Kelly Clarkson

By Robbie 4. Favorite Rock Band: Daughtry, Green Day, Kings of Leon, Muse, Paramore AMERIE! 7. Favorite Pop Artist: Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift Kelly Clarkson was clearly way too controversial for this one.

By Robbie Over the next three weeks, each of the three Idol alum’s records will be released—Allen’s on November 17, Lambert’s November 24 and Iraheta’s December 1. As Kris tells it to New York Magazine, the process of making his self-titled set didn’t come without a few hiccups:

By Maura 13. Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted 14. Whitney Houston, I Look To You 16. Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack 17. V/A, The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack 18. Leonard Cohen, Live In London 19. Daughtry, Leave This Town 20. Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment 21. Wilco, Wilco (The Album)

By Maura Not only did Kelly Clarkson wear a completely goofy costume during her show in St. Charles, Mo., on Saturday night, she also dressed up her current single "Already Gone" as its Beyoncé-led doppleganger "Halo," even engaging in some B-styled vocal acrobatics. Full-size pic and clip after t...

By Chris Molanphy Aiken’s and Hicks’ tracks can be eliminated right away. These were American Idol coronation songs that each topped the Hot 100 based on a couple of fluke weeks of massive CD-single sales. I defy anyone reading this column, pop fan or no, to hum me a bar of those two tracks.

By Maura Favorite Pop Artist Beyoncé The Black Eyed Peas Britney Spears Katy Perry Kelly Clarkson Lady GaGa Mariah Carey Miley Cyrus Pink Rihanna Shakira Taylor Swift Favorite Rock Band All-American Rejects Daughtry Dave Matthews Band The Fray Green Day Kings of Leon Linkin Park Muse

By Maura Inaugural American Idol Kelly Clarkson has added yet another cover to her repetoire, which already included an Alanis Morrissette/Kings Of Leon mashup and a scorching version of Janet Jackson’s “If”; this time, she’s making the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” her own, with a versi...

By Maura The latest entrant in the “covers of Kings Of Leon’s ‘Use Somebody’” sweepstakes is none other than inaugural American Idol Kelly Clarkson, who mashed the track up with Alanis Morrissette’s “That I Would Be Good” at the Mohegan Sun arena in Uncasville, Conn., the other night. I like this re...

By Maura Also at last night’s Vh1 Divas extravaganza: Kelly Clarkson, who was paired with fellow belter Melissa Etheridge on a ripping performance of Etheridge’s 1988 debut single “Bring Me Some Water.” The two complement each other quite nicely as they trade off vocals, and man, I could just lis...

By Maura Choice Music: Rock Group All-American Rejects Green Day Kings of Leon Linkin Park Paramore Choice Music: Tour American Idol Jonas Brothers Demi Lovato / David Archuleta Britney Spears Taylor Swift Teen Choice Awards [Official site; HT Vicki]

By Maura Kelly Clarkson had her turn in the New York Times‘ “Playlist” chair yesterday, and the results were, well, mixed. Weezer’s red album got a shoutout, as did the Irish band The Script, who Clarkson described as–eek!–”OneRepublic meets rap.” Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. Aw, Kelly. Listen. In honor of y...

By Maura The ridiculously enjoyable “I Do Not Hook Up” has been teed up the second single from Kelly Clarkson’s All I Ever Wanted, and all systems so far seem to be go. The song is (deservedly) gaining steam on radio (it’s up to No. 28 on Mediabase’s Top 40 airplay chart), and a video for the track (after t...

By Maura Johnston ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: Kelly Clarkson's "see, I can still be a popstar" public shaming comeback song does, as previously reported, have the strummed-guitar opening of her subculture-uniting megahit "Since U Been Gone." But once that's over, a robotic beat not dissimilar to that backing...

By Maura Johnston The cover from Kelly Clarkson's "comeback" single was discussed a bit in the comments for yesterday's 2009 predictions post, but I figured it deserved a thread of its own, since reactions have been pretty polarizing. Is it a sign that Kelly is really, really being punished for the flop of M...

By Anthony Miccio Really, when you look at the careers of Elliott Yamin, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Katherine McPhee, Taylor Hicks, Daughtry, Constantine, and that creepy bald dude from last season who needs to get his ads the fuck off of Web sites I visit pronto, there's no cle...

By Maura Johnston TOP TWENTY POP/ROCK VIDEOS 20. UNK, "Walk It Out" 18. Rihanna, "Umbrella" 17. Justin Timberlake, "What Goes Around" 15. Diddy, "Last Night" 14. Kelly Clarkson, "Never Again" 10. Lil Mama, "Lip Gloss" 06. Ciara, "Like A Boy" 02. Huey, "Pop, Lock & Drop It" 01. Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend"

By mjohnston First mention: An April 30 post on the Velvet Rope claiming that label head Clive Davis savaged the first four songs on the album at a corporate conference, asking the crowd, "Remember, we're all family here and this project is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and does this sound like...