Wrapped in Red is the sixth studio album by American singer Kelly Clarkson, released on October 25, 2013, by RCA Records. The album is a follow-up to her first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits – Chapter One, and its companion extended play, The Smoakstack Sessions Vol. 2. Produced by Greg Kurstin, it is her first Christmas album and her only record to be solely released by RCA. Wrapped in Red consists of sixteen tracks, featuring five original songs co-penned with Kurstin and eleven cover versions of Christmas standards and carols, two of which are duets featuring singers Ronnie Dunn, Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood.
The entirety of Wrapped in Red was produced by Greg Kurstin, with whom Clarkson had first collaborated on her fifth studio album Stronger.
Clarkson performing "Silent Night" on Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale. For the entire duration of promoting Wrapped in Red, she wore a multitude of red Christmas dresses to symbolize the phrase "wrapped in red".
Kelly Clarkson is an American singer, songwriter, television personality, and author. She rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA Records. Her debut single, "A Moment Like This", topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and became the country's best-selling single of 2002. It was included on her debut studio album, Thankful (2003), which entered the Billboard 200 at number one, and also yielded the top-10 single "Miss Independent". Trying to reinvent her image, Clarkson parted ways with Idol management and shifted to pop rock for her second studio album, Breakaway (2004). Supported by four US top-ten singles – the title track, "Since U Been Gone", "Behind These Hazel Eyes", and "Because of You" – Breakaway sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.
Clarkson in 2018
Clarkson during her Breakaway World Tour on November 15, 2005, Canberra, Australia
Clarkson and Reba McEntire during the 2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour in 2008
Kelly Clarkson at the Women's World Awards 2009 in Vienna in Austria