歐美歌手Kelly Clarkson資料簡介

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　　凱莉·克萊森(Kelly Clarkson)，1982年4月24日在德克薩斯州沃思堡市出生，美國女歌手、演員。下面是小編為大家整理的歐美歌手Kelly Clarkson資料簡介，希望大家喜歡!

　　Kelly Clarkson資料簡介

　　姓名：Kelly Clarkson

　　國籍：美國

　　星座：金牛座

　　出生地：美國德克薩斯州沃斯堡市

　　出生日期：1982-04-24

　　職業(yè)：唱作歌手、演員

　　Kelly Clarkson藝人簡介

　　凱莉•克萊森(Kelly Clarkson)，美國流行女歌手，演員兼詞曲創(chuàng)作者，憑著其扎實(shí)的唱功和穩(wěn)定的演出，成為美國偶像比賽的冠軍，成為新世代的美國偶像。先后發(fā)行五張錄音室專輯以及精選集。第48屆格萊美音樂獎，Kelly斬獲最佳流行女歌手和最佳流行專輯兩項(xiàng)大獎，第55屆格萊美音樂獎，憑借專輯再次獲得最佳流行專輯，成為第一位兩次獲得此獎項(xiàng)的女歌手。

　　早年生活

　　凱莉在德克薩斯州出生和長大，她擁有愛爾蘭、希臘和德國血統(tǒng)，在家中排行第三，有一個哥哥及姊姊，是家中的幺女。父母親在凱莉六歲時結(jié)束十七年的婚姻。哥哥與父親同住，姊姊與姨母同住，而凱莉則與母親同住。經(jīng)過多次在德州的搬遷，凱莉最終與母親及繼父安頓于Burleson。凱莉成為歌手之前，她的志愿是成為一名海洋生物學(xué)家。當(dāng)她仍是一名中等學(xué)校第七級學(xué)生時，被老師發(fā)掘成為學(xué)校合唱團(tuán)的成員。及后她移往美國洛杉磯，有時候凱莉會跟著名音樂創(chuàng)作人杰瑞葛芬(Gerry Goffin)合作，希望能夠獲得更多參與音樂的機(jī)會，可惜不成功。

　　她在洛杉磯的住宅著了火，她的汽車又被警察拖走，禍不單行。在這些心情低落的日子，凱莉搬回Burleson并當(dāng)起雞尾酒吧的女招待、能量飲料公司紅牛(Red Bull)的宣傳女郎、電影售票員和電話推銷員等。過了不久，凱莉的好朋友潔西卡建議她參加?？怂箯V播公司電視臺的《美國偶像》面試。凱莉決定去碰碰運(yùn)氣。

　　美國偶像&世界偶像

　　凱莉在朋友的鼓勵下參加第一季的《美國偶像》的面試，她的表演獲得評判們的一致贊賞，在逾萬多名的面試者中脫穎而出，參與這場比賽。她成功推入了三十強(qiáng)，每周的表現(xiàn)亦受到大眾和評判寶拉、西門和蘭迪的喜愛，而且從未成為得票率最低的一群，她亦憑著翻唱騷靈天后艾瑞莎•弗蘭克林的《Natural Woman》，席琳•狄翁的《I Surrender》和流行歌手瑪麗亞•凱莉的《Without You》，最終順利進(jìn)入最后十強(qiáng)決賽，可見美國觀眾對她的支持。2002年9月4日決賽，凱莉•克萊森憑著《A Moment Like This》得到58%的得票率，擊敗對手Justin Guarini，贏得《美國偶像》第一季的冠軍寶座。而她主唱的《A Moment Like This》亦成為她推出的首張單曲，首周銷量236,000張，成為Kelly第一首冠軍單曲。

　　2003年12月，Kelly參加了在倫敦舉辦的World Idol的比賽，惜敗給Kurt Nilsen成為亞軍。

　　勝出美國偶像的比賽后，Kelly成功發(fā)行個人首張錄音室大碟Thankful。此專輯發(fā)行首周便以297,000張的銷量登上Billboard專輯榜冠軍的寶座。在2003年年底時認(rèn)證雙白金銷量。

　　“Miss Independent”作為二單發(fā)行，在美國公告牌上取得第九的成績，并在歐洲各榜單取得不俗成績。并提名2004年格萊美最佳女歌手。隨后的單曲Low在加拿大單曲榜到達(dá)第二的位置。

　　專輯最后一單 “The Trouble With Love Is”作為電影《Love Actually》的原聲帶發(fā)行。

　　Kelly Clarkson第二張錄音室唱片于2004年11月30日發(fā)行，發(fā)行首周以250,000張的銷量登上Billboard專輯榜第三位。Kelly參與其中六首歌的創(chuàng)作。這張專輯一共收錄11首歌，制作人包括Ben Moody,David Hodges,Max Martin和朋克歌手Avril Lavigne等。Breakaway是2005年全美銷量第三高的專輯，2006年銷量為全美第十。此專輯2007年認(rèn)證六白金銷量，截止2010年在榜時間總計達(dá)到104周。

　　Breakaway中的單曲都取得了不俗的成績。與專輯同名的歌曲Breakaway作為電影《公主日記2》的原聲帶發(fā)行，在公告牌單曲榜上最高位第六，在榜時間達(dá)到46周，連續(xù)兩年進(jìn)入年終榜。在美國當(dāng)代成人抒情榜上冠軍周數(shù)達(dá)到21周。

　　二單“Since U Been Gone”是Kelly音樂事業(yè)的巔峰之作，單曲榜最高位為第二，在榜時間同樣達(dá)到46周，年終排名第四，并為Kelly贏得了格萊美最佳女歌手此項(xiàng)大獎。2009年被Billboard評為十年最成功的流行歌曲第六位，同時是滾石評出的500首最成功的歌曲第482位。

　　之后的單曲“Behind These Hazel Eyes”，是Kelly根據(jù)親身經(jīng)歷的創(chuàng)作，年終排名第十。Kelly是2005年唯一一個有兩首歌在年終前十的歌手。

　　四單“Because Of You”，成為其全球知名度最高的歌，在各個國家的單曲榜上都取得不俗的成績。也是所有美國偶像出身的歌手的單曲中全球銷量最高的單曲。2009年被Billboard評為十年最成功的流行歌曲第7位。

　　專輯最后一單為“Walk Away”，也由Kelly參與創(chuàng)作，在單曲榜最高名次為12。

　　在專輯Breakaway時期，Kelly Clarkson獲得了近百個大小獎項(xiàng)或提名。

　　My December是Kelly Clarkson的第三張專輯，里面的歌曲全部由Kelly自己創(chuàng)作。首波主打Never Again空降Billboard單曲榜第八位。專輯首周銷量291,000張，達(dá)到專輯榜第二位。

　　My December對Kelly來說是一張?zhí)厥獾膶］?，她想用這樣一張專輯來表現(xiàn)自我，但是卻引發(fā)了與其公司的針鋒相對，公司甚至取消了此專輯所有的宣傳。國外對這張專輯的評價也非常的懸殊。但是只有在這張專輯中，才能看到真正的Kelly Clarkson，而不是一個被包裝著的商業(yè)歌手。

　　這張專輯于2007年認(rèn)證白金，全球出貨量大約300萬。

　　2008年，Kelly Clarkson與著名鄉(xiāng)村女歌手Reba McEntire進(jìn)行了跨界合作，錄制鄉(xiāng)村版Because Of You，這也成為Kelly Clarkson的第一首鄉(xiāng)村hit。隨后兩人開始2 Worlds 2 Voices巡演。

　　Kelly Clarkson第四張錄音室唱片All I Ever Wanted于2009年3月10日發(fā)行。發(fā)行首周銷量255,000張，空降billboard專輯榜第一位。該專輯提名2010年格萊美最佳流行專輯。

　　專輯首單“My Life Would Suck Without You”一經(jīng)發(fā)行便成為熱門單曲，第二周從97位直升第一，成為billboard有史以來沖冠最的單曲。并成為Kelly Clarkson第一首英美雙冠單曲，也是美國偶像出身的歌手第一首Winning songs以外奪冠的單曲。

　　二單“I Do Not Hook Up”由當(dāng)今超人氣歌手Katy Perry創(chuàng)作，在Billboard單曲榜最高位20。

　　三單“Already Gone”，在billboard單曲榜最高位13。

　　四單“All I Ever Wanted”僅在美國地區(qū)發(fā)行。最高96。

　　在2009年11月時，Kelly Clarkson就表示已經(jīng)在錄制她的第五張錄音室唱片。發(fā)行時間經(jīng)過幾次推遲，最終確定將在2011年10月25日問世。而就在8月30日，Kelly推出了這張專輯的首單“Mr. Know It All”。

　　2012年，鄉(xiāng)村音樂獎公布提名，在“最佳女歌手獎”的提名中，在米蘭達(dá)-蘭伯特和斯威夫特之外，老將瑪?shù)倌?麥克布萊德(Martina McBride)和卡麗-安德伍德(Carrie Underwood)、凱麗-克拉克森(Kelly Clarkson)兩位“美國偶像”也都成功入圍。10月，2012年全美音樂獎(American Music Awards)公布了本屆的提名，Kelly獲得兩項(xiàng)提名。11月，她獻(xiàn)唱2012全美音樂獎。11月16日，她的單曲《stronger》在公告牌單曲榜三周奪冠。

　　2013年1月，奧巴馬發(fā)表就職演說，Kelly演唱《My Country’Tis of Thee》。7月，她的單曲《People Like Us》在2013年MTV音樂錄影帶大獎中榮獲“最佳社會資訊錄影帶獎”。10月，凱莉完婚。她發(fā)行的圣誕唱片《Wrapped in Red》在11月榮登公告牌第二位。

　　2015年3月13日，在該周公告牌專輯榜中，她收獲了她出道之后的第三個冠軍，本周，她的全新錄音室唱片《Piece By Piece》在上榜首周空降榜首。5月，Kelly獻(xiàn)唱在公告牌頒獎禮上獻(xiàn)唱《Invincible》。

　　Kelly Clarkson經(jīng)歷英語介紹

　　Early life and career beginnings

　　Clarkson was born in Fort Worth, TexasClarkson was educated at Pauline Hughes Middle School and in the seventh grade, the school's choir teacher, Cynthia Glenn, overheard her singing in a hallway and asked her to audition for the school choir. Clarkson told her that she had never received any professional vocal training.Clarkson graduated from Burleson High School, where she performed in several musicals, such as Annie Get Your Gun, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Brigadoon.Upon graduating from high school, Clarkson was offered full scholarships to The University of Texas at Austin, University of North Texas, and Berklee College of Music, but later declined them, explaining: "I've already written so much music and wanted to try a career on my own" adding, "you're never too old to go to college."After graduation, Clarkson worked several jobs to finance a demo, recording material and trying to market it to record labels, but received little response. Clarkson turned down two recording contracts from Jive Records and Interscope RecordsIn 2001, she traveled to Los Angeles, trying to pursue a career in music. She appeared as an extra in a few television series such as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Dharma & Greg and briefly worked with musician Gerry Goffin to record five demo tracks in trying to secure a record deal.

　　Career

　　2002-2003 American Idol,Thankful and World Idol

　　Upon returning to Burleson, Clarkson was encouraged by her friends to audition for the inaugural season of the reality television series American Idol: The Search for a Superstar in May 2002. Immediately after winning American Idol, Clarkson was signed to a record deal with RCA Records, 19 Recordings, and S Records by talent manager Simon Fuller, who created American Idol; and music mogul Clive Davis, who was slated to executive-produce her debut album. On September 17, 2002, her debut double-A-side single, "Before Your Love"/"A Moment Like This", was released. Clarkson's debut album, Thankful, was released on April 15, 2003. The album contained aspects of pop, contemporary R&B, and gospel music,with several established musicians such as Christina Aguilera, Diane Warren, The Underdogs, and Babyface contributing on to the tracks.

　　To support the album, Clarkson and Idol season two runner-up Clay Aiken co-headlined the 2004 Independent Tour throughout the U.S. Thankful debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and went on to become a commercial success.On December 25, 2003, Clarkson participated in the television special competition World Idol in London along with the inaugural winners of the several Idol television series around the world. Clarkson was contractually obligated to participate, and performed Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". She ended up as the runner-up behind the first Norwegian Idol Kurt Nilsen.

　　2004-2006 New management and Breakaway

　　Trying to distance herself from her American Idol image, Clarkson decided to part ways with Fuller and 19 Management and hired the services of talent manager Jeff Kwatinetz of The Firm.

　　She took more creative control and developed a more pop rock-oriented sound with the production of her second studio album, Breakaway. Executive-produced by Davis, Breakaway was released on November 30, 2004.Breakaway became a commercial success and eventually became her most successful album to date. After debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 in 2004,the album's chart longevity allowed it to become the third-best-selling album of 2005 in the U.S. and was certified sextuple platinum by the RIAA.The album also enjoyed success throughout the world; it topped the charts in the Netherlands and Ireland and became the world's seventh-best-selling album of 2005 and went on to sell over 15 million copies worldwide—becoming the most successful album by an Idol contestant in history.

　　The follow-up single, "Since U Been Gone", became the album's most successful release—peaking at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and eventually becoming her most successful single on the Hot 100 to date.

　　The third and fourth singles, "Behind These Hazel Eyes" and "Because of You", also followed suit—peaking at No. 6 and 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. "Because of You" also received critical acclaim and more success worldwide, by topping the charts in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Switzerland. Clarkson performed all the singles in various award shows. She performed "Since U Been Gone" at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards and at the 2006 BRIT Awards; and "Because of You" at the 48th Grammy Awards.

　　The final single, "Walk Away", also enjoyed chart success, peaking at No. 12 on the Hot 100. Despite releasing "Walk Away" as her only single in 2006, Clarkson still became the most-played artist of 2006 in the U.S.Clarkson's second video album, Behind Hazel Eyes, was released on March 29, 2005.

　　In 2005, she performed and participated during the thirtieth season of the American sketch-comedy series, Saturday Night Live, and the reality series Damage Control with Simple Plan frontman Pierre Bouvier. She performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Game 2 of the NBA Finals.She also performed during the festivities All-Star Game and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy;In 2006, Clarkson recorded a song titled "Go" as a free download for the Ford Motor Company advertising campaign. She has also performed "What Hurts the Most" with Rascal Flatts at the ACM Awards and "Cigarettes" with the country duo The Wreckers during one of their shows in Texas in 2006.

　　2007-2010 My December and All I Ever Wanted

　　Clarkson's third studio album, My December, was released on June 22, 2007. The album relied on darker themes and features a heavier rock sounds.Its lead single, "Never Again", became a commercial success due to its promotion on American Idol. It debuted and peaked at No. 8 on the Hot 100, becoming her highest debut on the chart.In 2007, Clarkson, along with Jeff Beck, performed a cover of Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain" on the Idol Gives Back charity special, which was released as a promotional single and charted at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100. She later performed "Never Again" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with Joe Perry) at the sixth season finale of American Idol.

　　Clarkson's fourth album, All I Ever Wanted, was released on March 10, 2009.The release of All I Ever Wanted was met with positive acclaim from music critics for its lighter themes.The album also became a commercial success; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and stayed there for two weeks.Clarkson supported All I Ever Wanted with the All I Ever Wanted Tour from 2009 to 2010. The album has sold 960,000 copies in the U.S. and garnered Clarkson her second nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.

　　Its first single, "My Life Would Suck Without You", became an international hit. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 97 and rose to No. 1 the following week—breaking the record for the biggest jump to No. 1 on a single week previously held by Britney Spears's "Womanizer".

　　The second single, "I Do Not Hook Up", continued the chart success by peaking at the No. 20 on the Hot 100.

　　The third single, "Already Gone", reached No. 13 on the Hot 100. The release of "Already Gone" became a subject of another dispute with RCA—particularly with its similarities with Beyoncé's song "Halo", both of which were produced by Tedder.

　　Further promotion for the album was abruptly ended at the release of its titular fourth and final singles, "All I Ever Wanted", which peaked at No. 96 on the Hot 100; and "Cry", which saw a limited release.

　　2011-2014 Stronger and Wrapped in Red

　　Clarkson's fifth studio album, Stronger, was released on October 21, 2011. Stronger became a commercial success, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and has sustained chart longevity. The release of the album was accompanied by a limited release of her first extended play, The Smoakstack Sessions, which featured alternate versions of tracks from Stronger and All I Ever Wanted. Stronger was certified Platinum by the RIAA and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards, making her the only artist to win the award twice.Its lead single, "Mr. Know It All", was released on September 5, 2011.Its second and titular single, "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", became the album's most successful release, and her most successful single overall.

　　2015-present Piece by Piece

　　Clarkson's seventh studio album, Piece by Piece, was released in February 2015. Her final album under her recording contract with RCA and 19, it became her third studio album to debut at the top on the Billboard 200 chart.