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- Kelly Clarkson instructed a fan at a taping for The Kelly Clarkson Present that her festive anthem “Beneath the Tree” took her the shortest period of time to jot down out of all of her songs
- The 2013 Christmas music was included on ASCAP’s Prime 10 New Basic Vacation Songs checklist revealed in 2024
- Clarkson created the music with producer Greg Kurstin, who additionally produced her 2012 hit “Stronger (What Would not Kill You)”
One particular person waited a lifetime to ask Kelly Clarkson which music from her storied 23-year profession as a recording artist she’s written the quickest.
In an “Ask Kelly Something” video revealed on June 12 on The Kelly Clarkson Present’s YouTube channel, somebody requested the daytime discuss present host, 43, which music took her the shortest period of time to jot down.
“A Christmas music. It was ‘Beneath the Tree.’ I used to be working with Greg Kurstin within the studio,” Clarkson mentioned of the music producer who helped her make her 2012 hit “Stronger (What Would not Kill You)” and different hits.
“I ordered sushi and when it arrived I had written it,” the three-time Grammy winner continued. “I feel as a result of I actually love Christmas I write them actually rapidly for Christmas — as a result of they really feel good, since you could be a little tacky, you understand? You don’t have to fret about being cool, which truthfully that’s not a priority usually ever as a result of I’m not.”
“Beneath the Tree” was an enormous hit for Clarkson, peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard’ Sizzling 100 singles chart. It topped Billboard’s Grownup Up to date chart, holding the top place for 4 weeks.
Elaborating on how the vacation hit got here to be, Clarkson mentioned on her present that Kurstin, 56, “despatched me dwelling with slightly piano factor and we sort of began, not the concept of it, however simply sort of the wall of sound for Christmas.”
She added that “it is a actually cool sound at Christmas. It feels nostalgic.”
“They don’t all come out like that, although; normally it takes perpetually,” Clarkson admitted of her songwriting course of. “However that one was fast.”
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“Beneath the Tree” — from Clarkson’s Wrapped in Pink album — additionally topped the newest checklist of Prime 10 ASCAP New Basic Vacation Songs revealed by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). And in an all-time checklist of Prime 25 ASCAP Vacation Songs, Clarkson and Kurstin’s vacation music slid into the rankings at No. 24.
