Kelly Clarkson Net Worth

Kelly Clarkson's Quotes

• [on boys] You need to establish yourself before you let someone else in - I'm still finding myself.
• I'm petite but I was the biggest girl on my season. Everyone else weighed 100 pounds. Reporters would ask, "So what's it like being a big girl?" and I thought, "Big? What?" It was like "Wait, what am I doing wrong?" Luckily, I had a great mom and dad who helped me grow up feeling comfortable in my own skin. I have a curvy figure, which guys like. And performing isn't about looking the best or being the most beautiful. I do it because I love it. Look, nobody else has my butt. Nobody has my eyes. Nobody has my nose. It's all mine. And that's what makes me different from everyone.
• I'm only 27, not 40 and still single! I enjoy being single, I love work and I think people are so passive with relationships and I'm not that person.
• I'm an extremist, I'm either in a relationship or I'm not. I'm honest about it and I'll tell people, it's just there's nothing to tell. I have a very good life.
• I love my body. I'm very much okay with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.

Interesting Facts about Kelly Clarkson

1. Originally wanted to be a marine biologist but changed her mind when she saw the movie De zomer van de witte haai (1975).
2. Attended and graduated from Burleson High School, Burleson, Texas (2000).
3. Won the first season of American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002) on 4 September 2002.
4. Was a cocktail waitress at a comedy club in Arlington, Texas and at Hyena's Comedy Club in Downtown Fort Worth, Texas.
5. Daughter of Jeanne Clarkson and Joseph Clarkson.
6. Her first single sold nearly 250,000 copies in its first week.
7. Her first single, "A Moment Like This", set records by jumping from number 52 to the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
8. Beat out more than 10,000 people to land a $1 million recording contract on American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002).
9. Has two siblings: Jason Clarkson (born 1973) and Alyssa Clarkson (born 1976).
10. Kelly stayed up all night before her American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002) audition so she would not sleep through the alarm, which she frequently did in high school.
11. Used to work at Hollywood Theatres in Burleson, Texas. Used to work at a bookstore and at a zoo.
12. Sang the National Anthem at The Day of Service in Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2002.
13. Christina Aguilera co-wrote her hit single "Miss Independent".
14. Came in second place in World Idol (2003).
15. Avril Lavigne co-wrote her new single "Breakaway" which is on the soundtrack for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).
16. One of her maternal great-grandfathers, Harry George, was a Greek immigrant. Her other ancestry includes English, German, Irish and Scottish.
17. Her debut album, "Thankful" (2003), went double platinum.
18. Her sophomore album, "Breakaway" (2004), debuted at number three.
19. 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).
20. Ranked #92 in FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2005).