Everyone thank Kelly Clarkson for saving pop music
She has one of the greatest voices in pop music--competing with the likes of vocal powerhouses such as her contemporaries Joss Stone, and Christina Aguilera, as well as music icons like Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.…
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126 - Aglo
Christina Aguilera is 1,000,000X better than that broad! I wish someone would put the poor biotch out of her misery!
127 - Kelly clarkson
MARIAH CAREY WINS 3 GRAMMY AWARDS!!!!
MARIAH CAREY WINS THREE GRAMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE AND BEST R&B SONG FOR "WE BELONG TOGETHER," AND BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI
Meaning I suck
128 - alaa kabuka
listen people,
i need to tell u sumetin and listen very carefully. kelly clatkson is a GREAT singer who writes touching songs. no arguments there, but shes still got a looong way to go be4 she starts to eveolve as a singer. the issue here is not that she was most succesful person of ai or dat she has a lot of radio hits, but its about HER. her SINGING not her future. i know alot of singers who suck but r always #1. example: BRITNEY SPEARS.
129 - feelin_pissy
Kelly is an awsome singer whom does sing live most of the time. She also puts on concert after concert and her voice does get tired. The thing with her is she is more like a real person and definatly not sluty at all. She is easy to like. Also she doesnt lip sync and that irritates me big time. Even when she is tired and her bvoice is rough she refusesto lip sync. For more kelly
130 - Mattso
Let’s get one thing straight here. Writing cheesy, cliché, cornball lyrics is NOT the same thing as writing songs"not by a long-shot.
To see what kind of real “talent” Kelly Clarkson has, I propose the following. Rent her a nice comfy cabin out in some secluded area. Give her all of the recording gear, musical instruments, drum machines, computers, pens and paper that she wants. Give her 3 months out there by herself, and say “Ok Kelly, get to work writing some songs, as many or as few as you like, but make them as good as you can. Using the gear we’ve provided, record demos of the best material you come up with.”
If any of you here truly believe that she would emerge from the woods after 3 months with a SINGLE song that sounds ANYTHING like the songs you are all raving about, then you have been completely duped by corporate America.
Bottom line: without her high-priced producers and songwriters to create, or at least heavily alter, polish, and improve the product for her, she has no more to offer musically than the rest of her fellow karaoke singers. Comparing “Kelly Clarkson” talent to real music talent is like comparing a visual artist who uses “paint by numbers” kits to the real deal.
If the fact that her songs are synthetic, pre-fabricated, and over-produced is of no concern to you because all you care about are the songs coming through your speakers, then there’s nothing wrong with that. All I ask is that we all get real for a second here, and take her for what she is"namely, a karaoke singer with a vogue image and a bottomless budget.
And ENOUGH with the chart statistics"they prove NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING. Record sales numbers DO NOT make legends. If you can’t see this to be true, then you just don’t get it.
Greater than the BEATLES?!?! I find this claim so utterly offensive that I can barely think straight. Speaking of which, are any of you actually going to try to claim that if you locked up ANY one of the Beatles in that cabin for 3 months, that the resulting product would be inferior to Clarkson’s? Hilarious!
Anybody who truly believes that Kelly Clarkson is a “legend”, or that people will actually be listening to her pre-fab crapola 10 years from now, is so profoundly clueless on the topic of music that they ought to be brought up on criminal charges for making the world suffer their idiocy.
I’ll sign off with a small English lesson.
“KITSCH”
Function: noun
Etymology: German
Definition: 1) something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality; 2) Kelly Clarkson’s music
131 - Lovely gine
Kelly, you are no carrie underwood !!!!! I know you have tooooooooooooo many albums !!!!!!!!!!!! toooooooooooooooooooooooooo many awards but carrie underwood do not have !!!! but I tell you your voice is not that nice but i like you kelly clarkson ! you sing well ! but i don't like your one video it looks like your not that innocent i fogot the title of the song but even though carrie underwood is not that as famous as you are i tell the difference between CARRIE AND KELLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! carrie has a powerful voice , kind heart , good attitude , innocent loooking , and strong appeal people should look deeper not because you have many awards many cds !!!!!!!!!!!1111 that doesn't impressed carrieis an honor student ! excellent singer !!Carrie is beautiful intellectually and phsically that's all ! Carrie Underwood Love Ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
132 - Rene
Mattso, you are nothing but another musical elitict. Your opinion is nothing more than your opinion. You're right only in your mind dear.
Lovely gine - Enjoy your Carrie while you still can. I like her too but she doesn't have what it takes to last long in the business. Kellie Pickler will probably replace her soon.
133 - Steve
Well, I've always thought Kelly could go far with the right help because her voice has a range few people have these days. Her breadth of material so far could be viewed negatively (aping the latest musical trends) or positively (she can sing all kinds of music). It will be interesting to see where she goes from here. Hopefully she will find a unique niche one day for herself.
Re. her lyrics, she is a young lady singing about things from that perspective. I'm sure her song writing will only improve with age, providing she keeps her feet on the ground. Not a legend yet, but she's one of the few right now, that have potential to be.
134 - Mattso
Rene--if by “musical elitist” you mean somebody that actually cares about the creative/artistic process of making music, then I declare that I am a bona fide “musical elitist”.
When I say that KC’s music is low-brow swill, that is indeed my personal opinion, and you’re welcome to disagree wholeheartedly. But the rest of what I said about the extent of her actual abilities is more or less factual. By all means, feel free to produce evidence that says otherwise.
In a nutshell, Clarkson is a performer, not an artist. She performs the songs that are taught to her, and puts her face on the album cover. Her producers could hire any competent karaoke singer with a pretty face to sing those songs and they would sound just as good.
Rave about her singing voice until you’re blue in the face, I really don’t care. After all, she DOES have a good voice. All I ask is that you refrain from debasing the accomplishments of real legends by uttering the word “legend” in the same breath as the name “Kelly Clarkson”"it’s insulting. Karaoke singers are not even eligible for the status of “legend”"regardless of how many millions of teeny-boppers and pedestrian Top-40 listeners lay out their cash to buy the albums.
135 - DENISE
I LOVE HER SONGS MY FAVORTIE SONG IS WALK AWAY IS LIKE CRAZY LIKE YOU DONT CARE WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOU AND YOU DONT CARE WHAT ARE YOU DOING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.........
136 - UscGirl
Kelly Clarkson is my idol!!!!!!
Kelly Clarkson ROXS MY SOXS!!!!!!!
137 - Blunt
I don't like her music. It is synthetic, pre-fabricated, and over-produced, just as Mattso noted. Problem is, the general public thinks this is the way music should sound. *ugh*
138 - pallo marinello
Mattso - you're an idiot - my cat could rebut your bulbus crock of jealousy and ignorant rants.
No matter whether you like her or not she's the most successful female artist in the world over the last 2 years. Her fame grows by leaps and bounds daily and her tours are essentially ALL sell outs no matter what size the venues, 3000 seater theaters to 28,000 seat amphitheaters and arenas, from Kanss City Missouri to Adelaide Australia. Her world tour was 98% SOLD OUT. Her last album spawned 119 top 5 chart hits worldwide - more than 70 more than Mariah, 60 more than Madonna, and noone else even comes close. Breakaway/Clarkson outsold every other female artist in the world during that time - 10 million copies.
As of today, May 15 2006, Clarkson has had at least one top 10 hit on the American Pop charts for 83 consecutive weeks - an achievement only acomplished by one or two Icons, legends, and Hall Of Fame artists. 3 times during that run she's had 2 different songs in the top 10 simultaneously and shes had simultaneous number ones on Pop and AC - a feat only accomplished 3 times in history. One of her AC hits is the second longest running #1 in history. Clarkson holds over 40 Billboard chart records and won more than a dozen Billboard Awards in 2005 - 6 more than any other artist in the world.
BS all you want but the proof is in the charts and the Queen of the charts is Kelly Clarkson. Xtina, Mariah, Avril, Evanecense, Britney - NONE of them has ever acomplished 83 consecutive weeks in the top 10 at Pop, and they NEVER will. Clarkson will probably do it again with her next album.
IS she a legend already? Hell yes. If she quit today her music would still be around for 40 years. NO ARTIST on earth has a brighter future than Kelly Clarkson.
139 - Mattso
I never once disputed Clarkson's popularity, so I'm very curious to know exactly what part of my argument your litany of sales figures and chart factoids is supposed to refute. Please clarify.
The fact that you attempt to prove musical greatness without using a single music-related argument is very strange. I'm forced to conclude that you believe popularity is a reliable gauge of quality.
This assumption is so unspeakably fallacious, I don't even know where to begin eviscerating it.
I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to name 10 things that have been massive sales successes but were of poor quality.
Pallo Marinello -- feel free to enlist the faculties of your cat if you need assistance.
140 - Rianne
Ok, me and my friend Harriet both saw Kelly in concert on March 6th 2006.
We both agreed she was amazing, she had the audience singing along, encouriging them to do so, and when "Since U been gone" came up everyone in the concert hall was standing up and literally jumping. For "Behind these hazel eyes" She went off-stage shortly and came back wearing the wedding dress. She fullly included her audience in the performance. She even saw me and my friend screaming at her and said "Hey!" and waved, looking directly as us!
We couldn't stop tlaking about the concert for days after, we had taken over 200 pictures and were showing everyone at school the pictures. Still we think the concert was aboslutly magnicifent, and I urge everyone to go to see her, she was brilliant.
Kelly is a great singer and oughts to be praised for how much she has grown since American Idol. I cannot honestly say that there is one person who truly believes Kelly cannot sing. Because she can belt out vereses at notes so high I don't think anyone else coudl reach that high withut their voice cracking.
Overall Kelly is a absolutly brilliant singer and she has a brilliant future ahead of her.
Ria
xx
141 - Ralph DeMattia
Mattso is right on the mark! Kelly Clarkson, though, is not even a PERFORMER, so much as an "instant" singer. like almost everything else in the past 10-15 years, it has to be "instant"
She won a couple of Talent Shows- She didn't hone her "skills" in dingy, low-brow clubs; playing for 8-10 hours a night- 6 or 7 nights a week for years, as did Elvis, The Beatles, and even the Jackson 5, whom I don't care for, at least they paid their dues for many years untill Diana Ross discovered them! Kelly Clarkson and all her ilk from hat sham of a show won't last long, because they're all hype asnd very little REAL substance. Tet simplt haven't paid their dues!
142 - Fonda
Ralph Your Crazy
kElly is an amazing singer and look where elvis and the beatles ended up! Elvis died on the toilet and half the beatles are dead. Kelly doesn't need to "pay her dues" because right now she's what's hot, and you can't help it if someone finds her talent early on in her career
143 - Philip from Chicago
I have watched Kelly Clarkson since American Idol, and Yes i voted for her each night. I will also admit that I was not fond of her first album. It was not until Breakaway that I truely began to admire, love, and obsess about Kelly. Breakaway truely set her apart from any of the other idols that came after. She is slowly and beautifully setting into her own act. She is beautiful, down to earth, real, and extremely talented. What makes people love her personality is that she is so darn real. She appears sweet as pie. That is what is drawing fans to her and what is helping fans stay addicted to her. She has come a long way since her 2002 debut on AI. She has a power house voice that touches many range of people. She has a large fan base stretching from teenage girls, gay men in their 20's, single females,rockers, middle aged america and to the shock of my own some of the "ghetto-ist" people i know. Kelly gives alot to her community, charities; shes becoming a role model. So Lets say she is climbing the latter of sucess, and doing it gracefully. to recap; Kelly had the voice, the image, the personality of a legend, so lets jsut say she is a lengend in the making....
144 - Chris Evans
Haha, I most definitely opened a can of worms here.
145 - Oliver
All of you are so childish! For crying out loud I am a HUGE OBSESSED kellyfan but she is not...I repeat not a legend. No one can be a legend with only 2 albums and only 13 million records sold and has been in the industry for a merely 3/6 years. I'll probably hear her still 10 years from now but maybe not cuz as she said she wants to settle down and have kids when she's ready. I think she'll be around until she's thirty, so thats about 6 years. The only reason why Mariah is a successful artist even in these days is her sick (good) body. Kelly will be a legend someday as EXPERT from People Magazine named future legend and plus she sold over 13 million records worldwide. Hopefully she doesnt get over exposure.
146 - Oliver
Nice article cant believe its been a year Ive enjoying this comment board get over it. shes successful as of now. End of story. Who would even wanna look 20 years from, for crying out loud scientist said in 2011 the world is gonna underwater! HAHA GLOBAL WARMING PEOPLE.
147 - JIMMY
KELLY PUT ON A KICK ASS SHOW
148 - nic
i think kelly has an amazin voice!!!!!!!!!!
149 - Ron
mattso: "In a nutshell, Clarkson is a performer, not an artist. She performs the songs that are taught to her, and puts her face on the album cover. Her producers could hire any competent karaoke singer with a pretty face to sing those songs and they would sound just as good."
150 - Ron
this is my july05 post from above....
"Kelly wrote the bridge on "miss independent", arguably the best part of a song that Aguilera thought was not good enough for her 20 track album.
"you thought wrong" (and "thankful") was written by kelly from scratch, and arguably the best on her 1st album, but never given to radio.
Kelly refused to put out the planned crap album right after her idol win, and took 7 months to put out a quality album, a move than likely saved AI sales from being a joke.
Kelly had to fight for "Miss Independents" release, because RCA wanted "some kind of miracle" out instead to capitalize on her ballad success.
Kelly wrote the deepest songs on album2 from scatch (addicted, because of you, hear me, hazel eyes) a co-wrote others (walk away, where is you heart), but RCA twisted her arm to record more teen music (breakaway, since you been gone, gone). It is not a bad plan by RCA to gain young fans for a life-long ride w/ kelly; the Beatles did the same thing in 1963-64.
Kelly lost a fight on album1 to do the beautiful, "beautiful disaster" w/ just piano arrangement, but she won on album2."
151 - Ron
Ben Moody on kelly to MTV: ""Kelly actually penned the track plus a few others a while ago, and recorded it onto a tape recorder which she forgot about - until she began working on her sophomore album. She sent the tape to Ben Moody, who went on to co-write and produce the tracks, including 'Because Of You'.
"They were just unbelievable, how structured [the songs] were and her understanding of music, which is not something you would expect from a pop artist," Ben told MTV. "She had these ideas already in place for songs; all I really had to do was build music around them and develop them. It was quite easy....lyrics that convey a great deal of depth."
152 - KellySux
Both Kelly Clarkson & her music suxxx big time (except Because Of You & A Moment Like This)
There are too many amazing artistes & good music around (from Lobo, Bread, Chicago, Shania Twain, Michael W. Smith, GNR, Diddy, Usher to Pharrell Williams, Chris Brown, Nelly, 50Cent, Fort Minor, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Pussycat Dolls, Cassie, Nickelback, Hinder (too MANY good ones to mention!)
Conclusion:
Kelly Clarkson should stop polluting the music industry
153 - Philip
Kelly Clarkson is a phenominal singer, song writer and person!!! How can you say that Because of you wasnt a good song. That is Kellys Biggest International hit and the song is so meaningful in so many ways!!! Kellys music has meaning and connects with millions of people. Kelly Is extremely talented and she continues to prove how amazing her voice is and how versitile her sound can be. Look at her new single "Never again", she shows a totally different and amazing side to her vocal talent. Kelly is going to be around for a very long time.
Sincerely,
Chicago's #1 Kelly Clarkson fan
Philip Leodoro
154 - JT
kelly clarkson is a fat skanky hoe that needs someone to write all of her music because hers sucks
155 - Tumbleweed....
Warning!!!! I bought the Breakaway CD at Best Buy. Tried to load it to my computer so I could load it to my mp3 player and enjoy it at the gym. Guess what, it is copy protected and would not allow me to download it to my Windows Media Player in any format. I tried WMA and WAV as well as mp3 with no luck. Kelly, you don't want folks stealing your music. Well, I expect to be able to use the music I buy. I paid for your music, so in my opinion, you stole my money. No wonder your ticket sales suck. I will tell this story two dozen times. Do your fans dirty, and soon you have no fans, no CD sales, no ticket sales... Better go back to city college...
156 - reveiw...er
I admit, Kelly Clarkson is a great singer! but for those of you who have conned yourselves into beleiving the girl is a "LEGEND" ?? ha! are you serious? her voice is amazing, yeah she is popular - but compare her to such talents as P!NK, Robbie Williams, Beetles, Rolling Stones.. the list goes on. Kelly Clarkson doesnt compare. and this pathetic thing you have going Ron with how many #1's people have... who cares? that doesnt make or break an artist!!
I love Kelly Clarkson, dont get me wrong - i wouldnt be searching her on the net if i didnt. But i laughed at people stupidness when i saw they wrote she was a legend.