Kelly Clarkson

Burleson Middle School, Burleson High School, University of Texas, University of North Texas, Berklee College of Music

singer, songwriter, actress

American Idol: Season 1

buying toys, building tree houses, skeet shooting, bowling, playing Guitar Hero, singing karaoke

The Goonies, Austin Powers

Soul, The Toadies, Aerosmith, No Doubt, Phil Collins, Chris Brown, The Black Eyed Peas

Friends, Designing Women, Late Night With Conan O'Brien

Taurus

Born in Fort Worth and raised in Burleson, Kelly grew-up with standard ambitions of serving the humanity. She desired to be Marine Biologist. Thankfully, those dreams were abandoned forever when she joined the school choir, at the age of 13, after her teacher found her singing to herself in the corridor. It was the first time her talent was found.
While still in school, she performed in state and regional singing competitions, amazing the audience with her voice. After graduation, she moved alone to Los Angeles. With high hopes, she started sending out her Demo-Tape in order to achieve her first step in the music industry. Meanwhile, she managed to get some very odd jobs, such as Telemarketer, Red-Bull promo-girl, waitress, pharmacy assistant, movie theatre and even at the zoo. She also was an extra on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and worked briefly with songwriter Gerry Goffin. Kelly was forced to move back to Burleson when her apartment in L.A. was burned down, leaving all her hopes high above.
But her best friend, Jessica, refuse to let her down. She heard about Auditions for the singing reality American Idol, being carried out all over the US. She suggested Kelly try her chance. That chance was of once in a lifetime. Kelly impressed the judges, who put her through to the next round. Through the competition she sang famous songs of artists as Aretha Franklin and Bette Midler. She became a favorite, and won in the final with the song A Moment Like This, earning 58% of the audience vote. Her career seemed never to be that high.
As a person, Kelly is much loved by her fans. She never misses a meeting with her fans, even if she's sick. She prefers not to speak about her love life, and therefore, nothing is known about it.
Given such qualities and characters, no doubt Kelly is not going to lack success in the next years to come.