Kelly Clarkson New Album Releasing 2015, First Single 'Heartbeat Song' Releases Online, Listen Here (VIDEO)
Kelly Clarkson has released her long-awaited first single titled "Heartbeat Song" from her upcoming new album. You can take a listen to the track above for yourself to see what you think.
The American Idol champion shared with Ryan Seacrest that her fans have been wondering where she has been. "My fans are like, 'You haven't released anything in forever!'" she told On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Monday morning. "And I'm like, 'I was pregnant! I was like vomiting pregnant!'"
"It was like one of the first ones I actually chose to record," she said about "Heartbeat Song". "My music definitely reflects how I'm feeling in my life. And so, I liked that it was still an anthem, and fun, and still had a little pop to it. But it was sweet ... It's pretty much one of the most pop ones on the album. You know, full force for the fans. They love those anthems from me."
You can download "Heartbeat Song" from Clarkson on iTunes now.
After winning Season 1 of American Idol in 2002, her debut single, "A Moment Like This", topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and broke the record for the biggest jump to number one in the chart's history; it became the best-selling single of the year in the country.
Clarkson's debut studio album, Thankful (2003), has been certified 2× platinum and sold over 4.5 million copies internationally. Its lead single, "Miss Independent," became an international hit, earning Clarkson her first Grammy nomination. She developed a rock-oriented sound with the release of her second album, Breakaway (2004). It has been certified 6× platinum and sold over 15 million copies worldwide, earning Clarkson two Grammy Awards, including one for the hit single "Since U Been Gone."
In a career spanning over a decade, Clarkson has accumulated ninety-one number ones on the Billboard charts and eleven international number one singles, and has sold over 20 million albums worldwide.
Clarkson's musical work has also gained her numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, four American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, two American Country Awards, and a Women's World Award. Billboard also ranked Clarkson as the 14th-best-selling artist of the 2000s and one of the top 200 album sellers of the Nielsen SoundScan era at number 187.