After her successful second studio album, Breakaway (2004), which gave her two Grammy Awards as well as other awards, four successful singles and over ten million copies sold, … See more

On January 2, 2009, The Wall Street Journal published an article about the upcoming albums of 2009, and Clarkson's fourth studio album … See more

The album's first single, "My Life Would Suck Without You", had its artwork revealed on January 5, 2009, and it shows "Clarkson sporting a wide-eyed [...] look and a heart-shaped … See more

All I Ever Wanted received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from … See more

Production and sound
All I Ever Wanted is considered a pop and pop rock album, with influences of dance, rock and soul music. Sonically different than her previous … See more

To promote the album, Clarkson performed "My Life Would Suck Without You" and "I Do Not Hook Up" on Good Morning America on the US album's launch date, March … See more

All I Ever Wanted debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one with sales of 255,000 copies, becoming the second time Clarkson topped the chart; her debut set, Thankful, also began at number one with 297,000 copies sold in its first week in 2003. In its second … See more