Kelly Brianne who is known popularly by the name of Kelly Clarkson is an popular and famous American singer as well as songwriter and author. Clarkson is an television personality as well. She was born on April 24, in the year 1982 at Fort Worth, Texas in the United States. Kelly Clarkson completed her higher schooling from Pauline Hughes Middle School and her graduation from the Burleson High School in the year 2000. She had a passion for singing from her school days since she was in class seven.
After completing her graduation she went to the Berklee College of Music for making her career in singing and giving her all to it. She opted for the audition of American Idol: The Search for a Superstar in the year 2002 and with her potential she won the singing competition and got her debut in the Hollywood industry as a singer. Her debut album “Thankful” was released on April 15, 2003 which was a real hit and gave her further more opportunities to expand her career in singing.
Kelly Clarkson’s Life And Career:
Kelly Clarkson was very much interested in singing since her childhood days which indeed became a real one with her winning the first season of American Idol which was held in the year 2002. After winning the show her breakthrough came in her singing career with her debut album the next year in 2003.
After her debut gained immense popularity she performed many more albums like Miss Independent, Breakaway, Billboard 200, Behind These Hazel Eyes, Because Of You, Walk Away, Since U Been Gone, My December, All I Ever Wanted, Never Again, My Kinda Party, Dont You Wanna Stay, Stronger, Catch My Breath, Don’t Rush and many more.
Apart from being singer and songwriter she is an author as well and her first published book was the book for children which was named as “River Rose and the Magical Lullaby” which was published on October 4, in the year 2016. Her book was quiet popular for the lullaby among the children. She has been a multi talented character throughout.
Her Personal Life And Marriage:
Kelly Clarkson was in a relationship with Brandon Blackstock since the year 2012, who is a talent manager by profession. The couple were so much in love that they decided to tie their knots in the year 2013 a year after they started dating. They got married on October 20, 2013, in a farm of Blackberry in Walland, Tennessee.
Clarkson gave birth to their first child who was a girl in June 2014 and named her River Rose and were leading a happy life. Their marriage life was going on quiet well and soon they gave to their second child who was a boy named Remington Alexander in the year 2016. But things suddenly seemed to take turns after sometime as in the year 2020 Clarkson filed for a divorce against her husband.
Why Did She File A Divorce And What Happened After Settlement?
Everything was going well until 2020 when suddenly Kelly Clarkson filed for a divorce in the court against her husband Brandon Blackstock for not having a mutual pece relationship with her husband and also stated that there were irreconcilable differences among them which were getting worse day by day and she wanted to come out of it.
The court after all the procedures and proceedings the court gave a final proceedings to their case and stated that Clarkson has to pay her ex husband after the divorce an one time amount of $1,326,161. The court gave further proceedings stating that she would also have to pay a monthly payment of $115,000 to her ex husband until the January 31, 2024.
The court also stated that the children’s would stay with their father every first and fifth week of the month and would also have to provide a lump sum of $350,000 as one time money for her children’s private air travel and also an amount of $45,601 of to her ex husband monthly for their childrens expenses. They together would take the joint lead custody for their children.