother, Jason, actually appeared in one of her music videos.
Kelly Clarkson performed in several musicals in her hometown school, Burleson High School, including, ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ and, ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’. Additionally, she also impressively sang at her school talent show, to which she received a great response and was given lots of positive feedback. Subsequently this encouraged her to peruse singing lessons and classical training.
In 2002, Kelly’s primarily emerged on the public’s radar in 2002 through the talent show, American Idol, of which she won. This was her breakthrough and since, she has never looked back. Kelly became a worldwide pop symbol!
Since the show, Kelly has excitingly sold over 20 million albums internationally, achieving and astonishing 7 singles on the highly regarded, ‘Top 10’ on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Furthermore, she has released four powerful studio albums, with three of them going platinum.
Through all her success, Kelly has also achieved a whopping two American Music Awards, two Grammy Awards, two MTV Music Awards, and 11 Billboard Music Awards. Wow.
Live reviews
Delightfully quirky and ridiculously talented, Kelly Clarkson is a once in a lifetime artist. Her shows are high energy, but not overly produced with simple sets and a rockin’ band. From the second she steps on stage, it’s clear the audience is there for one reason and one reason alone: that voice. If you’re not there for the shear euphoria of listening to Kelly sing, you might feel a bit out of place with those around you. Be prepared to hoot and holler as she hits a high note or belts a verse to perfection.
Next to her voice, the best thing about Kelly is her “This is me. Take it or leave it” attitude. She is unapologetically herself. No drama, no frills. She has no problem letting the audience in on the Hair of the Dog sloshing around in her solo cup—a necessary evil to cure a night of drunk bicycle riding at a friend’s birthday party the night before. You might even get a story or two about group yoga sessions with the band. I watched her trip once at a show in Milwaukee and twist her ankle so badly roadies had to carry her off stage—but not before hilariously raising her hands in salute to Molly Shannon’s Mary Katherine Gallagher from Saturday Night Live. You know? “Superstar!”
Perhaps a throwback to her Idol days, Kelly tends to perform a lot of covers, but each one will blow you away. From haunting versions of Florence and the Machine’s “Heavy in Your Arms”, to soaring vocals on any number of Aretha Franklin tunes, to crowd pleasing radio hits like Fun’s “We are Young,” Kelly nails every note and every line with emotion and reverence.
Whether she’s the opening act or the main event, Kelly will bring it. She’s a must-see!
acafesociety
There are very fews singers with the same universal appeal as Kelly Clarkson. Her melodic pop has made consistent appearances on charts on both sides of the Atlantic for the last decade and she has a number of modern 00's hits such as 'Since U Been Gone'.
The lady herself is also a wonderfully charismatic personality and this helps with the overall appeal as the whole audience cheers as one as she addresses them warmly. She is a vocal powerhouse onstage as she hits a whole variety of notes with ease and really throws herself into impassioned versions of 'My Life Would Suck Without You' and 'I Forgive You'. There is break in tempo for the downplayed 'Breakaway' which makes the whole venue suddenly feel very personal and Kelly's passionate manner make the performance rather moving. The pace is picked up though for a perfect finale of 'Since U Been Gone' and 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)' which are two brilliant examples of pop done so right.
sean-ward
If you must know, I have a love-hate relationship with reality TV. American Idol was my first foray into an addictive series and I blame it all on Kelly Clarkson. In the 14 or so years since her season, I've loved everything she's released, yet never made the time to see her in concert. This year I righted that wrong.
We didn't come to see Kelly lip-sync while doing mediocre choreography, we came to here her SING, and she did just that. From her char-toppers to her current album's tracks, I sang everyone word for word. The hoarse voice the next day was well worth it just to be there to hear her ANNOUNCE HER SECOND BABY ON THE WAY!
Glad you waited for me to be there, Kelly. Twas an honor.
nick_tooch
Kelly Clarkson is totally, absolutely, without question, a true TALENT. She has the vocal range to sing anything, and sing it wonderfully. I saw Kelly for the Meaning of Life tour because I really liked the album, but the real gems of the show apart from her bubbly personality and amazing voice is all the hit songs.
Kelly sang all her classics and they sound fantastic, it was really great. Plus she did a cover of idontwantobeyouanymore and it was really wonderful.
Kelly was really great, and I would see her again. Of all the pop-stars I've seen, Kelly completely blew me away with her voice, just so freaking great.
Senorita_Grey
I thought that Kelly Clarkson was really good!! I liked how she sang some of her old songs and some of her newer songs. I also thought she was really engaging with the audience, and that is a really good quality to have. I also liked how she got emotional in the song Piece by Piece. It shows you how much that song means to her. So, overall I thought it was a fantastic show and I would definitely go again!!!
Annieg14
Kelly was aaamazingg! She's a beautiful person and singer inside and out! I loved all her throwback songs.. Miss Independent and Walk Away were my childhood songs. It was a great atmosphere even in the lawn section. Definitely see her!!
mika24
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