Kelly Clarkson - Popularity by Breakaway.

Kelly Clarkson, The 5th single from Breakaway, "Walk Away", was a top 15 hit in the U.S. and a top five hit in Canada. Breakaway spent 103 weeks on the Billboard 200. It fell out of the Billboard 200 in late November and was moved to Billboard's Pop Catalog.

Breakaway was the 10th best selling album of 2006 in the US, adding nearly 2 million additional sales to the 2005 and 2004 sales. As a testament to Kelly Clarkson's continuing popularity, Kelly Clarkson was the most-played artist of 2006 on American radio, despite releasing only one single in the entire year, "Walk Away".

On December 23, 2006, American Top 40 radio show host Ryan Seacrest announced during a countdown of 2006's most popular songs that kelly Clarkson had had a song in the American Top 40 for 111 weeks, making her "the most successful female artist in AT40 history".

KElly Clarkson was also the most radio broadcasted artist of 2006 in Australia and "Because Of You" was the third most broadcast song of the same year, despite being released in 2005.