Kelly Clarkson Is Built To Last

As a rule, winning American Idol hasn't guaranteed anyone a successful career in music. It's a popularity contest. It's a big expensive version of being named king or queen of the prom. That's not the best analogy, for it to be accurate you'd have to sign a lifelong contract with your highschool prom organizers.

Anyway, people like Ruben Studdard and Anastasia and Clay Aiken have not had their success on the show translate into selling albums and selling concert tickets.

Kelly Clarkson is the exception. She keeps getting more popular and ,more importantly, she is getting better at whay she does. She's a huge concert draw and her album spent over a year on the charts.

Here's a link to more gushing about how good Kelly Clarkson is...

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Kelly Clarkson Pole Dancing With Clay Aiken As The Pole

If I was as sexually non-threatening as Clay Aiken, maybe Kelly would back her a** up to me. If only. Click the pic to watch a clip of them performing 'When Doves Cry' on Google Video.

Kelly Clarkson Will Perform In Israel

Kelly Clarkson said that she was excited about making her first trip to Israel. "It's amazing that in such a far away place I have fans who want me to come to play. I can't wait to see the places Danny's told me about," Clarkson said.

She's referring to her Israeli guitarist Danny Weissfeld, who has been lobbying for this tour date since he started working with Clarkson.

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Kelly Clarkson's Contract With 19 Group

Many posts ago, I mentioned Kelly Clarkson turning down an invitation to appear on the Australian Version of Idol. That got me wondering about her contract with Idol producers. Has some parts of the contract run out?

I had to go WAY back to 2002 to find any good info. Salon finds out what they can about the contract that Idol contestants sign. The legalese is amazing in some of the contract clauses. A big thing is the $5 million dollars that the contestants are liable for if they give out behind the scenes info about Idol. It's no wonder you don't hear also rans belly-aching about the show.

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Happy Anniversary For Chart Topping Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson's phenomenal RCA Records album "Breakaway" celebrates its first anniversary on the Billboard album chart with an amazing 52-week run in the top 20.

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Sweet Kelly Clarkson Video

I love Google Video.

One thing I found there was a quality streaming video from Rolling Stone of Kelly performing 'Hear Me'.

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Kelly Clarkson's Boyfriend

Ardent fans most likely know that Kelly Clarkson has been in a relationship with Oklahoma-born rocker Graham Colton for several months now. He is the frontman for the band that opens for Clarkson on tour. The Graham Colton Band is actually taking a break from the Clarkson tour to record an album.

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