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Kelly Clarkson discography
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American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson has released ten studio albums, eight extended plays, one compilation album, one remix album, and 56 singles (including eight as a featured artist). In 2002, she won the inaugural season of the television competition American Idol and was immediately signed to a recording deal with 19 Recordings, and RCA Records.[A] She made her chart debut in September 2002 with the double A-side single "Before Your Love"/"A Moment Like This", latter of which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart[B] and eventually became the year's best-selling single in the United States.[5] Her debut album, Thankful, was released in April 2003 and entered the US Billboard 200 chart at number one.[6][7] Thankful produced the hit lead single "Miss Independent" and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[8]
Released in 2004, Clarkson's second studio album Breakaway expanded her audience to international markets and currently remains as her most successful album to date with sales of 12 million copies worldwide.[9] Aided by the commercial successes of its worldwide hit singles "Since U Been Gone", "Behind These Hazel Eyes", "Because of You", "Walk Away", and "Breakaway", Breakaway topped the Irish Albums Chart and the Dutch Album Top 100 chart and became the world's seventh best-selling album of 2005, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).[10] Clarkson released her third studio album My December in 2007 amidst a highly publicized dispute with music mogul Clive Davis.[11] Though its commercial performance paled in comparison to its predecessor's,[12] it spawned the hit single "Never Again" and was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA.[13] In 2009, she released her fourth studio album All I Ever Wanted, which became her second number one entry on Billboard 200 chart.[12] Its lead single "My Life Would Suck Without You" currently maintains the record of the biggest jump to number one in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[14] and was followed by the hit singles "I Do Not Hook Up" and "Already Gone".[15]
In 2011, Clarkson released her fifth studio album Stronger, accompanied by the hit singles "Mr. Know It All" and "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)".[15] Stronger was certified platinum by the RIAA, fueled by the success of "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which currently stands as her most successful single with number one peak positions on sixteen Billboard charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[15][16] In 2012, Clarkson commemorated her tenth career anniversary with her first greatest hits compilation, Greatest Hits – Chapter One.[17] Accompanied by its hit lead single "Catch My Breath", Chapter One was certified gold by the RIAA.[8] Released in 2013, her sixth studio album and first Christmas record Wrapped in Red became that year's best-selling holiday album in the United States.[18] Its lead single "Underneath the Tree" recurrently charts as a popular Christmas hit song every holiday season since its release.[19]
Clarkson completed her recording contract with 19 and RCA with the release of her seventh studio album Piece by Piece in 2015.[20] Certified gold by the RIAA, it became her third number one album on Billboard 200 chart and produced the hit singles "Heartbeat Song" and "Piece by Piece", the latter of which celebrated her milestone 100th number one listing on the Billboard charts.[21][22] A year later, she signed a long-term recording contract with Atlantic Records. Her first record on the label and her eighth studio album Meaning of Life was released in 2017 and produced the hit single "Love So Soft".[23] This was followed by her second Christmas album, When Christmas Comes Around... in 2021, accompanied by the single "Christmas Isn't Canceled (Just You)".[24] In 2023, Clarkson released her tenth studio album, Chemistry, which included the lead singles "Mine" and "Me".[25]
To date, Clarkson has sold over 28 million albums and 54 million singles worldwide[26] and has sold over 18.6 million album-equivalent units (including 14.6 million in traditional album sales),[27] 35 million digital tracks,[28] 61 billion in cumulative radio audience, and 2.8 billion on-demand streams.[29]
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- Prior to the selection of the first American Idol winner in 2002, Clarkson signed a recording contract with 19 Recordings, which will reserve the phonographic rights to the master recordings commissioned throughout the indenture. 19 then entered into a "master agreement" with Simon Cowell's S Records (trading as Ronagold Limited) to appoint its affiliate RCA Records the exclusive license to distribute these recordings. An amendment in 2005 extended S to participate as 19's partner for five years, after which the license were directly given to RCA for the rest of the deal's duration.[1][2][3]
- Following a revision of its methodology of gauging the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1999, sales of singles with more than one current song will be given to the track which currently receives the most radio airplay. In the case of "Before Your Love"/"A Moment Like This", the latter received the most radio airplay detection and was credited on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, though "Before Your Love" was also deemed eligible to enter independently had it gained enough radio audience at the time.[4]
- In album-equivalent units, which are now being gauged as the industry standard following MRC's acquisition of Nielsen Soundscan as MRC Data in 2019.[50]
- In album-equivalent units, which are now being gauged as the industry standard following MRC's acquisition of Nielsen Soundscan as MRC Data in 2019.[50]
- Kellyoke did not enter the Billboard 200 but peaked at number 47 on the Top Album Sales chart.[63]
- "A Moment Like This" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 56 on the Official UK Singles Downloads Chart.[69]
- "Low" and "The Trouble with Love Is" charted simultaneously at the Official UK Singles Chart as a double-A side single.[69]
- "The Trouble with Love Is" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[71]
- "Sober" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[71]
- "Tie It Up" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[71]
- "Love So Soft" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 3 on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[75]
- "I Don't Think About You" peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[76]
- "Broken & Beautiful" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[71]
- "Broken & Beautiful" did not enter the ARIA Singles Chart, but peaked at number 48 on the Australia Digital Tracks Chart.[66]
- "Broken & Beautiful" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Canada Digital Song Sales chart.[77]
- "Broken & Beautiful" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 35 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[75]
- "I Dare You" did not enter the ARIA Singles Chart, but peaked at number 29 on the Australia Digital Tracks Chart.[66]
- "I Dare You" did not enter the Germany Singles Chart, but peaked at number 56 on the Official German Downloads Chart.[78]
- "I Dare You" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 38 on the NZ Hot 40 Singles Chart.[37]
- "I Dare You" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 47 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[79]
- "Christmas Isn't Canceled (Just You)" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot 40 Singles Chart.[37]
- "Mine" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on the Digital Song Sales chart.[76]
- "Mine" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales chart.[77]
- "Mine" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 36 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[37]
- "Mine" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[81]
- "Me" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Digital Song Sales chart.[76]
- "Me" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Canada Digital Song Sales chart.[77]
- "Me" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 43 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[82]
- "From the Jump" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 37 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[86]
- "You for Christmas" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[37]
- "Where Have You Been" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart.[76]
- "Where Have You Been" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 54 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[87]
- "PrizeFighter" did not enter the Hot Country Songs chart but peaked at number 46 on the Country Airplay component chart.[88]
- "Second Hand Heart" peaked at number four on the Dutch Top 40 Tipparade, which ranks the top 30 songs that have not yet entered the main Dutch Top 40 chart.[68]
- "I Dream in Southern" did not enter the Hot Country Songs chart but peaked at number 17 on the Country Digital Song Sales component chart.[92]
- "I Would've Loved You" did not enter the Hot Country Songs chart but peaked at number five on the Country Digital Song Sales component chart.[92]
- "You're Drunk, Go Home" did not enter the Hot Country Songs chart but peaked at number 22 on the Country Digital Song Sales component chart.[92]
- "It's Quiet Uptown" peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which ranks the top 25 songs that have not yet entered the Billboard Hot 100.[71]
- "Move You" peaked at number 56 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[76]
- "Move You" peaked at number 181 on the Official UK Singles Downloads Chart, which is a component chart of the Official UK Singles Chart.[69]
- "I've Loved You Since Forever" peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[76]
- "Keeping Score" peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[76]
- "Keeping Score" peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.[77]
- "Never Enough" peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[76]
- "Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain" peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[76]
- "Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain" did not enter the Hot Country Songs chart but peaked at number ten on the Country Digital Song Sales component chart.[92]
- "Wintersong" peaked at number five on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[76]
- "Wintersong" peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.[77]
- "9 to 5" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[76]
- "9 to 5" did not enter the Hot Country Songs chart but peaked at number six on the Country Digital Song Sales component chart.[92]
- "9 to 5" peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.[77]
- "If I Can't Have You" peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which ranks the top 25 songs that have not yet entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[71]
- "There's a New Kid in Town" did not enter the Hot Country Songs chart but peaked at number 44 on the Country Airplay component chart.[88]
- "Silent Night" did not enter the Hot Country Songs chart but peaked at number 39 on the Country Digital Song Sales component chart.[92]
- "Silent Night" peaked at number 74 on the Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.[77]
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart, which ranks the fastest-moving tracks in New Zealand.[75]
- "Just Sing" peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, which is a component chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[76]
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