[lostalex]

She is the first and best, What an amazing talent, she still speaks for me. She is still people like us!

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[Smithy]

The only person who can sound better during a live performance than the actual studio recording

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[lostalex]

I love how she can go from America's Sweetheart one minute, but also be dark and sad and angry. She pulls it all off, because she's so genuine in everything she does.

She's not afraid to show many different sides.

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[Kate!]

She's great.

[Z]

It's almost a shame how right America got it on that very first series of American Idol because every winner since Kelly Clarkson has sort of paled in significance, I can't think of any American Idol winner who's been as internationally successful as her. What a voice!

[MeMyselfAndI]

Originally Posted by Zee

It's almost a shame how right America got it on that very first series of American Idol because every winner since Kelly Clarkson has sort of paled in significance, I can't think of any American Idol winner who's been as internationally successful as her. What a voice!

Carrie Underwood is actually the most successful American Idol

[Z]

Originally Posted by MeMyselfAndI

Carrie Underwood is actually the most successful American Idol

Not internationally she's not, she's very much an American artist for Americans, I couldn't name one of her songs. Kelly Clarkson's well known around the world.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by MeMyselfAndI

Carrie Underwood is actually the most successful American Idol

by what measure? album sales? #1 singles? awards?

[MeMyselfAndI]

Originally Posted by Zee

Not internationally she's not, she's very much an American artist for Americans, I couldn't name one of her songs. Kelly Clarkson's well known around the world.

Carrie is well known internationally, just not in the UK, anyway thats not relevant to the fact that Carrie is the most successful American Idol alumini

Originally Posted by lostalex

by what measure? album sales? #1 singles? awards?

Going by album sales, tour sales & revenue, wealth, 6 grammy awards & having 12 US number one's, all in a shorter period

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by MeMyselfAndI

Going by album sales, tour sales & revenue, wealth, 6 grammy awards & having 12 US number one's, all in a shorter period

Carrie Underwood

Album Sales: 12,472,000
Track Sales: 18,933,000
Radio Plays: 3,331,000
YouTube Plays: 137,804,154


Kelly Clarkson

Album Sales: 11,219,000
Track Sales: 19,526,000
Radio Plays: 5,197,000
YouTube Plays: 194,160,919

(those are US figure alone)

From June 2013, before Kelly released a Greatest Hits album and an xmas album which sales combines add to around 1.8 million, not including single sales from either record either

Kelly has over 100 #1's in the US and 3 on the Hot 100 (whereas carrie has just one)

[Kate!]

The original and definitely the best.

There have been some talented performers over the years, and the cream of the crop has not always won either, but Kelly is in a class of her own.

Favourite song by her is What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger.

[Marc]

Her and Carrie have done well amazing

[Kate!]

Taylor Hicks was a travesty victory - nice lad, but shouldn't have won.

[Headie]

I entered this thread expecting to see Fantasia or Candice Glover

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Hayden

I entered this thread expecting to see Fantasia or Candice Glover

Really? I don't believe you.

[lostalex]

This is Kelly Clarkson performing 10 minutes before Beyonce lip-synched at Obama's inauguration and later used the excuse that it was "too cold" to sing live... wasn't too cold for Kelly though

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[Z]

She's such a star

[Z]

I just love that she delivers this stellar performance and then steps away from the microphone and is suddenly this little goofball, so funny

[Smithy]

The fact she sings like a goddess then has then turns out to be the most adorkable celeb of all time

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[Z]

She's actually hilarious I'm loling at both of those videos so much hahahahaha

[Z]

She's a huge country star but country music is only really popular in the USA, as far as I'm aware?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Zee

She's a huge country star but country music is only really popular in the USA, as far as I'm aware?

This, I know that my hatred for Country Music might make me sound biased but Carrie Underwood is not as successful as Kelly Clarkson because away from the US, Country Music is quite unpopular so therefore Kelly will win that battle for that reason alone.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by The Mockinator

This, I know that my hatred for Country Music might make me sound biased but Carrie Underwood is not as successful as Kelly Clarkson because away from the US, Country Music is quite unpopular so therefore Kelly will win that battle for that reason alone.

Yea, but still being a big fish in a small pond, is still being a big fish... like heavy metal in northern Europe. i hate death metal, but i respect that fact that northern Europe loves metal and some bands are HUGE over there.

Kelly is a big fish in a big pond though. Carrie is a big fish in a small pond.

[Z]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Yea, but still being a big fish in a small pond, is still being a big fish... like heavy metal in northern Europe. i hate death metal, but i respect that fact that northern Europe loves metal and some bands are HUGE over there.

Kelly is a big fish in a big pond though. Carrie is a big fish in a small pond.

Kelly Clarkson's a mid sized fish in a big pond; Carrie is a big fish in a small pond. Both are really successful and have achieved way more than anyone would have ever thought possible and I think have shaken off their talent show roots and been accepted as stars in their own right - just depends on whether you view global relevance or national relevance as being the bigger success - because although Kelly's popular around the world, she's not in the same league as the likes of Beyonce or Rihanna in terms of success so it's not like she's the biggest star going, but she's been going for over a decade with no signs of slowing down which is quite impressive. Carrie Underwood meanwhile is a huge star in a genre that may only be popular in the USA but just calling it popular is doing country music a disservice... it's huge.

[Shaun]

no one cares about carrie underwood