Celeb News: Kelly Clarkson's favorite song of hers & SUBG story

Hector

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Too right! We reveal Kelly’s Top 10 biggest selling songs below, but before we do, we had to ask Clarko about her personal favourite. Since U Been Gone? Stronger? Her only Number 1 My Life Would Sick Without You? Nope!

“My favourite probably forever will be Miss Independent. Not just because it’s my first single and it really catapulted me into the industry when a lot of people were doubting me after American Idol, but it’s just so much fun to sing live. I love it so much – In fact, I’d love to make an album of songs like that next!”

You heard it here first: we’re getting an album of 12 Miss Independents next. Amazing.

TITLE PEAK YEAR

1 STRONGER (WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU) 8 2012 485,000
2 MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU 1 2009 398,000
3 BECAUSE OF YOU 7 2005 375,000
4 SINCE U BEEN GONE 5 2005 343,000
5 MR KNOW IT ALL 4 2011 305,000
6 HEARTBEAT SONG 7 2015
7 BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES 9 2005
8 BREAKAWAY 22 2006
9 MISS INDEPENDENT 6 2003
10 I DO NOT HOOK UP 36 2009

Kelly was no stranger to the Top 10 – her ballsy, rocky R&B track Miss Independent had peaked at Number 6 two years earlier – but Since U Been Gone felt like a launch track. And yet it very nearly wasn’t hers at all.

Originally penned by pop supremo Max Martin with Pink in mind, who said no, the track then went on its merry way to Hilary Duff, who didn’t think it was quite her. And so it fell to Kelly Clarkson, who was looking for the song that would prove to the world that she was more than just an American Idol.

“I definitely have a different relationship with Since U Been Gone these days,” says Kelly.

“Recording that song was a very – how can I say it – trying experience, just because people around me had very set ideas of how they wanted it to sound.”

“It was very hard to get it with a lot of guitars and get that jump on the octave for the chorus,” she explains. “I had to put up a big fight for it.”

“In everyone’s defence, we were a new team and none of us knew each other, and people were told different things about the direction we were going… suffice to say it all got a bit confusing.”

“It’s genuinely one of my favourites to do on tour because it’s such big moment for the fans,” says Kelly.

“It’s got that nostalgia thing attached to it for people now – fans are always coming up to me and telling me their story around their memories of the song. It’s also really fun to sing live – it’s a little punk but it’s pop, and it’s just fun!”

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2000's classic

Legend E

Are you sure it's not Walk Away, sis?

Cupid

HBS is at 300k, will pass MKIA this week.

Lifeline

OMG YAS serve us that album full of Miss Independents - why did we get Piece by Piece then

Tylerbv

heartbeat song being one of her most successful

Nightingale

^ Heartbeat Song SLAYED the UK this year.

I'm surprised she said MI when she usually says Because of You. Most artists don't like their first hits.

MissedTheTrain

I was so confused at the list, then I realized this is for the UK

But yes, Heartbeat Song did ok here in the states but it slayed in the UK

I'm happy she fought for the sound she wanted for SUBG, she truly gave it an edge that showed her strength as a vocalist that not many people could pull off. Apparently the original demo sent to her was very poppy with no rock vibe, the vocal melody was very basic and not as range-y, etc.

Temporal

MLWSWY better snatch those 2K copies for Gold

And I could do without 13 MI's

Eternium

MKIA and HBS outselling Breakaway? The U.K.'s music taste is a flop, lbr.