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Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

Primary Artist
Kelly Clarkson
Album Title
Breakaway
Release Date
November 30, 2004 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Kelly Clarkson was the first American Idol winner and the first vocalist to achieve success, but her 2003 debut, Thankful, didn't completely define her outside of the parameters of the show. While the dance-pop and adult contemporary ballads on that record were fresher than the music on AmIdol, Clarkson still hadn't escaped the show's shadow entirely: since it was a hit so close to her time on TV, it was easy to pigeonhole her as simply a creation of television, not a popular singer in her own right. Read More
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