Kelly Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) was the winner in the first season of American Idol in 2002, and has gone on to become a phenomenal worldwide success. Her first album, Thankful, confirmed her status as a big star in the United States, especially with the single A Moment Like This, and her second album, Breakaway, has made her a worldwide star, with #1 singles: Breakaway, Since U Been Gone, Behind These Hazel Eyes, Because of You and Walk Away. Kelly has won numerous awards, including 3 MTV Video Music Awards, 4 American Music Awards, 2 Grammys and was nominated for two Brit Awards.

Her third album, My December, was released on June 26, 2007. It spawned four singles although only the first one,Never Again, was released worldwide and reached #8 and #9 in the US and the UK respectively. Sober was an American-only single and did not do so well on the US Billboard charts. No music video was made for this song. One Minute was released as a second single in Australia and it does not have a music video either. Don't Waste Your Time was the last UK and European single released from My December.

Kelly's fourth album called All I Ever Wanted was released on 10 March, 2009. The first single, My Life Would Suck Without You debuted at #97 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the next week it jumped to #1 making it the first song in history to do so, breaking the record held by the Britney Spears song Womanizer. I Do Not Hook Up has been confirmed as the second single. All I Ever Wanted has received favorable reviews by American and British critics alike.

All I Ever Wanted debuted on the Billboard 200 at #1 with sales of 255,000 copies. This marks the second time Clarkson topped this particular chart after her debut set Thankful, which began with 297,000 in 2003. In its second week on the Billboard 200, the album sold 90,000 copies, remaining at #1. In its third week, the album fell to #5, selling 52,000 copies. All I Ever Wanted is also doing well internationally. It debuted at #2 on the Australia Aria Charts, selling 10,000 copies. In the UK the album sold 40,000 copies and an additional 15,000 copies in Canada. It also debuted at #6 on the New Zealand RIANZ album chart, becoming Clarkson's highest debut there to date