[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!

[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

[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 Hayden

I entered this thread expecting to see Fantasia or Candice Glover

Really? I don't believe you.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by MeMyselfAndI

Carrie Underwood is actually the most successful American Idol

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

[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

[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

[Z]

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

[Shaun]

no one cares about carrie underwood

[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)

[MeMyselfAndI]

Originally Posted by Smithy

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

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)

You've said before the money is at the tours

Carrie underwood

$37,027,684 (Play On Tour)
$51,956,206 (Blown Away Tour)

Kelly clarkson

$13,785,602 (Addicted Tour)
$1,136,896 (My December Tour)
$2,646,708 (lAll I Ever Wanted Tour)
$5,581,714 (Stronger Tour)

speaks for itself..

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by MeMyselfAndI

You've said before the money is at the tours

Carrie underwood

$37,027,684 (Play On Tour)
$51,956,206 (Blown Away Tour)

Kelly clarkson

$13,785,602 (Addicted Tour)
$1,136,896 (My December Tour)
$2,646,708 (lAll I Ever Wanted Tour)
$5,581,714 (Stronger Tour)

speaks for itself..

Blown Away tour had 114 dates and Play On 109

The Addicted Tour had 25 dates
My December 53 dates
All I Ever Wanted had 63 dates
Stronger Tour had 57 dates

not really sure what you can prove from that (other than 90% of her tour dates being in the US, proving she is a very local artist)

and the info for kelly dates is only half there only 23 dates of 57 (for the stronger tour) reported their gross, so if you extrapolate the numbers it'd be around 14 million (if not more) for the whole tour

[Black Dagger]

I love Kelly as a person and everything she has achieved, but her music is meh for me, bar Because Of You

Most of the American Idol contestants I liked are flops though, so fair play to her <3.