Artist: Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson is no stranger to making other artists' hits her own — how else could she have won American Idol ? But now that the "Dark Side" songbird has a roster of hits of her own, it's quite a treat to hear her take on someone else's. Especially when she does it this well. At the Hammond, Indiana stop on her Stronger tour, the Duets star brought out Paramore's "The Only Exception" with such finesse we could swear Kelly wrote and recorded it herself. Do you prefer this to her [...]

This week, Madonna unleashed a reality-show talent scout , Kelly Clarkson revealed that "Dark Side" will be the next single off Stronger , and Rihanna gave everyone a big thrill when she tweeted a topless picture of herself from her "Where Have You Been" video shoot. See what our readers had to say about all of this after the jump. :: Gerry was not been impressed by Madonna's new song, "I'm Addicted" , and gave some advice to the Queen of Pop: "Madonna, there [...]

With South By Southwest right around the corner, we spent the majority of our week getting majorly pumped up for all the performers to hit Austin — particularly those at our own Pray For Pop party at the Pure Volume House. But SXSW aside, there were plenty more developments in pop to chronicle in our weekly Pop & Fizz rankings. (Remember, we measure each artist or major news story according to their size, or "Rank", and then we weigh how they're faring overall in the pop zeitgeist, or "Hype".) Head below to [...]

Last December, the KELLY CLARKSON gained a whole new group of fans when she tweeted the following message: "I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last republican nomination and no one gave him a chance. If he wins the nomination for the Republican party in 2012 he's got my vote. Too bad he probably won't." The American Idol winner's comments also cost her a chunk of her supporters, as the pop star was lambasted on Twitter for supporting the Texas congressman. In the new issue of Rolling Stone, [...]

Fox has American Idol and The X Factor and NBC has The Voice . Now it's ABC's turn to get in on the reality singing competition action. Enter Duets , a series that will feature Idol winner Kelly Clarkson (a soon-to-be Voice vet , as well), Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, Lionel Richie and Robin Thicke. The premise of the show, which airs this summer, is that each of these pros will travel the country in search of [...]

Kelly Clarkson - Getty As if there weren't enough reality singing competitions on TV now, television network ABC is throwing its hat in the ring with their new show, "Duets." To help launch the show, they've tapped some big names as the show's mentors. Kelly Clarkson , Robin Thicke , Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles and the legendary Lionel Richie have all been confirmed to star on the new show that will see the stars traveling the country to find talented singers. According to the press [...]

Link: www.joshdoyle.com For fans of: Glen Hansard, James Blunt, Mumford & Sons Releases: " Values and Virtues/Middletown ," " Songs from the Nuclear War (Vol 1) ," " Songs from the nuclear War (Vol 2) " Take note: Won the first Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter contest, beating out 17,000 entries to win new gear, $10,000 in cash, and recording time with Grammy-winning producer/songwriter John Shanks (Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Bedingfield). Is set to head [...]

After some speculation that this was the case, now it's official — "Dark Side" will be Kelly Clarkson's next single off of Stronger , following "Mr. Know It All" and the title track. This tidbit was confirmed by MTV News Canada, who spoke to the star of the not-so-fresh From Justin To Kelly about the news. In summation: does Kelly have a concept in mind for the video? Yep! Will she tell us what it is? Nope! (Big sigh.) We'd complain that the suspense is killing us — but that will only [...]

While Kelly Clarkson 's been spending her time sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 (like, literally on top-she's #1 in the country for the second time with "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"! ), she's already gearing up for the release of her third Stronger single: "Dark Side." Although there's been much debate/yelling regarding rumors over the past few weeks ("I Forgive You" was originally thought to be the next single), the OG American Idol confirmed to MTV News Canada that "Dark Side" will, in fact, be single #3. And I [...]

1. If That's The Way You Wanna Play - Dionne Bromfield 2. Girl Gone Wild - Madonna 3. Happiness - Sam Sparro 4. Let's Forget All The Things That We Say - Julia Stone 5. Alone Together - Daley & Marsha Ambrosius 6. Eyes Wide Open - Gotye 7. It All Belongs To Me - Monica & Brandy 8. I Feel Better - Gotye 9. 21 - Delilah 10. Heaven - Emeli Sande Filed under: [...]

You already got the scoop from Kelly Clarkson — now it's time for the battle begin! Today marks the official start of Do Something and the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's Battle For The Bands contest. Head below to learn how you can submit your original and creative video entry for a chance to win some mega prizes. Just a reminder, here are the three ways you can enter: :: Original Music Video: Create a music video using music to tell us why music education is important in your school. [...]

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Last night, the 84th Academy Awards honored the best in film , but it's often the worst movies that we find the most entertaining. And our favorite type of terrible movie? Pretty much any flick a pop star graces with their presence. Sure, there are exceptions — like Justin Timberlake shining in 2010's The Social Network , or Cher winning an Oscar for her work in 1987's Moonstruck — but even if we love the performer, we don't always love the films they star in. We've picked the Top 13 bad movies featuring fourteen pop stars who [...]

Delilah impressed us with "Love You So" - an upbeat number. But, this time around she proved that she is versatile when it comes to making music. "213 is a haunting number about being personally broken over an issue. It's a lovely number with a very infectious beat, which will meander into your heart very easily. The chorus brings you to a halt with its subtle yet profound message when she says "you turned 21." The backing melody is just genius that any sombre lyric laid upon it will prove vibrant in contrast. Filed under: [...]

Katy Perry Katy Perry is re-releasing her sophomore album, Teenage Dream , this March with the forthcoming Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection , and the set is already producing chart-toppers. Confection's first single, the heartbreak kiss-off "Part Of Me," blasts onto the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at No. 1 after selling an astonishing 411,000 copies, Billboard reports . "Part Of Me," which Katy debuted in a performance at the 54th annual Grammy Awards last week, becomes the pop star's seventh Hot 100 No. [...]

Did You Hear? :: Kelly Clarkson mentioned in a recent interview with z100 that she is thinking about releasing her song "Dark Side" ( not "I Forgive You" ) as her third official single from her album Stronger . Good choice/bad choice, Clarkson fans? [ Prophet Blog ] :: Diddy has confirmed that his very own cable television network , Revolt TV, is a go! The music mogul confirmed that the music-based channel will air Making The Band reunions, along with other specials. [ Popdust ] :: Simon [...]

Kelly Clarkson and Demi Lovato - Getty Demi Lovato already had her dreams come true when she got to perform a holiday duet with her idol - and America's first American Idol - Kelly Clarkson at the Z100 Jingle Ball last year, but this still has to be pretty epic for her. During a section in her current tour where she takes song requests from fans, Clarkson chose to sing a cover of Lovato's powerful ballad "Skyscraper." And it doesn't really come as a surprise [...]

There's a saying out here in the blogosphere: If you want to hear from your readers, write something about Adam Lambert. Well, not really (about the saying being big in these parts), but how true. For weeks, I've been toying with the idea of a blog post called "Why You Don't Know Me Better Than I Know Myself," in honor of Lambert's current single, "Better Than I Know Myself," but I couldn't come up with an opening line. And I couldn't really think of a way to work Lambert's name into the title. [...]

Glee's third season — filled with Michael Jackson tributes , Adele mash-ups , and timely Whitney Houston covers — comes to an end next Tuesday with the Gleeks heading to Regionals. Although we don't know who will survive the heated match between the New Directions and Dalton Academy Warblers, we can tell you that the cast covers Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" for the competition. Hear it below. Since we really loved Glee 's Season 1 take on Kelly's [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Getty Images In a recent interview we published with the writers of 'How Will I Know,' we learned that the hit song was originally written for Janet Jackson before it ended up as a chart-topper for Whitney Houston . With that in mind, we decided to look at some other unforgettable tracks that were intended for other artists. Check out the gallery below and find out who could [...]