Grammys Preview
James Corden & Kelly Clarkson,
The three-time Grammy winner will be going for her fourth win— Best Pop Solo Performance for her single “Love So Soft”—when the 60th Annual Grammy Awards show airs Jan. 28 on CBS. Clarkson, 35, will then join Blake Shelton, Alicia Keys and Adam Levine as a coach for season 14 of The Voice, premiering Feb. 26.
Is this Grammy nomination just as special as the first one in 2003?
It only gets more exciting. When you’re nominated, it’s amazing. But when you’re nominated with people you really dig and you listen to, you’re like, “Oh, man—OK, I’m doing something right.”
Do you get nervous when you perform?
Only on rare occasions. I sang for the pope and they [said], “Don’t turn your back to him.” But then you can’t turn your back to the bishops or the crowd either, and I was like, “How many fronts do you think I have?” I was nervous the whole time, not so much for singing, but that I was going to insult an entire religion.
What kind of Voice coach do you think you’re going to be?
I’m pretty hands-on. I want to pull out the “real” factor with my contestants. You might as well be yourself and lay it all out there. It makes for a better artist.
Best advice you’ve ever received?
Never take advice from someone you wouldn’t want to switch places with. There are not a lot of people on that list for me. So, take advice from someone whose path you would want to be on, someone you would be proud to walk in their footprints.