Random Facts

Full Name: Kelly Brianne Clarkson
Nickname: Kellbelle
Birth Date: April 24th, 1982
Birth Place: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Growing Place: Burleson, Texas, USA
Height: 1.62m (5”4)
Sign: Taurus
Mother’s Name: Jeanne Ann Rose
Father’s Name: Stephen Michael Clarkson
Stepfather’s Name: Jimmy Taylor.
Siblings: Jason and Alyssa
Best Friend: Jessica, who helped her entering in American Idol
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Fragance: Vainilla
Favorite Movie: Gone With The Wind
Favorite Actress: Meryl Streep
Favorite TV Program: Friends, Will And Grace and Lost
Favorite Book: Old romances and also Harry Potter
Inspiration: Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, AC/DC, Annie Lenox, Reba McEntire and etc.
Most Important Day Of Her Life: Grammy Awards 2006
First Appearance at TV: Sabrina, The Teenager Witch
Favorite Song: “Why”, Annie Lenox, and “Against All Odds”, Phill Collins
Favorite Song Written By Her: “Addicted”

Trivia

Originally wanted to be a marine biologist but changed her mind when she saw the movie Jaws (1975).
Graduated from Burleson High School, Burleson, Texas in 2000.
Was a cocktail waitress at a comedy club in Arlington, Texas and at Hyena’s Comedy Club in Downtown Fort Worth, Texas.
Used to work at a bookstore and at a zoo.
Used to work at Hollywood Theatres in Burleson, Texas.
Is of Greek, Welsh, and Irish descent.
As a child, her favorite thing to wear was a Mickey Mouse t-shirt.
Ranked #92 in FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2005).
Underwent LASIK eye surgery to correct her vision
Parents divorced when she was six.
Said in a Reader’s Digest interview that as a toddler, she would often walk around naked and that, to this day, hates wearing clothes. Calls wardrobe fittings “the death of me”.
Considers her Texas home her “sanctuary” and turns off her cell phone when going home.
Had jobs as a teenager and determined that once she started making money as a musician, she never wanted to have to take a job for the money. Working with her business manager, she said she has financially set herself up for life.
Performed Ave Maria for Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2008. This took place at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, New York.

In Her Career

Was an extra on the show “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” (1996).
Kelly stayed up all night before her “American Idol: The Search for a Superstar” (2002) audition so she wouldn’t sleep through the alarm, which she frequently did in high school.
She won the first “American Idol” contest, September 4, 2002. Her first single came out in late September of that year.
Beat out more than 10,000 people to land a $1 million recording contract on American Idol.
Her first single, “A Moment Like This”, set records by jumping from number 52 to the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her first single sold nearly 250,000 copies in its first week.
Sang the National Anthem at The Day of Service in Washington D.C., on September 11, 2002.
Christina Aguilera co-wrote her hit, “Miss Independent”.
Came in second place in World Idol (2003) (TV).
Avril Lavigne co-wrote her new single ‘Breakaway’ which is on the soundtrack for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).
Debut album, “Thankful” went double platinum.
Is the first artist in the Billboard Radio Monitor era to hold the No. 1 spot at Mainstream Top 40 and AC during the same week with two different songs (Breakaway and Since U Been Gone).
Became the first artist to have two songs in the top three of Billboard’s Pop 100 Airplay chart (Since U Been Gone, Behind These Hazel Eyes)
Her music video for “Because of You” debuted at #1 on TRL. The only other artists to achieve this goal are Britney Spears, Eminem and “N’SYNC”.