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By Selina Kaye
While Kings of Leon were breaking records a few blocks south, Kelly Clarkson was attracting her own horde of die-hards to New York City’s Central Park for a performance on “Good Morning America.” The wet morning didn’t prevent fans in “I Luv Kelly Clarkson” T-shirts from forming the biggest crowd for any artist in the show’s Summer Concert Series this year.
Clarkson chased the rain away and brought in the humidity to Central Park. She told everyone that she needed a fan because she had “a little perspiration” and performed barefoot while she belted out tunes from her latest album All I Ever Wanted. Her performances were electrifying, and it was easy to see how much the very first “American Idol” has transformed into a complete rock star, jumping around — and inspiring the crowd to do that same — during her hit “If I Can’t Have You.”
Clarkson also performed her controversial hit “Already Gone,” which has come under fire for sounding a bit too much like Beyoncé’s “Halo” (both of which were written by OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder). Although the two songs sound alike when played back to back, Clarkson still owns the song, and it sounded like she may have actually tweaked the arrangement a bit. Clarkson became a star when the country voted for her on a television show, but she’s stayed a star because killer instincts and strong performances like this one.