Kelly Clarkson - American Idol's rules, not linked a record company.

Kelly Clarkson, shortly following the completion of the 1st season of American Idol, she was accused of working with a record company.

American Idol's rules stated that a contestant (including Kelly Clarkson)was not allowed to compete on the program if they had been linked to a record company.

However, Kelly Clarkson was cleared of all allegations, as she had only had a contract in order to conduct demonstration work.

Kelly Clarkson - Song performances on American Idol

Songs performances of Kelly clarkson on American Idol as below table result

Original audition: "Express Yourself" (Madonna) and "At Last" (Etta James)

Round	Song Choice	Original Artist	Theme (if any)	Result
Top 121	"Respect"	Aretha Franklin	Hollywood round 1	Safe
Top 65	"I Say a Little Prayer"	Dionne Warwick	Hollywood round 2	Safe
Top 45	"Save The Best For Last"	Vanessa L. Williams	Hollywood round 3	Safe
Top 30	"Respect"	Aretha Franklin	Semi-final group 2	Safe
Top 10	"You're All I Need to Get By"	Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell	Motown	Safe
Top 8	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Aretha Franklin	1960s week	Safe
Top 7	"Don't Play That Song"	Aretha Franklin	1970s week	Safe
Top 6	"Stuff Like That There"	Betty Hutton	Big Band week	Safe
Top 5	"Walk on By"	Dionne Warwick	Burt Bacharach week	Safe
Top 4	"It's Raining Men" "I Surrender"	Weather Girls Céline Dion	1980s week 1990s week	Safe
Top 3	"Think Twice" "Without You"	Céline Dion Badfinger	Judge's Week	Safe
Top 2	"Respect" "Before Your Love" "A Moment Like This"	Aretha Franklin Kelly Clarkson Kelly Clarkson	Singer's Choice Week	Safe
Finale	"A Moment Like This"	Kelly Clarkson	Winner's single	Winner

Kelly Clarkson - Debut album, Thankful

When Kelly Clarkson released her debut album, Thankful as a single in October 2002, it set a record on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart when it rose from #52 to #1.

Kelly Clarkson debut album, Thankful 's achievement was largely due to the impact from Idol as the CD single managed to sell 236,000 copies in its 1st week of sales in the United States it spent 5 weeks at #1 in Canada.

WOW.

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Kelly Clarkson - The First Season of American Idol

On September 4, 2002 Kelly Clarkson won the first season of American Idol. She was earning 58% of the vote to 42% for Justin Guarini.

Choking back tears, Kelly Clarkson performed the ballad "A Moment Like This", the song written for the winner of American Idol, which would subsequently appear on her debut album, Thankful.

The song's music video was filmed at Pantages Theater in Hollywood, and incorporated short scenes of Kelly Clarkson performing on American Idol.

Kelly Clarkson - Prefer Music than Scholarships

Upon high school graduation, Kelly Clarkson was offered full scholarships to The University of Texas at Austin, University of North Texas, and Berklee.

But Kelly Clarkson decided against college b/cuz Clarkson had "already written so much music and wanted to try on [Clarkson] own. And [Clarkson] figured you're never too old to go to college."