Kelly Clarkson will belt out the National Anthem at the Super Bowl this year! It was just announced that Clarkson will also be one of the pre-game performers. Miranda Lambert and husband Blake Shelton are also scheduled to sing "America the Beautiful" at the pre-show.

NBC knows how to promote The Voice, which premieres right after the Super Bowl on NBC. Kelly is a guest mentor on The Voice this season and Blake is a judge on the show, so it's no surprise that they've landed these Super Bowl gigs.

Last year a possibly drunken Christina Aguilera forgot the lyrics when she performed at last year's game in Dallas. Madonna will be performing the halftime entertainment. The Super Bowl airs on February 5th!

The judges on NBC's talent show The Voice get along well together, well at least the men do! Adam Levine and Blake Shelton partied it up in Oklahoma on New Year's Eve, along with Adam's girlfriend Anne Vyalitsyna, Kelly Clarkson and Blake's wife, Miranda Lambert.

Anne posted the photo above, with the caption: "Best New Years ever!!!" Meanwhile her boyfriend Adam Tweeted: "Potential New Year's resolutions: take more hikes. Start smoking. Communicate. Enjoy. Share. Kill my own food. Make friends with a Lion."

Cute pic. We doubt anyone in the room was sober.

Kelly Clarkson's Twitter followers became upset with the first American Idol winner when she said “I love Ron Paul. He’s got my vote,” but those who actually purchase albums stand behind the talented singer.

Sales for Clarkson's new album, Stronger, surged a shocking 192 percent since she Tweeted her support of the conservative Republican Presidential hopeful!

In the past 24 hours, Kelly's record has gone from #41 to #14 on Amazon's Movers & Shakers in Music list.

Good for Kelly! I'm a pretty big fan of her music, so congrats.

Kelly Clarkson had no idea that supporting Texas Republican Ron Paul would piss off her fans. Last night Clarkson tweeted: "I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last Republican nomination and no one gave him a chance. If he wins the nomination for the Republican party in 2012 he's got my vote. Too bad he probably won't." And so it began.

Kelly, 29, soon found herself in a bitter Twitter war with several of her fans, who she was responding to individually.

Kelly's fans said that Ron is racist and homophobic, which prompted her to defend herself by saying: "I love all people and could care less if you like men or women. I have never heard that Ron Paul is a racist or homophobe?"

Kelly said that she's "really sorry" if she offended anyone and that she likes Ron Paul because he "believes in less government and letting the people (all of us) make the decisions and mold our country. That is all. Out of all of the Republican nominees, he's my favorite."

If you don't read, you shouldn't Tweet. It's that simple.

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For someone who doesn't publicly date and is rumored to be a closet lesbian, Kelly Clarkson is always mad at some dude. Kelly's back with her debut single for her upcoming album. "Mr. Know It All" is decent; it's one of those songs that probably grows on you over time, but the chorus is catchy enough to get this in the Top 40.

Kelly lost some weight and she's lookin' good here. Welcome back! I can't wait for the new album.

Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All

Kelly Clarkson explained why the horrible song "Let Me Down" sounded like some generic wannabe Britney Spears mess. Kelly says that not only did someone steal her music, but the songs that fans thought were going to be on her upcoming album weren't even written for Clarkson to sing in the first place! Whew!

Clarkson tells Entertainment Weekly: “ What made me mad was that people stole from me and eerybody had no idea what my next album was going to sound like." The first American Idol said that the leaks "caused a lot of confusion." Kelly said that she has offers to write for other artists all the time, but the songs that she pens are awesome, "but they're just not songs I would normally sing."

Kelly explained that the tracks that leaked weren't final versions. "Those are all demos," she says.

She added that she doesn't even have the final version of her new album on her computer. "I don’t even have it," she says. "I’m so freaked out to put it on my computer.”

Kelly Clarkson's highly anticipated new album has been pushed back a few times, but fans are finally getting a taste of her new (ear candy?) with her single "Let Me Down." The first American Idol has a powerful voice, well suited for rock or emotional pop or country ballads, but this song is neither. "Let Me Down" is a whiny unoriginal track that sounds like it should have been released a decade ago. Clarkson's voice is also somewhat unrecognizable in this song, which is a damn shame because she's a pretty good singer.

Kelly said, “This album was influenced by Prince, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, Radiohead and there’s a little bit of a Country vibe/influence on a couple of songs.”

Hopefully the next song will be much better than this one. Jump in to hear "Let Me Down"!

Kelly Clarkson performed on tonight's American Idol results show and she looked and sounded great.

The first American Idol continues to embrace black clothing and it works for her. It's nice to see Clarkson still performing on the show that made her famous. Kelly is the one that gave Idol its credibility. She's a very talented star that paved the way for other winners, like Carrie Underwood, to be proud to win the fierce competition, while "losers" like Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert have come out on top. For better or worse, American Idol has changed the landscape of mainstream pop music.

Kelly's album has been delayed and is expected to drop in September. We can't wait!

Kelly Clarkson on Idol

Because Jelly Clarkson is just like Britney Spears and it's taking both women way too damn long to release a new album, this will have to hold you over until Kelly drops a new disc.

The first American Idol belted out "The Star Spangled Banner" at game 3 of The World Series and she sounded great, per usual. Kelly could seriously drop an amazing country album. The fun loving Texas native has the soul and the voice for it. Great job.

Kelly Clarkson hasn't just been busy eating junk food and avoiding exercise. She's also been working in the studio on her fifth album which will be amazing, we know this. We know this because Kelly has a great voice and when she doesn't write her own songs, she produces good work.

Last October, Kelly said that her new sound will be "really different," and she recently updated fans on what she's been up to via her Twitter, saying: “The album is gonna b awesome, just got some songs back from my session in LA!”

Kelly also tweeted that she has "officially" recorded her first song for her new album and it's "a duet." She also said that one of her new songs has a "very industrial/raw/ awesome" vibe.

I'm in!