With each series of the X Factor you would typically have contestants who will at least go on to have some sort of chart career in the UK. With American Idol it's the opposite, look at the list of winners and you'll struggle to find too many who have had a UK Top 40 hit.
Bucking that trend is the first American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson. Some may understandably think she only had hit's in America. Indeed her winners song was never a UK hit. But she's had an unbelievable 18 Top 40 hits at the time of writing. That's even more than original UK Pop Idol winner Will Young achieved and he was one of the success stories from the TV competitions.
By the time this record came out it had been a decade since she won American Idol. Earlier that year she'd topped the American charts with "Stronger" and probably didn't even notice this only making number 40 over here.
Her next move was to do a Christmas album which in turn has led to her returning to the Christmas charts on an annual basis.
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