Born April 24, 1982 in Forth Worth, Texas, Kelly Clarkson's talent originally
emerged at high school when her starring performances in various musical shows
inspired her to study music. She won the very first season of American Idol in
2002, finishing with an emotive performance of the big ballad "A Moment Like
This" – written especially for the competition winner – which sold over 236,000
copies in its first week of release, going to number one in the US and Canada.
She followed it with an equally successful debut album, Thankful (2003), a
movie, From Justin to Kelly, and became...