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Billboard: Kelly Clarkson
Billboard: Clarkson Goes From 'Idol" Champion to Chart Leader It’s safe to say Kelly Clarkson had much radio success in 2005. “Since U Been Gone” was a massive hit at multiple formats, as were follow-ups “Behind These Hazel Eyes” and “Because of You.” All three tracks were preceded by “Breakaway.” The title track to her multiplatinum album began the chart year in the top 10 of the Mainstream Top 40, Adult Top 40 and Adult Contemporary lists and finishes as the top AC song of 2005 following an incredible 21-week run at No. 1.
Clarkson nabs top artist honors at four different formats: mainstream top 40, adult top 40, adult contemporary and dance. She also becomes the first artist in Billboard Radio Monitor history to finish the year with the No. 1 and No. 2 songs at mainstream top 40, as “Since U Been Gone” and “Behind These Hazel Eyes,” respectively, lead the list. Clarkson is the first act since Matchbox Twenty in 1998 to win top artist tags at mainstream top 40 and adult top 40.
Thanks to Clarkson’s success at adult radio, RCA Music Group wins top label of the year at adult top 40 and AC for the second year in a row. It is the first label to take back-to-back wins at AC since Columbia in 1996-1997 and the first to consecutively do so at adult top 40 since Atlantic in 1998-1999.
Clarkson is the only artist to place two songs within the year-end top 10 at adult top 40, as “Since U Been Gone” comes in at No. 7 and “Breakaway” at No. 8. She just misses placing three titles in the top 10 since “Behind These Hazel Eyes,” which became her first No. 1 title at the format, finishes at No. 11 for the year.
By the way..she sold 112,555 copies of her CD on its 54th week on the Billboard 200 chart
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