I added pictures from a yearbook of her school!

Kelly was mentioned there few times. Check them out!

Reportage of anything Adam Lambert-related is a lot like an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race: You can actually hear her highness’ voice echoing in your ears, “Start your engines! May the best woman win!” Lambert will do something infuriatingly asinine. Then he’ll wonder why everyone’s so quick to jump down his throat. It’s a study in comparisons of American Idol alumna.

Because for every Lambert, you have someone graceful like Kelly Clarkson–who, despite putting out album after album of solid pop gems–continues to stay humble in the face of the most intrusive media speculation. She shirks garish eyeliner and costumes, letting her music sing for itself.
But unlike her junior Idol peer, Clarkson doesn’t kick and scream whenever the media tries to rake her over coals. She’ll just find a smart way to say, “Oh, that’s nice, but I’ve already sold like 23 million albums worldwide so eff you very much.”

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Kelly took to her blog to write an open letter to Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta in response to what he said here.

Wow …..Dear Scott Borchetta,

I understand defending your artist obviously because I have done the same in the past for artists I like, including Taylor, so you might see why its upsetting to read you attacking American Idol  for producing simply vocalists that hit ‘the high notes’. Thank you for that ‘Captain Obvious’ sense of humor because you know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well. Every artist has a bad performance or two and that is understandable, but throwing blame will not make the situation at hand any better. I have been criticized left and right for having shaky performances before (and they were shaky) and what my manager or label executives say to me and the public is “I’ll kick butt next time” or “every performance isn’t going to be perfect” ……I bring this up because you should take a lesson from these people and instead of lashing out at other artists (that in your ‘humble’ opinion lack true artistry), you should simply take a breath and realize that sometimes things won’t go according to plan or work out and that’s okay.

Sincerely,

One of those contestants from American Idol who only made it because of her high notes

Sources:
- Oh No They Didnt
- I am Kelly (Kelly’sBlog)
- Twitter

Kelly twittered today that she won’t be performing and attending the Grammy Awards because she is touring overseas. =’( Follow her @ http://twitter.com/kelly_clarkson if you haven’t done that already

Just in time for season 9 of American Idol, the original Idol Kelly Clarkson has joined Twitter. And fear not Kelly fans, this is no impostor, Kelly’s Twitter account has been confirmed as legit by her manager and the singer’s blog.

You can find the “Since U Been Gone” singer at @ Kelly_Clarkson. The original idol only has two Tweets so far, and she says she “make no promises, that I will say anything worth reading.” But we’ll be following avidly anyway.

Hopefully the original Idol takes some time to share her thoughts on this season of Idol hopefuls.

Merry Christmas!!
Hey everybody!

Just wanted to say hello and hope y’all are having a great Christmas (= So far my day has consisted of feeding and watering horses, slipping on my butt in A LOT of mud (thanks to all the pretty snow that came our way and then turned to crappy slush), playing with my dogs, opening some awesome presents from family and friends, and getting beat by my 7 year old nephew at the game Sorry ….very embarrassing, yet a reality. We just finished up my tour here in the U.S., in New Orleans (had an incredible end of tour party there, thank you New Orleans), and had an awesome tour run here in the states! I love my band and crew! They work so hard and are amazing people! I recorded a christmas song for my mom during the last show, for one of her presents this year, and it turned out alright so I’m gonna try and post it for y’all. I sang “I’ll be home for Christmas” and it’s not too bad so I thought y’all might want to have it since I don’t have a christmas cd or anything. Hopefully my internet works long enough out here in the sticks for me to be able to post it. I have come to the conclusion that I pissed off the internet gods and they hate me so we’ll see what happens (= Thanks for all the support this year! Without y’all I wouldn’t get to do what I love ….which would suck.

Sincerely,

(the girl who loves run-on sentences KC (= )

Source:

Kelly send a shoutout to her fans in Knoxville on 21st of october.

First off, welcome back Melissa! Thank you, I try =] I love Kelly Source too, and it’s great that you’re staying with us. Between the both of us, we still have a lot of work to be done.

Second, I was walking down the supermarket, and Kelly’s face was on the cover of Reader’s Digest. Not cover sadly, just the small box in the corner. I didn’t buy it, but I did check out the article online – which talks about Kelly, pre-stardom. Here’s an excerpt:

Q. On your fan sites, people talk about how you’re like a sister to them.
A. Everyone says I’m down-to-earth. It would be very hard for me to keep up any sort of celebrity persona. It’s just not me. I’m comfortable in my skin. I’m outspoken. I don’t know any other way to be.

I kind of don’t recall saying we’re like sisters to Kelly, but it’s great to know that she’s thinking about us! There’s also …

Q. You have taken your share of lumps, especially around your weight. Does it mean a lot to you to show girls that you don’t have to be skinny to be successful?
A. I recently gave a self-esteem workshop for Girl Scouts in Nashville, and I told the girls that I wasn’t a role model for my weight, because I change. Sometimes I’m thicker when I’m around my family and I’m eating more. Sometimes I’m thinner because I’m on the road and that takes a lot out of me. But I do feel it’s important to talk to girls about weight. They see these images, and there’s no way they’ll ever live up to them. I want them to see someone who is real and know they don’t have to live up to anything.

I think that’s the best way to say something about yourself. Being completely honest – and modest.

The article was just impressive. You can read the full article here. It’s the issue that’s in stores now – and if anyone gets a copy, we’d love some scans. Thanks guys ;]

"Life's too short to keep things inside," says Clarkson. "You've got to say what you feel."