Like the critics, Kelly Clarkson was less than thrilled with her 2003 movie musical From Justin to Kelly - and she wants people to know that she had no choice in the matter.

"Two words: Contractually obligated!" the first American Idol winner told Time magazine for its issue on newsstands Monday.

"I knew when I read the script it was going to be real, real bad, but when I won, I signed that piece of paper, and I could not get out of it," said the 23-year-old singer, whose second album, Breakaway, contains four top 10 hits and earned her two Grammy nominations. "Seriously, I never thought I could act, but I knew I could sing. Not to sound cocky, but I can."

If Clarkson seems charmed lately, she says it's largely due to her own insistence on independence. "To be totally honest, the problem was I wanted to write a lot of my own songs on Breakaway. Nobody else wanted me to," she told Time. "So there was a big ol' fight." Clarkson ended up writing or co-writing six tracks, including one bona fide hit, Behind These Hazel Eyes.

Source: Jam!

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