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Here is the cover for Kelly Clarkson’s upcoming single, My Life Would Suck Without You. The song was written by Max Martin and Dr. Luke and has a radio add date of January 19 in the US.

Country star Carrie Underwood has topped a new poll to find the most popular American Idol star ever.

The singer beat Kelly Clarkson in the new AOL Television hitlist, picking up 54 percent of the vote from 1.3 million fans who took part.

Clarkson was a distant second with 26 percent of the vote.

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Kelly Clarkson overcame nerves to perform for 25,000 Catholics and the Pope in New York on Saturday.

The Since U Been Gone rocker a modest blue dress and tied her hair back into a bun to perform Ave Maria for Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Joseph Seminary.

The religious date was the latest in the Pope’s tour of America.

Clarkson admits that singing for the Pope was both a dream come true and one of her most difficult shows: “I was so excited to be asked to sing for the Pope. It’s always been a dream of mine to perform Ave Maria. To have that dream come true on such a special occasion is truly a blessing.”

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Kelly Clarkson performing live in concert at the Brighton Center in Brighton, England, yesterday.

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Kelly Clarkson performing live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England, yesterday.

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Kelly Clarkson got into a kerfuffle last year with J Records label head honcho Clive Davis and her album, My December, was a flop.

It just goes to show that time heals all wounds. Clive Davis has extended an olive branch out to Kelly by including her photo among the very few that get included in his invite to his annual pre-Grammy dinner gala.

The swanky black and gold square-shaped invitation has four pages of past dinner performers. The book opens with Alicia Keys, and continues with such Davis stalwarts as Whitney Houston, Rod Stewart, Annie Lennox, Barry Manilow, Fantasia and Jennifer Hudson.

Maybe for her next album, she’ll listen to Clive, the old guy knows his music.