Posted August 8, 200618 yr No mere "Idol," Kelly Clarkson is a real pop winner By Patrick MacDonald Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" tour arrives Sunday at the White River Amphitheatre. Her next album is due in stores in February. Despite all the hype and hoopla and giant TV ratings, the only real pop-music idol "American Idol" has produced in its five seasons is Kelly Clarkson, the first winner. She's endured not because of the "Idol" connection but in spite of it. She survived that horrible movie quickie, "From Justin to Kelly" (Justin Guarini was not so lucky), and cut her ties to 19 Entertainment, the management and production company "Idol" winners are required to work for (it's owned by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller), as soon as she could. Fuller probably would've kept her singing "A Moment Like This," the power ballad that made her the "Idol" winner, forever. Clarkson not only doesn't do that song anymore, she performs only a few songs from her post-"Idol" album, "Thankful" (which sold more than 2 million). On her current tour, which comes to the White River Amphitheatre on Sunday, she concentrates on material from her latest album, "Breakaway" (which has sold more than 5 million copies and has been on the Billboard 200 album chart for 86 weeks), and also sings songs from a new album due early next year, as well as some covers. (The upcoming album will be released around the time of her HBO concert special, set for Feb. 3, 2007, live from London's Wembley Stadium.) The double-Grammy winning "Breakaway" has yielded a string of hits, highlighted by the huge "Since U Been Gone" (her singing is better than the song) and also including the title cut, "Behind These Hazel Eyes," "Because of You" and the current "Walk Away." Clarkson, 24, has remade herself since "Idol." No longer the awkward girl belting showstoppers, she's developed into a confident performer with an impressive range. She now sings jazz, blues and rock, along with the flashy, overwrought, big-finish pop that is "Idol's" stock in trade. She even dresses better now — younger and more "street." And her hair has returned to brunette.
August 8, 200618 yr Author Great read there, and i think Febuary is a perfect time to release! It will have it where people will not be sick of her anymore and be looking forward to her new stuff :D
August 8, 200618 yr "(The upcoming album will be released around the time of her HBO concert special, set for Feb. 3, 2007, live from London's Wembley Stadium.)"
August 8, 200618 yr I think February is too early, she should leave it until around next May if you ask me, you know what the UK are like, like an artist one minute, get bored the next :(
August 8, 200618 yr Author "(The upcoming album will be released around the time of her HBO concert special, set for Feb. 3, 2007, live from London's Wembley Stadium.)" It means it will be released the same time she does the show in wembleys stadium! And thats very true kalen! :(
August 8, 200618 yr She did say that she will release it in the usa first then oz i think and then the uk or uk then oz one of the two..so i think the uk won't get it until like march...maybe april.. hopefully may :P
August 8, 200618 yr whens the next single and what is it? is it go? Erm the next single will be when the next album is out.... the next album is out in feb in the usa...go more than likely will not be a single..it was for a ford campaign.
August 9, 200618 yr I may import the album if it's out in the US first, I did that with Breakaway too
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