‘I’ve been trying to sing with her for a while,’ Clarkson tells MTV News.

Kelly Clarkson doesn’t mind a little friendly competition.

The former “American Idol” winner recently told MTV News she didn’t care if Coldplay “killed” her on the Billboard albums chart (her latest, Stronger, came in second, selling 163,000 to Mylo Xyloto’s 447,000). Clarkson might not give a second thought to chart placement, but what does she think about all these other pop divas who have taken over the airwaves?

“I always think it’s healthy to have a lot of stuff out there, and there’s room for everybody, because everybody is so different, especially all the women right now in the industry,” Clarkson told MTV News. “We’re all very different from each other, which I think is good. It keeps it not boring.”

We have to agree: The “Mr. Know It All” singer is anything but boring, recently telling the U.K.’s Guardian: “I want to punch Adele in the face! She is just too good.”

Of course, she was kidding. “That’s a term of endearment for me,” Clarkson laughed. “I think maybe overseas that didn’t read well. I meant more to be funny. She’s just so talented; she’s just so ridiculous it’s upsetting.”

Adele — who, like Clarkson, is known for her emotional songs about love and heartbreak — is set to undergo surgery to treat her vocal issues, but when she recovers, we have an idea who might want to work with her.

“I’m stalking her currently through interviews. Every interview, they are like, ‘Who do you want to work with?’ ‘Adele! I want to do a duet with Adele!’ ” Clarkson said. “I’ve been stalking her since we did ‘[VH1] Divas’ together, actually, and we were supposed to sing together, and then they changed the concept to where we would sing with somebody from a different generation. That was actually really cool, because I got to sing with Melissa Etheridge, and she’s amazing. That wasn’t like a letdown or anything, but I’ve been trying to sing with [Adele] for a while.”

Clarkson will be returning to the “VH1 Divas” alongside Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Florence and the Machine, Jessie J and Jennifer Hudson.

“I always think competition is healthy, it’s good. Even, like, Jennifer Hudson — let’s say that people that are fans of her don’t know me very well; they’ll tune into ‘VH1 Divas’ or something and be like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know I’d like her,’ ” Clarkson said.

“VH1 Divas” premieres December 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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Kelly Clarkson had the two top-selling tracks from American Idol acts last week and three of the top four. Mr. Know It All edged right up to the half-million mark, selling 104,000 downloads last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) sold 40,000, and Don’t You Wanna Stay, the Kelly/Jason Aldean duet, jumped 57% in weekly sales.

Scotty McCreery’s The Trouble With Girls also posted a strong gain, with a week-over-week sales increase of 61%.

Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All (104,000 weekly, +60%, 496,000 total)
Kelly Clarkson, What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) (40,000, debut, 40,000)
Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, Remind Me (18,000, -20%, 1.109 million)
Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don’t You Wanna Stay (15,000, +57%, 1.75 million)
Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls (14,000, +61%, 119,000)
Jennifer Lopez, On the Floor (9,000, +1%, 168,000)
Jennifer Lopez, Papi (9,000, -10%, 136,000)
Scotty McCreery, I Love You This Big (7,000, -19%, 661,000)
Daughtry, Crawling Back to You (6,000, -23%, 80,000)
Lauren Alaina, Like My Mother Does (6,000, -34%, 320,000)
Kellie Pickler, Tough (4,000, -25%, 81,000)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (3,000, -3%, 3.32 million)
Mandisa, Stronger (2,000, +12%, 122,000)
Mandisa, Good Morning (1,000, -3%, 27,000)

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VH1 Unplugged: Kelly Clarkson is set to debut next month both online and over cable and satellite for subscribers to MTV’s HD channel.

The online debut will be at Unplugged.VH1.com on Thursday, November 17 at 8PM ET. The on-air premiere follows on VH1 Friday, November 18 at 11PM* and on Palladia, MTV Networks’ high-definition music channel on Saturday, November 19 at 9PM*.

Here is what the network had to say about it: Kelly’s extremely personal set will include performances from her forthcoming album Stronger as well as other past favorites.

Since bursting onto the music scene 10 years ago, Kelly Clarkson has released 4 studio albums (Thankful, Breakaway, My December, All I Ever Wanted), sold over 20 million albums worldwide, 10 million albums in the US and has had 7 singles in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. She is the recipient of 2 Grammy Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 2 MTV Awards and 11 Billboard Awards. Clarkson’s last effort, 2009′s All I Ever Wanted debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and produced the smash singles “My Life Would Suck Without You” and “Already Gone.”

Kelly joins Thirty Seconds to Mars, Mumford & Sons, Adele and Lykke Li in the 2011 roster of “Unplugged” artists. New episodes will continue to launch throughout the year at Unplugged.CMT.com, Unplugged.MTV.com, and/or Unplugged.VH1.com. Starburst continues as the exclusive partner for the second consecutive season of “Unplugged.”

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Kelly has done a behind the scenes/making of video of her upcoming single’s, Mr Know It All’s music video.  I will be adding this to the new media archive when I get that going, but for now you can check it out in this youtube.com video:

Fernanda from KellyClarksonWorld published photos from new upcoming video to song “Mr. Know It All”. Check this out! – click on photo

Premiere music video to “Mr. Know It All” will be 26th September at 12am on http://www.vevo.com/KellyClarkson !

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Last fall, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson debuted their duet, Don’t You Wanna Stay, onstage at the Country Music Association Awards show. This year, the could retake the stage to accept awards for it. Don’t You Wanna Stayearned the singers two CMA Awards nominations Tuesday, one for Single of the Year, the other for Musical Event of the Year.

Kelly has a previous CMA nomination: Her Because of You duet with Reba McEntire picked up a Musical Event nod in 2007.

CMA co-host Carrie Underwood received her sixth nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year, an award she won in 2006, 2007 and 2008. She’ll compete in the category this year with four-time winner Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Taylor Swift and the reigning winner, Miranda Lambert.

Also, frequent David Archuleta songwriting collaborator Joy Williams picked up a Vocal Duo of the Year nomination as one-half of the Civil Wars.

Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift let the nominees with five each, including Entertainer of the Year. The Band Perry and the Zac Brown Band picked up four nominations each, with members of each group getting an additional nod in the Song of the Year category.

For more on this year’s CMA nominees, click here.

The 45th Annual CMA Awards will broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, Nov. 9, on ABC. Carrie and Brad Paisley will co-host for the fourth consecutive year.

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Kelly Clarkson still knows how to make a big impact. New single Mr. Know It All hasn’t even gone for adds yet, and it’s already in the top 40 on USA TODAY’s AC and Hot AC airplay charts, as well as in the top 20 on the overall American Idolairplay chart.

That, of course, is in addition to her Don’t You Wanna Stay duet with country singer Jason Aldean, which is still on the AC charts and continues to get spins across several other formats.

Over on USA TODAY’s Country chart, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood’s Remind Me slips to No. 2 there, though it’s still the week’s most-played song featuring an Idol act. Scotty McCreery’s I Love You This Big stays in the Country top 20 (while new single The Trouble With Girls makes its Idol airplay debut), and Kellie Pickler’s Tough breaks into the Idol airplay top 10 while moving up to No. 28 on the Country chart. Also, after weeks of small but steady spin increases, Lauren Alaina’s Like My Mother Does cracks the Country top 40.

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1 1 Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, Remind Me (9661 spins) (#2 Country)

2 2 Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don’t You Wanna Stay (6340) (#4 AC)

3 3 Scotty McCreery, I Love You This Big (4077) (#17 Country)

4 4 Tyga feat. Chris Richardson, Far Away (3147) (#15 Rhythmic)

5 5 Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (2128)

6 6 Daughtry, September (1720)

7 10 Jennifer Hudson, No One Gonna Love You (1697) (#10 Urban AC)

8 7 Adam Lambert, Whataya Want From Me (1688)

9 11 Kellie Pickler, Tough (1682) (#28 Country)

10 9 Kelly Clarkson, Already Gone (1512)

11 8 Daughtry, Home (1470)

12 12 Daughtry, No Surprise (1277)

13 14 Daughtry, Life After You (1154)

14 15 Carrie Underwood, Undo It (1117)

15 13 Kelly Clarkson, Since U Been Gone (1111)

16 16 Kris Allen, Live Like We’re Dying (1093)

17 18 Daughtry, Feels Like Tonight (1047)

18 17 Daughtry, What About Now (1012)

19 19 Carrie Underwood, Cowboy Casanova (995)

20 NA Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All (875) (#38 AC, #31 Hot AC)

21 21 Kelly Clarkson, Behind These Hazel Eyes (831)

22 23 Kelly Clarkson, Miss Independent (829)

23 20 Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (821)

24 25 Kelly Clarkson, Because Of You (770)

25 22 Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take The Wheel (747)

26 27 Daughtry, It’s Not Over (727)

27 29 Lauren Alaina, Like My Mother Does (711) (#40 Country)

28 26 Mandisa, Stronger (686)

29 30 Carrie Underwood, Last Name (612)

30 31 Kelly Clarkson, My Life Would Suck Without You (589)

31 28 David Cook, Time Of My Life (570)

32 34 David Cook, Come Back To Me (568)

33 35 Daughtry, Over You (538)

34 32 Carrie Underwood, Wasted (531)

35 33 Kelly Clarkson, Walk Away (506)

36 37 Josh Gracin, Nothin’ To Lose (486)

37 36 Jordin Sparks, Tattoo (478)

38 38 Carrie Underwood, All-American Girl (459)

39 24 Fantasia, Collard Greens & Cornbread (452)

40 51 Elliott Yamin, Wait For You (364)

41 41 Carrie Underwood, Temporary Home (331)

42 40 Kelly Clarkson, A Moment Like This (328)

43 44 Reba McEntire feat. Kelly Clarkson, Because of You (312)

44 43 Carrie Underwood, Mama’s Song (301)

45 48 Danny Gokey, Second Hand Heart (297)

46 49 Fantasia, I’m Doin’ Me (270)

47 46 David Cook, Light On (258)

48 53 Casey James, Let’s Don’t Call It A Night (255)

49 39 David Cook, Last Goodbye (250) (#21 AC)

50 47 Jordin Sparks, No Air f/Chris Brown (246)

51 42 David Archuleta, Crush (245)

52 54 Carrie Underwood, Just A Dream (233)

53 50 Jennifer Hudson, Where You At (219)

54 52 Fantasia, Bittersweet (213)

55 59 Kellie Pickler, Best Days Of Your Life (194)

56 55 Carrie Underwood, So Small (172)

57 58 Adam Lambert, If I Had You (169)

58 67 Mandisa, Waiting For Tomorrow (167) (#32 Christian AC)

59 45 Fantasia, When I See U (163)

60 56 Josh Gracin, Long Way To Go (150) (#20 AC)

61 57 Jennifer Hudson, Spotlight (137)

62 62 Mandisa, He Is With You (131)

63 63 Fantasia, Truth Is (128)

64 60 Fantasia, Free Yourself (120)

65 61 Chris Sligh, One 9116)

66 65 Jordin Sparks, Battlefield (116)

67 70 Mandisa, My Deliverer (110)

68 66 Jennifer Hudson, Don’t Look Down (106) (#39 Urban AC)

69 68 Jordin Sparks, One Step At A Time (103)

70 69 Chris Sligh, Empty Me (99)

71 64 Santana feat. Chris Daughtry, Photograph (94)

72 72 Carrie Underwood, Don’t Forget To Remember Me (93)

73 74 Chris Sligh, Only You Can Save (90)

74 NA Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls (90)

75 73 Jason Castro, You Are (82)

76 75 Bucky Covington, A Different World (67)

77 77 Carrie Underwood, I Told You So (62)

78 76 Studdard/Haddon/Mary, Love Him Like I Do (61)

79 71 Pia Toscano, This Time (57)

80 79 Jennifer Hudson, If This Isn’t Love (53)

81 78 Mandisa, Voice Of A Savior (50)

82 81 Kellie Pickler, Didn’t You Know How Much I… (45)

83 82 Kris Allen, Heartless (45)

84 80 Phil Stacey, You’re Not Shaken (45)

85 88 Bucky Covington, I’ll Walk (39)

86 86 Jennifer Hudson, And I Am Telling You I’m Not.. (36)

87 85 Kelly Clarkson, Let Me Down (36)

88 89 George Huff, A Brighter Day (34)

89 84 Keke Wyatt feat. Ruben Studdard, Saturday Love (34)

90 83 Ruben Studdard, Don’t Make ‘Em Like U No More (30)

91 96 Kellie Pickler, I Wonder (29)

92 87 Mandisa, Only The World (29)

93 90 Kelly Clarkson, I Do Not Hook Up (26)

94 98 Jennifer Hudson, Jesus Promised Me A Home …. (23)

95 100 Bucky Covington, It’s Good To Be Us (22)

96 NA Josh Gracin, We Weren’t Crazy (20)

97 NA Mandisa, Good Morning f/ TobyMac (20)

98 99 Ruben Studdard, Change Me (19)

99 94 Bucky Covington, A Father’s Love (The Only…) (18)

100 93 Carrie Underwood, The Star Spangled Banner 18)

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