Thankful (Kelly Clarkson album)

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Thankful
Studio album by Kelly Clarkson
Released	April 15, 2003 (U.S.)
Recorded	2002-2003
Genre	Pop/R&B/Pop rock
Length	45:48
Label	RCA
Professional reviews
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Kelly Clarkson chronology
	Thankful (2003)	Breakaway (2004)

Thankful is the debut album by American pop singer Kelly Clarkson, released in the United States by RCA on April 15, 2003 (see 2003 in music). "A Moment like This" was its first single, followed by "Miss Independent", "Low" and "The Trouble with Love Is". It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with roughly 297,000 copies sold, eventually selling around 2.5 million copies in the U.S with 600,000 international sales.

Initially, the album had been scheduled to be released only a few months after the completion of the first season of American Idol. However, Clarkson's demanding schedule and difficulty finding tracks that suited Clarkson and her image forced the album to be delayed several times. Eventually, the album was released, over six months after "A Moment like This" had hit #1. Because of this, as well as the song's status as a "bonus track" on the album, has led to some debate as to whether "A Moment like This" constitutes the album's first single, or if it is "Miss Independent", which Clarkson debuted on the April 9, 2003 episode of the second season of "American Idol", a mere week before her album was released.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Trouble with Love Is" (Clarkson, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) – 3:42
2. "Miss Independent" (Christina Aguilera, Clarkson, Rhett Lawrence) – 3:35
3. "Low" (Jimmy Harry) – 3:28
4. "Some Kind of Miracle" (Diane Warren) – 3:39
5. "What's up Lonely" (Rogers, Stephanie Saraco, Sturken) – 4:09
6. "Just Missed the Train" (Danielle Brisebois, Scott Cutler) – 4:12
7. "Beautiful Disaster" (Rebekah Jordan, Matthew Wilder) – 4:12
8. "You Thought Wrong" (featuring Tamyra Gray) (Clarkson, Babyface, Gray, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas) – 3:51
9. "Thankful" (Clarkson, Edmonds, Mason, Thomas) – 3:02
10. "Anytime" (Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters) – 4:08
11. "A Moment like This" (Jorgen Elofsson, John Reid) – 3:49
12. "Before Your Love" (Gary Burr, Desmond Child, Cathy Dennis) – 4:01

[edit] Notes

Two songs originally on the album, "Trace Of Gold" and "Today For Me" were replaced just before the album release by "Anytime" and "A Moment Like This". Early released versions of the cd still show the original tracks on players that read the data from the cd itself (such as Windows Media Player). The two songs have yet to be heard by the general public.

Copies of Thankful sold during its first year of release contained a computer program that could be loaded, and used with the internet for artist updates and music videos. The program ceased to function when her official RCA website was launched.

Preceded by Faceless by Godsmack

Billboard 200 Number 1 Album May 3, 2003 - May 9, 2003

Succeeded by American Life by Madonna