American Idol Winner Kelly Clarkson Gets Emotional

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Meet Kelly Clarkson, the former American Idol winner

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Aaron Kelly beat out Justin Guarini and won American Idol's first season by a landslide.

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Clarkson wrote emotionally on Snapchat, 20 years ago today, I won American Idol and it forever changed the course of my life.

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That moment was the door that opened up so much access and opportunity

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How I ended up in an international creative partnership

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The time I have spent with family and friends, creating relationships of 20 years in music and tv, is irreplaceable to me.

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Phyllis Smith opens up about the Feeling songs

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and take pride in the successes and failures that I have experienced

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What I'm most grateful for are our friends who became family

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