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From Idol To Music Artist By Groshan Fabiola Who would have thought that a young cocktail waitress from Texas would eventually have three labels? Kelly Clarkson won the first American Idol contest back in 2002, and was awarded with a record deal and the chance at a career. That is when the Texas native released her first album, Thankful in 2003. It is no surprise either, that that single album was so well received. Not only did several of the hits get number one on many hit-lists; but the album sol over two million copies, and the reviews to go along with it.
It took a long while for her to make it in to the scene. Before winning "American Idol", Clarkson joined her school's chorus and began singing late in her youth, at age 13. Even back then, her voice was strikingly amazing, and everyone knew that she would one day have her own labels. After graduating high school the lively young singer with a powerful voice recorded her own songs while holding down numerous jobs. Some of these songs she put onto websites for people to find the files. But the downloading sites were not popular enough for her to get noticed. She then moved west to make an attempt at a career, but as fate would have it, it wasn't her time yet. After a series of mishaps while living in Los Angeles, including an apartment fire that left her with nothing, she returned home to Texas.
Luckily, when she returned home, her friends urged her to enter into the contest, and from there, everyone knows what happened. Clarkson's title choices for her albums seem to reflect the stages of her career thus far. "Thankful" was released after her Idol win, as she sang her praises to the success of the contest, and the whole experience. But her sophomore effort, Breakaway, symbolic of establishing herself as a successful artist, is free of the ties that bound her to once being a mere contest winner. With "Breakaway" she establishes herself as an independent force in the pop world. The album is more hard-edged than her debut and hints of other important pop rock singers, like Avril
Lavigne. But at the end of the day, it’s all Clarkson.
Her Idol appearance proved to the world that she had talent, her first album proved she had a voice. In her second album, she told the world that she was more than a contest winner. Now Clarkson is now free to shine and to make her own music. Her new ranges multiple genres with her voice nicely fitting each tune. She hit the Top 10 with the previous album with several hits. Highlights from the album include her number-one hit "Since U Been Gone," "Behind Hazel Eyes," and "Because of You." The latter is a great piano ballad that has the feel of a country-crossover artist. It is perhaps the best song on the disc and showcases Clarkson's great voice.
Although the subject of many of the songs is the cliché "break-up" theme, it's still very good. There are few pre-fabricated sounds like drum machines and synthesizers, but Clarkson's second album does a nice job of proving that she's the real deal, and she will most likely get even better as she matures as a songwriter.
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