star Kelly Clarkson has made a powerful return to the charts. Billboard reports that her "My Life Would Suck Without You" will make history Thursday, bolting from No. 97 on the U.S. singles chart to the pole position. The song, according to the story, sold 280,000 digital downloads in its first week of release. Billboard reports that "My Life Would Suck Without You" is her seventh top-10 hit since 2005.Of course, the Clarkson campaign has been designed from Day 1 to snare this headline. Beginning in late December, there's been a steady stream of Clarkson-related trinkets garnering headlines in the pop music world -- video message! cover art! lyrics! single! -- and today, the video will make its debut.
These sorts of records are set routinely in the digital music age, with singles given a slow ramp-up before they're made available for purchase at digital outlets. Clarkson breaks the one set recently by Britney Spears with "Womanizer," which shot all the way to No. 1 from No. 96.
