Posted September 28, 200618 yr All about Kelly you need to know. 2002 # 52 Singles Artist of the Year September *With 2 remaining finalists, Kelly and Justin Guarini, America voted Kelly as the first US American Idol with 58% of the votes. *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "A Moment Like This." *The American Finalists along with Kelly performed live in Las Vegas for a special concert airing on Fox. *Kelly topped the Canadian singles chart with "A Moment Like This." October *Kelly topped the Billboard Hot 100 with "A Moment Like This" for 2 weeks and the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 5 weeks and went into the record books with the biggest jump to #1 in Billboard's history (from # 52). The single (with the B-side "Before Your Love") sold over 236,000 copies in its first week of release. *American Idol Greatest Moments was released and included tracks from all Top 10 finalists including 4 tracks by Kelly. *Kelly hit the Top 10 with "A Moment Like This." *Kelly's single "Before Your Love / A Moment Like This" was certified gold. December *Kelly topped the Billboard Year-End Charts with the Top Hot 100 Single Sales ("A Moment Like This"). 2003 # 8 Singles Artist of the Year January * Kelly was nominated for a American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist. April *Kelly's debut LP, Thankful, was released. She said of the LP: "There's soul. I have some rock on there. I have some big bluesy numbers and I have 2 ballads I think, and some faster, hip-hoppy stuff." Entertainment Weekly said of Kelly's debut LP: "Her range is awesome. She owns pop, R&B, country and gospel. America was right to idol-ize her." The first single, "Miss Independent," was co-written by Christina Aguilera. *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Miss Independent." May *Kelly topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart for a week with Thankful - selling almost 300,000 copies in the US its first week of release. *Thankful was certified platinum. *Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Miss Independent." June *Kelly hit #1 for 5 weeks with "Miss Independent." *Kelly topped the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 6 weeks and Mainstream Top 40 chart for 6 weeks with "Miss Independent." *Kelly and Justin Guarini's movie - From Justin To Kelly - hit theaters and only grossed 2.9 million dollars its first week of release (coming in at #11 for the weekend of its release). August *Kelly won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Music Female Artist. *Kelly's video for "Miss Independent" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop Video, and Viewer's Choice. *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Low." September *Kelly appeared on the NBC TV show American Dreams. October *Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Low." November *Kelly released the DVD Miss Independent. *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "The Trouble With Love Is." December *Thankful was certified 2x platinum. 2004 # 14 Singles Artist of the Year January *Kelly participated in the first 'World Idol' competition against 10 other 'Idol' winners from countries around the world and came in second. The winner of 'World Idol' was Norway's Kurt Nilsen. *Kelly hit the Top 10 with "The Trouble With Love Is." February *Kelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female ("Miss Independent"). *Kelly and Clay Aiken co-headlined a tour together. August *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Breakaway" from the soundtrack for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. September *Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Breakaway." November *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Since U Been Gone." The song eventually set a record for the most weeks on the chart since the chart was conceived in 1980. *Kelly released her next LP, Breakaway. Billboard called the LP a "...rare exhibition of substance over style. Throughout, Clarkson exhibits the ability to dominate. Clarkson proves that she's the real thing, packed with enough potency to ensure radio that she's here to stay." December *Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Since U Been Gone." *Kelly topped the Billboard Hot Digital Tracks chart with "Since U Been Gone." *# 155 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart. 2005 # 1 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Female Artist of the Year) February *Kelly performed on Saturday Night Live. *Kelly hit #1 for 8 weeks with "Since U Been Gone." *Breakaway was certified platinum and the singles "Breakaway" and "Since U Been Gone" were certified gold. March *Kelly topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 21 weeks with "Breakaway." *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Behind These Hazel Eyes." *Breakaway was certified 2x platinum. *The single "Miss Independent" was certified gold. April * Kelly topped the Billboard Pop 100 chart for 6 weeks, Top 40 Mainstream chart, Pop 100 Airplay chart, and Hot Dance Radio Airplay chart with "Since U Been Gone." May *Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Behind These Hazel Eyes." July *Kelly's single "Since U Been Gone" fell off the Top 40 after 33 weeks making it the longest charting single in the ARC Weekly Top 40 history. *Breakaway was certified 3x platinum and the single "Behind These Hazel Eyes" was certified gold. August *Kelly won 4 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Album (Breakaway), Choice Single ("Since U Been Gone"), Choice Summer Song ("Behind These Hazel Eyes"), and Choice Female Artist. *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Because Of You." *Kelly topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart with "Behind These Hazel Eyes." *The video for "Since U Been Gone" won 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video, and was nominated for Viewer's Choice. Kelly performed at the ceremony. September *Kelly performed on ReAct Now: Music & Relief - a benefit program shown on music video channels to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. *Kelly had to cancel a few concert dates due to bronchitis. *Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Because Of You." October *Kelly hit #1 for 5 weeks with "Because Of You." November *Kelly topped the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay chart and Top 40 Mainstream chart with "Because Of You." *Kelly won 2 American Music Awards for Artist of the Year and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Breakaway). *Breakaway was certified 4x platinum. December *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Walk Away." *Kelly had the #3 selling LP of 2005 with Breakaway selling over 3.4 million copies during the year. *Kelly topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist - Female (singles & albums), Top Hot 100 Singles Artist - Female, Top Pop 100 Artist, Top Hot Dance Airplay Artist, Top Hot Adult Contemporary Artist, and Top Hot Adult Top 40 Artist, and with the Top Pop 100 Song and Top Pop 100 Airplay Track ("Since U Been Gone"), and Top Soundtrack Single and Top Hot Adult Contemporary Track ("Breakaway"). 2006 January *Breakaway was certified 5x platinum, the single "Since U Been Gone" was certified platinum, and the single "Because Of You" was certified gold. *Kelly won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer. February *Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Walk Away." *Kelly won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female ("Since U Been Gone") and Best Pop Vocal Album (Breakaway). Kelly performed at the ceremony. April *Kelly won a Kid's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer. March *The single "Walk Away" was certified gold. May *Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Gone." August *The video for "Because Of You" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video and was nominated for Viewer's Choice. *Kelly was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.
September 28, 200618 yr oooo this looks interesting, i will have to read this properly tomorrow and pin it :lol:
September 29, 200618 yr I love that! Its so cool that she was the number one singles artist one year :D
September 29, 200618 yr *Kelly topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 21 weeks with "Breakaway." WOW would be nice to add some uk stuff
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