Kelly Clarkson Describes Her Journey to Stardom

Transcript for Kelly Clarkson Describes Her Journey to Stardom

We worked together this morning. It's wonderful to have you here. She's been cracking you guys up, hasn't she? Well, did you hear, it's Kelly Clarkson day here on "Gma." She's got her brand-new song out, brand-new album going to be singing that for us in just a little bit but want to remind people and take a stroll down memory lane with Kelly. ? This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it ? ? what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ? Reporter: With over 20 million albums sold worldwide -- ? ? without you ? Reporter: And top ten singles. ? Catching my breath letting it go ? Reporter: Three grammys, four American music awards and 12 billboard music awards -- ? Reporter: Kelly Clarkson's empowering anthems -- ? miss independent ? Reporter: Have kept us singing along. ? Since you been gone I can breathe -- Reporter: She's back with her sixth studio album "Piece by piece" and shares what gets her heart beating fast. A new glimpse at baby river rose and opening up about it all on "Gma." ? We are thrilled to have our good friend Kelly Clarkson back with us with some new music and you are going to sing in just a little bit, yeah, you are. I want our whole interview to be dancing. I'll go there. I'll start grabbing my ankle. Hey, your new music, it was while you were pregnant. Yes, very hormonal. Very intense. You did say it was very intense and at one point you thought you lost your voice. Eight months in, like, you know, she was jumping up and down in there. Hard to sing. Yeah, so I kind of -- I didn't have the power but it came back when she was 3 months old. I can't believe you're a little concerned is she stephanopoulos going to like the music because it's so loud. She was in there. But when -- I thought she was going to be like nah, nah. But when you play it for her we saw the video -- This song, she loves this song. It's crazy. She'll be like crying like and I'll start singing it and ale weigh be like -- We see that right there. What's so lovely is you're always so candid about everything and you said -- you love being a mom. I love it. It changes your whole focus when it's not about you and about someone else. Yeah, and I got -- I have two other kids too. Two beautiful stepchildren. It's cool. Everything becomes about home and my job is just fun on the side. It's fun and you do like to have fun and somebody -- you did an interview recently and you said that you couldn't get people to collaborate with you. People took it seriously. I said I had the black plague. I don't have that. Shocking, I know. No, I was just being funny because people were -- they were kind of making it to where -- John legend -- why didn't you sing with anybody before almost making me a snob. I've asked people to sing. I was like I would sing with a lot of people but it just doesn't always work out, the timing. People will work with me. Jimmy Fallon will work with me. That tells you something right there. That is the case. Your mother-in-law must be very happy because we hear that you have in the works perhaps a country album coming up. Yeah, I love country music. Yeah. I love r&b. I love a lot of styes -- I just don't want to stop changing and growing and, yeah. Just keep going. Reba, I love. I love her. And Broadway. I love Broadway, yes. Can you see her? I grew up in musical theater so that's the only acting I'm good at. No other kind. We won't go there. You love "From Justin to Kelly." She wants a sequel. I do. We want the sequel and I was telling you before we came on, your music is like -- they're like an thens and Amy and I were talking about this because we've had our different problems and "Stronger" got us through and musicians on call that you actually talk about that, what you do. It's amazing how much music actually affects recovery. Like just your psyche and emotional state, it's like scientifically proven to help so I love that. That's so easy for us to do as musicians in go to the hospital and do that and it makes a big, big difference. They do too. They do it for free, as well. This is my band. This is my second family. They're awesome too. Yeah, exactly. Talk about second family -- I got a lot of sisters over here. I grew up with one in Mississippi. No way. E. 0, yes. You and Shana. We did. Shana can sing her tail off. She's a jazz artist, man, she's killer. She's huge back home on the Mississippi gulf coast. We love you, we love her. Speaking about going on, you got a big announcement. I'm going on tour this summer. You're coming, right? We're starting in July. July 11th I think is our first date. I'm so excited. I have a been at home with a baby so -- But you have proven -- you want to keep doing everything and it's wonderful to see that you are doing that and you were a little concerned and life is just -- I have a baby who loves traveling so far. Keep your fingers crossed. Do not worry you will be hearing her sing in just a little bit. Kelly Clarkson, ladies and gentlemen. Don't change, babe. Don't change. We got another check of the

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