Kelly Clarkson
EVERYONE knows Kelly Clarkson and everyone knows that she was the first winner ever. Plus, everyone knows that she’s a mega huge star now. Her second album Breakaway earned her two Grammy Awards. Her fifth album Stronger won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, making her the only act to receive the award twice. She’s currently working on her eighth album. In a career spanning over a decade, she has accumulated 100 Billboard number-one hits and sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Girl power! She has her own line of Hallmark gift cards and in February 2016, she published her first children’s book.
Kelly Clarkson
Carrie Underwood
All hail queen Carrie! She won season four of Idol and since then, she has been tearing up the country music scene as one of the most successful artists. She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008 and the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009. So far, she’s earned 7 Grammy Awards, 17 Billboard Music Awards, 12 Academy of Country Music Awards, 11 American Music Awards, 7 Country Music Association Awards, and a Guinness World Record. Phew. FYI, the list goes on and on, her accomplishments since Idol are extraordinary. She’s married to NHL legend Mike Fisher and they have one son together, Isaiah.
Carrie Underwood
