Kelly Clarkson Trivias

Originally wanted to be a marine biologist but changed her mind when she saw the movie 'Jaws'

Was an extra on the show 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'.

Graduated from Burleson High School, Burleson, Texas in 2000.

She won the first "American Idol" contest, September 4, 2002. Her first single came out in late September of that year.

Was a cocktail waitress at a comedy club in Arlington, Texas and at Hyena's Comedy Club in Downtown Fort Worth, Texas.

Mom Jeanne.

Stepdad Jimmy Taylor.

Her first single sold nearly 250,000 copies in its first week.

Her first single, "A Moment Like This", set records by jumping from number 52 to the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

Beat out more than 10,000 people to land a $1 million recording contract on American Idol.

Brother: Jason (b. 1973), sister: Alyssa (b. 1976).

Kelly stayed up all night before her American Idol audition so she wouldn't sleep through the alarm, which she frequently did in high school.

Used to work at a bookstore and at a zoo.

Used to work at Hollywood Theatres in Burleson, Texas.

Sang the National Anthem at The Day of Service in Washington D.C., on September 11, 2002.

Christina Aguilera co-wrote her hit, "Miss Independent".

Came in second place in World Idol.

Avril Lavigne co-wrote her new single 'Breakaway' which is on the soundtrack for Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement.

Debut album, "Thankful" went double platinum.

Is of Greek, Irish and German descent.

As a child, her favorite thing to wear was a Mickey Mouse t-shirt.

Performed at the 2003 Radio Music Awards.

Sophmore album, "Breakaway", debuted at number three.

Is the first artist in the Billboard Radio Monitor era to hold the No. 1 spot at Mainstream Top 40 and AC during the same week with two different songs (Breakaway and Since U Been Gone).

Ranked #92 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2005).

Became the first artist to have two songs in the top three of Billboard's Pop 100 Airplay chart (Since U Been Gone, Behind These Hazel Eyes)

Underwent LASIK eye surgery to correct her vision

"Breakaway" was her album of parting ways with her "American Idol" image, producing a serious artist image, in that she wrote some of her own songs, many with a rock sound a la Sheryl Crow and Michelle Branch, while appealing to more of a mature, Adult Contemporary audience. It worked: she topped both the mainstream Top 40 and AC Charts, at the same time, with different songs.

Considers herself mostly Greek, being half Greek and speaks fluent Greek.

As of July 2005, she is the top-selling American Idol contestant, having sold approximately five million albums in the U.S. and having had five Top 10 singles

First artist to have two songs in the top 3 of the Billboard Pop Airplay 100 simultaneously, with "Since U Been Gone" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes".

Her first album, Thankful, has sold more then 2 million copies in America. Her Sophomore album, Breakaway, has sold more then 3.2 million copies in the US and 2 million copies each in Australia and Canada

Held a record on TRL for a song to be number one on the countdown.

Her music video for "Because of You" debuted at #1 on TRL. The only other artists to achieve this goal are Britney Spears, Eminem, and NSYNC.