# Do you get Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood mixed up? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835 "2018-03-01T16:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/1 "2018-03-01T16:53:59Z")
For awhile I thought Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood were the same person. 😉 I had to look this up, just to get it right. Kelly Clarkson American Idol Season 1 winner born April, 1982. Carrie Underwood American Idol Season 4 winner, born March 1983. Both blonde, \*\*\*slim, similar ages, rose to fame the same way and I only occasionally hear them on the radio. Even their names, Carrie and Kelly are oddly similar. Yeah, I get them mixed up constantly. 😉 One of them is a bit more country than the other. I don’t feel like listening to a dozen songs to figure it out. \*\*\*Kelly isn’t slim anymore. That makes it a little easier, for me, to physically remember which is which when I see them on tv. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/2 "2018-03-01T16:56:07Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/3 "2018-03-01T17:06:35Z")
No. They don’t sound anything alike to me, nor do they look anything alike. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/4 "2018-03-01T17:07:51Z")
Btw, I don’t own any albums from either musician. I’m not particularly a fan. I hear one of their songs once in awhile, hey that’s pretty good!, and ask myself is that Kelly or Carrie? It’s different when I buy someone’s music and follow their career. I keep up with when their albums are coming out and how it’s selling. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/5 "2018-03-01T17:11:42Z")
Oh good. I thought it was just me. Yes, other than the fact that I know they are both American Idol winners, I couldn’t tell you which one was which unless you gave me two chances. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/6 "2018-03-01T17:23:23Z")
Nope. They look and sound completely different from each other. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/7 "2018-03-01T17:46:23Z")
Okay, so you’re blurry on American Idol folk. We get it. Yes, excruciatingly different. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/8 "2018-03-01T18:02:26Z")
I wasn’t even aware that Carrie Underwood was an American Idol winner. So no, I’ve never gotten them mixed up. I kind of like/tolerate both of them. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/9 "2018-03-01T23:16:17Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Okay, so you’re blurry on American Idol folk. We get it. > > Yes, excruciatingly different. I never watched AI. That’s probably why the singers from that show tend to blur in my mind. They’re just voices that I hear once in awhile in the car. I enjoy listening to the radio on trips. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/10 "2018-03-01T23:36:27Z")
If I were going to confuse two AI blondes, it would be Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler as they are musically similar to me. But then again there are the two Kellys-- ripe for confusion. Although, having watched the AI seasons all of these girls were on, Kellie will always stand out to me as one of the stupidest contestants ever, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/11 "2018-03-01T23:54:35Z")
I saw Pickler on Dancing With the Stars. I probably heard her on the radio years ago. Clarkson is on The Voice this season. I’ll finally see her enough to make a lasting impression. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/12 "2018-03-02T00:10:53Z")
If you are not a fan there is no reason for you to know which is which. If you can’t tell that they are different people when you look at them? No, they are no where close to being alike. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/13 "2018-03-02T00:11:16Z")
I’m not a particular fan of either of them, but…why do people keep saying that Kelly Clarkson is blonde? She’s brunette, isn’t she? I don’t know much about her, but I thought I knew that! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/14 "2018-03-02T00:22:59Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > I’m not a particular fan of either of them, but…why do people keep saying that Kelly Clarkson is blonde? She’s brunette, isn’t she? I don’t know much about her, but I thought I knew that! I think she may be a natural brunette but she keeps it pretty light most of the time, [as you can see by her GIS.](https://www.google.com/search?q=kelly+clarkson&num=40&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP59n6rszZAhXIjqQKHd-YCUgQ_AUICygC&biw=1920&bih=974) ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/15 "2018-03-02T00:36:19Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I think she may be a natural brunette but she keeps it pretty light most of the time, [as you can see by her GIS.](https://www.google.com/search?q=kelly+clarkson&num=40&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP59n6rszZAhXIjqQKHd-YCUgQ_AUICygC&biw=1920&bih=974) Huh. Shows how much attention I pay! ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/16 "2018-03-02T04:01:12Z")
I started watching AI in 2009 and just fell in love with it. That was Season 8. I looked up the finalists of prior seasons and that’s when I would have pegged who’s who between Carrie and Kelly. They both have amazing voices. I am more a fan of Kelly’s songs although there are some things I love from Carrie. Her duet with Randy Travis “I Told You So”, and there’s a video of her doing “How Great Thou Art” with Vince Gill that I find very touching. Kelly is mostly on the pop side although she also did a song with Vince Gill that I like very much, called “Don’t Rush”. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/17 "2018-03-02T04:08:11Z")
I don’t listen to either one of them, so no. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/18 "2018-03-02T04:52:58Z")
All bleached blondes looked the same to me. These women, Barbie, and David Lee Roth could all be the same person as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![thechangeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@thechangeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thechangeman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/19 "2018-03-02T07:10:30Z")
But they look totally different from each other haha. One is a bit on the big side. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835/20 "2018-03-02T08:09:55Z")
I don’t get them mixed up, but I actually watched the season of Idol that Carrie Underwood won. And I think someone (maybe on TWOP\*) was calling her “the white Kelly Clarkson” then. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835.md?page=2)