Breakaway is the second album by Kelly Clarkson, released on November 30.
It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 album chart with sales of 250,000 units. After spending sixty-one consecutive weeks in the top twenty of the Billboard 200, Breakaway descended to number twenty-four. It is only the fourth album in history to stay in the top twenty consecutively for a year. It remained in the top thirty for seventy-four consecutive weeks. It spent 103 weeks on the Billboard 200 (as of November 23, 2006), re-entering the chart (issue date: February 3, 2007) for its 104th week; this was its last eligible week on the chart. It was certified six times platinum (5.83 million sold) in the U.S., and it has sold over 11 million copies worldwide. According to Blender magazine, Breakaway generated more than $100 million in revenue for RCA. The first four singles from the album reached the top ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, with the fifth single peaking at number twelve. Currently, the five singles released have sold over 4.75 million downloads combined in the U.S.
At the 2006 Grammy Awards, Breakaway won in the “Best Pop Vocal Album” category and the single “Since U Been Gone” received the “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” award.
Breakaway was the second best-selling album of 2005 in Australia, with sales of over 450,000 copies in that year, and it was certified six times Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The album ended 2005 as the eighth best selling album in the United Kingdom, with sales of over 950,000 copies; a further 501,000 copies were sold in 2006.
Tracks
1. “Breakaway” (Bridget Benante, Matthew Gerrard, Avril Lavigne) – 3:57
2. “Since U Been Gone” (Lukasz Gottwald, Martin Sandberg) – 3:08
3. “Behind These Hazel Eyes” (Kelly Clarkson, Gottwald, Sandberg) – 3:18
4. “Because of You” (Clarkson, David Hodges, Ben Moody) – 3:39
5. “Gone” (Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks) – 3:27
6. “Addicted” (Clarkson, Hodges, Moody) – 3:57
7. “Where Is Your Heart” (Clarkson, DioGuardi, Chantal Kreviazuk) – 4:39
8. “Walk Away” (Clarkson, DioGuardi, Kreviazuk, Raine Maida) – 3:08
9. “You Found Me” (DioGuardi, Shanks) – 3:39
10. “I Hate Myself for Losing You” (DioGuardi, Jimmy Harry, Sheb Solomon) – 3:20
11. “Hear Me” (Clarkson, DioGuardi, Clif Magness) – 3:56
12. “Beautiful Disaster” (live) (Rebekah Jordan, Matthew Wilder) – 4:34
Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway
American Idol Greatest Moments is the first American Idol soundtrack from the original season of American Idol. It contains two cover songs from Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini, the winner and runner-up of the original season, one song from the remaining eight finalists, one song by all the finalists, and Kelly Clarkson’s two songs from her debut single were added as bonus tracks. It is the only album that endorses the winner’s single. The album was released on October 1, 2002 and was originally called American Idol Greatest Moments since it was not known whether the series would continue.
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