live performance by KELLY CLARKSON
Presented by Finker-Frenkel Family Foundation
Kelly Clarkson is a multi-talented artist with over 25 million albums and 50 million singles sold worldwide. Her award-winning daytime talk show, “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” now in its seventh season, has earned her multiple Emmy Awards, including wins for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host and Outstanding Daytime Talk Series. Most recently, the series received 11 Emmy Award nominations, including nominations for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series and Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host. Additionally, Kelly coached winning teams on “The Voice” in seasons 14, 15, 17, and 21, recently wrapped season 29, and is currently filming the show's new season. Born in Texas, Kelly gained fame in 2002 as the winner of “American Idol.” She quickly became one of pop's top artists, and has topped each of Billboard’s pop, adult contemporary, country and dance charts.
Clarkson recently released her new single, “I’d Be Lyin’,” continuing to showcase her signature powerhouse vocals and emotional storytelling. The song follows her 2025 single, “Where Have You Been,” released on her label, High Road Records. That track marked a return to a more intimate, genre-blending sound, incorporating elements of pop, rock, and R&B. The release coincided with the expansion of Kelly Clarkson: Studio Sessions and her ongoing Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with Billboard noting the show as a "vocal masterclass," driven by Clarkson’s powerhouse delivery and intimate, conversational tone. The residency continues with performances scheduled through 2026.
In 2024, Clarkson teamed up with internationally renowned artists/producers Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt for the original holiday single “You For Christmas,” which can be heard on her deluxe re-release, When Christmas Comes Around…Again. The re-release also included a new cover of “Sleigh Ride.”
In 2023, she released chemistry, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album and was celebrated with an exclusive, sold-out Las Vegas residency, chemistry… An Intimate Night with Kelly Clarkson, where she and her longtime band captivated audiences with a musical journey through her extensive catalog of hits.
Clarkson previously released nine studio albums (Thankful, Breakaway, My December, All I Ever Wanted, Stronger, Wrapped in Red, Piece By Piece, Meaning of Life, and When Christmas Comes Around…), one EP, Kellyoke, one greatest hits album, and two children’s books (New York Times Top 10 bestseller River Rose and the Magical Lullaby and River Rose and the Magical Christmas).
Her extensive list of music accolades includes three Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, one MTV Movie & TV Award, two Academy of Country Music Awards, two American Country Awards, and one Country Music Association Award.