Since U Been Gone

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Since U Been Gone is the second in the United States published and the first in Europe published single from the album Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson . It was their most successful single to date after Because of You . Clarkson won a Grammy for her .

information

The single co-writers and co-producers were Max Martin , who had also worked for Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys , and Dr. Luke .

Kelly Clarkson was already successful with singles like "The Trouble With Love Is" after her victory on the television show American Idol , but critics predicted that she would disappear into oblivion. To prevent this, Kelly Clarkson hired a lawyer and managed to get out of her contract.

After changing her record label, she worked on her new album, which was rockier than its predecessor.

A cover version of the post-hardcore band A Day to Remember can be heard on the MySpace page since September 2007 .

success

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Since U Been Gone
  DE 6th 08/01/2005 (19 weeks)
  AT 3 07/31/2005 (19 weeks)
  CH 7th 07/17/2005 (21 weeks)
  UK 5 07/16/2005 (41 weeks)
  US 2 12/18/2004 (46 weeks)

"Since U Been Gone" was released in December 2004 in the USA and July 2005 in Germany. It was Kelly Clarkson's second big hit after A Moment Like This from 2002 and one of the biggest hits of 2005. The title stayed in the US charts for almost a year.

In addition, while “Since U Been Gone” was in the US top ten, Kelly Clarkson was in the top ten with her first single “ Breakaway ” and her third “Behind These Hazel Eyes”.

The single was also very successful as a download . So it was six times platinum for 1,200,000 downloads.

The song won 2006 Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (dt .: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ).

Video

The music video for the single Since U Been Gone is quite simple and is based on the theme of the song. Kelly Clarkson is in her ex-boyfriend's apartment, wreaking havoc there. The video also contains scenes from a performance with her band. The clip ends with Kelly Clarkson leaving the apartment just before her ex and new girlfriend come home and are totally shocked by the mess.

The video was very successful and Kelly Clarkson won him the MTV Video Music Awards in the categories of Best Female Video (dt .: Best Video of a female artist ) and Best Pop Video (dt .: Best Pop Video ), ahead of artists such as Mariah Carey with We Belong Together or Gwen Stefani with Hollaback Girl .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Since U Been Gone in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
  2. Since U Been Gone in the Austrian Charts on Austriancharts.at
  3. Since U Been Gone in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
  4. Since U Been Gone in the Official UK Charts (English)
  5. Since U Been Gone on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart