Born: April 24, 1982
City and Country of Origin: Burleson, Texas
Music Training: high school choir;
Awards:
Top Recordings: "A Moment Like This,"
Kelly Clarkson Biography: The first winner of Fox TV's "American Idol". She was a member of the choir in high school and left for Hollywood after completing school to pursue an acting career, but after landing only one small part in an episode of "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" she returned home to Texas. Back home she worked at a movie theatre promoting Red Bull and in a comedy club as a waitress at the time she entered as an American Idol contestant. After winning the competition she was signed to a recording contract by RCA.

Music by the Decade:
Sounds of the Fifties
Sounds of the Sixties
Sounds of the Seventies
Sounds of the Eighties
Sounds of the Nineties