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April 23, 2009

Kelly Clarkson on Boyfriends and Backlash

The pop star reveals the real inspiration behind "Cry" and her most embarrassing YouTube moment
March 9, 2009

Kelly Clarkson Aims for Pop-Radio Domination With New Disc

Behind the scenes with Clarkson and her all-star production team
March 25, 2005

Shanks Produces Pop Girls

Producer of the Year on Ashlee, Kelly, Michelle Branch

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All I Ever Wanted

Seven years ago, when Kelly Clarkson triumphed in the first American Idol competition by blasting out the high-schlocky inspirational ballad "A Moment Like This," who could have guessed that she would become the early 21st century's exemplary Angry Chick? Everything changed in 2004, when Clarkson...

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On September 4th, 2002, Kelly Clarkson became the first winner of American Idol — - a slightly dubious honor at the time, but one that allowed the Burleson, Texas, native to become among the best-selling solo performers of the '00s, and to later become an unlikely symbol for artistic independence in a tightly controlled major-label climate. Clarkson was born on April 24th, 1982, and turned...

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