On this day 23 years ago, Kelly Clarkson won the inaugural season of American Idol and went on to become one of the biggest pop stars of the 2000s
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On this day 23 years ago, Kelly Clarkson won the inaugural season of American Idol and went on to become one of the biggest pop stars of the 2000s
Posted by supermassive_bayern
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Could’ve ended it right here. Like, she IS our American Idol ❤️
time, keeps on tickin
Best Idol winner of all time
When America knew how to vote
This was a big deal show.
remember Brian Dunkleman? lol
“Went on to become one of the biggest pop stars of the 2000s”
no offence to current successful talk show host but citation needed for the above
I firmly believe she is near-par with Whitney-Mariah-Celine. She is an extraordinarily talented vocalist who really knows how to use her instrument.
ETA: my favorite Kelly Clarkson performance. It is incredibly difficult to do what she does here and make it so in rhythm to the story of the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6464zXWX5rc&list=RD6464zXWX5rc&start_radio=1&pp=ygUhdXAgdG8gdGhlIG1vdW50YWluIGtlbGx5IGNsYXJrc29uoAcB
Those suits are not great on either Ryan Seacrest or Brian Dunkleman. Was an untailored/long jacket look the style back then? I was so young and hardly remember.
Kelly was the first and the best. Does anyone even watch this show anymore?
This was pre me being on US based forums, so I’d somehow only learned that she was not only **an** american idol winner, but she was the 1st one, in like 2016 or something. Genuinely blew my mind, because I just knew her as Kelly Clarkson bcs by god you couldn’t escape her in 2004/2005 and 2009/2012. Plus that damn christmas song will keep her relevant for a long time to come
It is kinda insane that they managed to find someone so good so early on, and then she actually became a name outside of the show. And has managed to switch over to tv successfully, arguably shes more known now then he was in any other period outside of her 2 big albums – and so weird to see someone who kinda seems to have the same personality 20 yrs on like that’s pretty much how she seems on her show today
Justin went on to p,at Lil Sweet in those Diet Dr Pepper commercials