<P> Its lead single, "Miss Independent", became her first international hit--charting in the top ten in five national charts, including the US., and was later certified gold by the RIAA . It earned Clarkson her first Grammy Award nomination for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" at the 46th Grammy Awards . It was followed with two moderately successful singles, "Low" and "The Trouble with Love Is"; the latter was used as the soundtrack of British romantic film Love Actually . Her first video album, Miss Independent, was released on November 18, 2003 and was certified gold by the RIAA . To support Thankful, Clarkson and Idol season two runner - up Clay Aiken co-headlined the 2004 Independent Tour throughout the US . </P> <P> Clarkson made her film debut with Guarini with the release of the musical romantic comedy film From Justin to Kelly in June 2003 . The film was poorly received by critics and was unsuccessful at the box office, with Clarkson explaining that she was "contractually obligated" to do the film . Between 2002, Clarkson, along with American Idol judges Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson and hosts Brian Dunkleman and Ryan Seacrest, participated in the season premiere of the eighth season of the television comedy series MADtv . She also portrayed Brenda Lee in two episodes of the television drama American Dreams between 2003 and 2004 . On December 25, 2003, Clarkson participated in the television special competition World Idol in London along with the inaugural winners of the several Idol television series around the world . Clarkson was contractually obligated to participate, and performed Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". She ended up as the runner - up with 97 points, behind the first Norwegian Idol Kurt Nilsen . </P> <P> Trying to distance herself from her American Idol image, Clarkson decided to part ways with Fuller and 19 Management and hired the services of talent manager Jeff Kwatinetz of The Firm . She reinvented her musical direction by developing a more rock - oriented sound with her second studio album, Breakaway . Davis served as the executive producer for the record, while Clarkson co-wrote six of the tracks with pop and rock songwriters such as former Evanescence band members Ben Moody and David Hodges, Kara DioGuardi, Dr. Luke and Max Martin . Breakaway received critical acclaim, with Erlewine of AllMusic remarking: "What gives Breakaway its spine are the driving, anthemic pop tunes, numbers that sound simultaneously mainstream and youthful, which is a hard trick to pull off, and they are the tracks that illustrate that Clarkson is a rare thing in the 2000s: a pop singer who's neither hip nor square, just solidly and enjoyably in the mainstream ." </P> <P> Breakaway was released on November 30, 2004, and became Clarkson's most commercially successful album . After debuting at number three on the Billboard 200, its longevity allowed it to become the third - best - selling album of 2005 in the US and was certified sextuple platinum by the RIAA . The album also enjoyed success throughout the world; it topped the charts in the Netherlands and Ireland and became the world's seventh - best - selling album of 2005 and went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide . Clarkson supported Breakaway with the Breakaway World Tour--consisting of three sub-tours from 2005 to 2006 . </P>

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