After publicly apologizing to Clive Davis, Kelly Clarkson is ready to come back to the welcoming arms of her record label. Her current album, which contains songs she penned herself mostly, is on track to sell a very respectable 850,000 copies in the U.S. and almost as many worldwide. Of course, her first album sold 6 million copies with its more mainstream tunes. Having done it her way, Kelly has agreed to do another pop album, to be released in January, 2008. This time, Clive will be overseeing every single song.
There was no bucking the system, and no going against Clive Davis. Sources tell me that Clarkson has agreed, through her wise new manager Narvel Blackstock, to make a pop album for release in 2008 with songs selected by Davis and his team.
Clarkson's acquiescence comes at the end of a long melodrama concerning her current, turgid album "My December," which features a lot of ragged self-penned songs by Clarkson about a relationship gone sour
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Clarkson gets points for trying out her chops as a songwriter, but demerits for not following anyone's advice, trying to take on the record industry's most astute executive maybe of all time and acting like a 25-year-old (which is, in fact, her age.)
We think Kelly was very brave to do her own thing, artistically. But it never hurts to do a fun pop album in between more serious albums. And as she grows as a songwriter, she'll have more opportunities to stretch artistically.
