`All I Ever Wanted'
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Grammy Award-winning pop singer Kelly Clarkson returns to the music scene with ``All I Ever Wanted.'' The album debuted on the top of the Billboard charts last week, proving that Clarkson is still perhaps the most successful winner of the hugely popular talent show American Idol.
After the lackluster reviews for her previous album ``My December,'' Clarkson seems to have learned her lesson. This time, she filled her new album with radio-friendly pop-rock tunes like ``My Life Would Suck Without You'' and ``Don't Let Me Stop You.'' She shows off the vocal chops that made her an American Idol winner in stirring ballads like ``Cry'' and ``If No One Will Listen.''
-Cathy Rose A. Garcia