Thankfully, Kelly Clarkson's childhood dream to be a marine biologist did not come true, and instead, she became a household name when her soulful voice captured the hearts and minds of millions when she was voted the American Idol in September of 2002.

The twenty-year-old from Texas performed live every week for ten weeks to an audience of 25 million on one of America's most successful TV show's ever. Besides the fact that Clarkson never had a professional singing lesson, she received 57% of the vote in the final head to head. In fact, her singing voice was to her, such a natural and normal part of her life, it didn't strike her that she had something so special. The enormity and beauty of her voice was recognized quite by accident continue to the Kelly Clarkson Biography...

After taking nearly a year since the end of American Idol's first season to craft and perfect her debut album, the initial buzz on Kelly Clarkson began to wane as interest in Idol's first winner fell off. The release of her double A-side single all the way back in September was a distant memory, as neither song really had the staying power to stick around in casual pop fans' minds. So, it was with a considerably less bombastic manner than was expected that Clarkson's full-length debut came to light.
Perhaps the major culprit in this less than exciting continue...