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Kauffman Stadium
The K
Newly renovated Kauffman Stadium on opening day 2009
Former names
Royals Stadium (1973–1993)
Address
1 Royal Way
Location
Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates
39°3′5″N 94°28′50″W / 39.05139°N 94.48056°W / 39.05139; -94.48056Coordinates: 39°3′5″N 94°28′50″W / 39.05139°N 94.48056°W / 39.05139; -94.48056
Operator
Jackson Sports Complex Authority
Capacity
37,903 (2009)[1]
with standing room at least
40,625 (1973)
Record attendance
41,860 (July 26, 1980, Royals vs Yankees)[2]
Field size
Left Field – 330 feet (101 m)
Left-Center – 387 feet (118 m)
Center Field – 410 feet (125 m)
Right-Center – 387 feet (118 m)
Right Field – 330 feet (101 m)
Backstop – 60 feet (18 m)
Surface
Kentucky Bluegrass/Perennial Ryegrass (1995–present)
AstroTurf (1973–1994)
Construction
Broke ground
July 11, 1968; 50 years ago (July 11, 1968)[2]
Opened
April 10, 1973; 45 years ago (1973-04-10)
Renovated
2007–2009
Construction cost
US$70 million
($386 million in 2017 dollars[3])

$250 million (2007-10 renovations)
($281 million in 2017 dollars[3])
Architect
Kivett and Myers
Populous (renovations 1997, 2009)
Structural engineer
Bob D. Campbell & Co. Structural Engineers[4]
General contractor
Sharp-Kidde-Webb JV[5]
Tenants
Kansas City Royals (MLB) (1973–present)
Website
kansascity.royals.mlb.com/kc/ballpark
Kauffman Stadium (/ˈkɔːfmən/), often called "The K", is a baseball park located in Kansas City, Missouri, that is home to the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). It is part of the Truman Sports Complex together with the adjacent Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. The ballpark is named for Ewing Kauffman, the founder and first owner of the Royals. It opened in 1973 as Royals Stadium and was named for Kauffman on July 2, 1993. The ballpark's listed seating capacity since 2009 is 37,903.
Kauffman Stadium was built specifically for baseball during an era when building multisport "cookie-cutter" stadiums was commonplace. It is often held up along with Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles as one of the best examples of modernist stadium design. It is currently the only ballpark in the American League to be named after a person and is also one of ten stadiums in Major League Baseball that does not have a corporate-sponsored name. The stadium is the sixth-oldest stadium in Major League Baseball and has hosted the 1973 and the 2012 MLB All-Star Games, along with Royals home games during the 1980, 1985, 2014, and 2015 World Series. Between 2007 and 2009, Kauffman Stadium underwent a $250 million renovation, which included updates and upgrades in fan amenities, a new Royals hall of fame area, and other updates throughout the facility.[1]
Contents
1 History
2 Features
3 Renovations
4 Non-baseball events
4.1 Concerts
5 Buck O'Neil legacy seat
6 Statues
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
History[edit]
In 1967, voters in Jackson County approved the bonds for Truman Sports Complex, which featured a football stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs and a baseball stadium for the Kansas City Athletics, whose owner, Charles O. Finley, had just signed a new lease to remain in Kansas City. This was a very unusual proposal; conventional wisdom at the time held that separate football and baseball stadiums were not commercially viable. Before the 1968 season, however, Finley moved the A's to Oakland, California, and their brand-new multi-purpose stadium.[6]
A game at Royals Stadium on Sunday, September 19, 1976. The pitcher is Chris Knapp and the batter is Tom Poquette. The Royals would beat the White Sox 6 to 5.
After the move, Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri threatened to press for the revocation of baseball's anti-trust exemption if they did not give Kansas City a new team. Baseball responded by hastily granting expansion franchises to four cities, including a Kansas City team owned by local pharmaceutical magnate Ewing Kauffman. The new teams were due to start play in 1971. However, Symington was not about to have Kansas City wait three years for the return of baseball, and forced MLB to move up the start date to 1969. (The other expansion team in the American League, the Seattle Pilots, were without a suitable stadium in 1969 and the accelerated schedule forced by Symington led to their bankruptcy after just one season; they became the Milwaukee Brewers during spring training in 1970. Seattle returned to the majors with the Mariners in 1977.)
Jackson County continued its plans to build a new ballpark. After playing their first four seasons in Municipal Stadium, on April 10, 1973, the Royals inaugurated Royals Stadium with a win over the Texas Rangers.[6]
On May 15, 1973, the stadium, barely a month into its existence, saw Nolan Ryan, pitching for the California Angels, throw the first of his seven no-hitters, blanking the Royals 3–0.[6]
On July 24, 1973, Royals Stadium hosted its first of two Major League Baseball All-Star Games.[6]
On October 9, 1976, the Royals competed in their first post-season game in franchise history, losing 4–1 to the New York Yankees at Royals Stadium in the ALCS. The Royals came back to win the next game on October 10, 6–3, for their first post-season win in Royals Stadium.[6]
View of the stadium in 1981.
On October 17, 1980, the first World Series game held in Kansas City featured the hometown Royals against the Philadelphia Phillies. In his first at-bat, George Brett hit a home run down the right field line. The Royals would go on to record their first-ever World Series win, 4–3 in 10 innings. However, the Royals would lose the World Series that year in six games.[6]
On October 11, 1985, in Game 3 of the ALCS, George Brett hit two home runs off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Doyle Alexander, made a back-handed stop at third base to throw out a runner at home, and recorded the final out to give the Royals a much-needed 6–5 win. The Royals went on to win the American League pennant in seven games.[6]
On October 27 of that same year, the Royals clinched their first World Series title in franchise history, winning Game 7 in Royals Stadium. Led by the pitching of Bret Saberhagen, Darryl Motley's two-run home run, and George Brett's four hits, the Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11–0. The Royals were the first team in the history of the World Series to lose the first two games of the series at home and come back to win.[6]
View of the stadium during the National Anthem at the 2012 All-Star Game
In 2012, the stadium hosted its second All-Star Game, which the National League won 8-0.[7]
The stadium hosted the Royals' first playoff game in nearly 29 years when the city's former team, the Athletics, came to town for the 2014 American League Wild Card Game. Despite trailing 7-3 in the eighth inning, Kansas City rallied to win the game, 9-8, and advance to the 2014 ALDS.[8] They hosted Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 against the San Francisco Giants in the World Series but lost the series, 4-3.
In 2015, the stadium hosted playoff games as the Royals once again made the playoffs, this time as the highest ranked American League team. Games 1, 2, and 5 of the ALDS against the Houston Astros were played at the stadium, with the Royals winning Games 2 and 5, as well as Games 1, 2, and 6 of the ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays, with the Royals winning all three games. The stadium hosted games 1 and 2 of the 2015 World Series against the New York Mets as a result of the American League winning the 2015 MLB All-Star Game 6-3. The Royals won game 1 (5-4 in 14 innings) and game 2 (7-1), as well as the entire series (4-1).
Features[edit]
Kauffman Stadium as it appeared prior to 2009 renovations
Kauffman Stadium was the last baseball-only park built in the majors (not counting temporary facilities) from 1966 to 1991. It was one of the few baseball-only facilities built in the majors during the heyday of the cookie-cutter stadium era, and is one of two such facilities (Dodger Stadium is the other) that are still active and were never converted for use as multi-purpose stadiums.1
Although it is a baseball-only facility, its design took several stylistic cues from the multi-purpose stadiums of the day, plus the Googie style that was more prevalent in the decades prior. The main stadium itself is primarily concrete, with a smooth, uncovered concrete facade. The stands wrap around the infield and end at the foul poles, with smaller bleacher sections (or "outfield plazas", as the Royals call them) in the outfield. In their book, The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip, Josh Pahigian and Kevin O'Connell wrote that it is essentially one-third of a cookie-cutter stadium, containing only the seats in a cookie-cutter stadium that provide the best views for baseball.[9] The upper deck is quite steep, though not as high as other parks built during this time. Many minor-league stadiums built in the 1980s and early 1990s, as well as Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, employ a similar design.
By 2000, all of the seats were replaced by blue seats, the lower section seating also getting cupholders.
The park's best-known feature is the fountain and waterfall display (known as the Water Spectacular) behind the right-field fence. At 322 feet (98 m), it is the largest privately funded fountain in the world.[9] The fountains are on display before and after the game and in-between innings, while the waterfalls are constantly flowing.
Giants vs Royals, 10 August 2014
When the stadium was originally built, Kansas City was the westernmost major league city other than those along the Pacific Coast (1,600 mi. [2,600 km] away), which was a major reason why the Royals initially decided to use a faster-draining AstroTurf surface.[10] The Royals' home territory included a large swath of the Great Plains and Rockies, and Kauffman didn't want fans who drove many hundreds of miles to go home without seeing the game completed. The Truman Sports Complex's legendary groundskeeper, George Toma, best known as the head groundskeeper for every Super Bowl, thus had the job of maintaining two carpets for most of his career. He also maintained the surface at Arrowhead Stadium, which had AstroTurf from 1972 through 1993. However, Toma has said that artificial turf requires a good deal of maintenance as well; his crews were able to keep Royals Stadium's original carpet for two decades, somewhat longer than the typical lifetime for a turf surface.[11] This is also due to the fact that Kauffman Stadium has never hosted a football game, and has no movable seating, thus avoiding the wear and tear typical of cookie-cutter stadiums.
The arrival of the Colorado Rockies, however, removed virtually all of the western portion of the Royals' once-vast home territory. Partly due to this, the stadium's turf was replaced by grass for the 1995 season. When the Royals ripped out the turf, 4 inch (10 cm) perforated tiles were installed at 12.5-foot (3.8 m) centers across the entire field. As a result, the current grass field drains very well. Many newer facilities (and some older facilities through retrofitting) have similar drainage systems to minimize downtime after rain delays.
In 2014, the Royals started placing a "W" on the Hall of Fame wall for every home win, similar to the Chicago Cubs hoisting a white flag with a blue "W" at Wrigley Field for every Cub home win.
Renovations[edit]
Aerial view in August 2013
On April 4, 2006, Jackson County, Missouri voters approved a 0.375% sales tax increase to fund plans to renovate the Truman Sports Complex. As part of this measure, every Jackson County residential address was to receive vouchers good for 50% off two tickets at Royals games on certain nights. The construction began with a ceremonial groundbreaking inside Kauffman Stadium on October 3, 2007, with completion of Kauffman Stadium in time for Opening Day in 2009, and full renovation of the complex (including nearby Arrowhead Stadium) by 2010, depending upon cost overruns. The team committed to a lease that will keep them in Kansas City until 2030, an extension of their current lease expiration of 2015. The improvements to Kauffman Stadium included the following:
Reducing capacity to 37,903
New high definition scoreboard, dubbed "Crown Vision" and control room
Fountain view terraces
Outfield concourse
Kids' area
Taste of KC
Right field sports bar-themed restaurant
Left field hall of fame and conference center
New group sales areas
Wider concourses
New and upgraded concession and toilet amenities on all concourses
Enhanced vertical circulation to all levels
Four new entry ticket gates
New press facilities
The new high-definition scoreboard was one of the first features to be installed.[12] It replaced both the old matrix board in the shape of the Royals logo that had been in the park since its opening, along with the video board that had been installed in 1989. The new scoreboard was ready for Opening Day 2008. It is 84 ft. wide and 105 ft. tall, and was, at the time it entered service, the largest high-definition LED display in the world.[13] The Kauffman Stadium screen was eventually surpassed by the new scoreboard at Seattle's Safeco Field in 2013.[14] The display was assembled in 55 separate segments, including an active bottom taper to resemble the shield in the Royals logo. The video scoreboard alone cost $8.3 million, and the control room that operates it is staffed with 17 people on game days.[15] It was adorned with a crown during the 2008 offseason. Strobe lights atop the scoreboard flash after every Royals home run.
A second proposal on the April 2006 ballot would have installed a rolling roof at the Truman Sports Complex. The roof could have been moved to cover either Kauffman Stadium or Arrowhead Stadium when needed. The measure failed at the polls.
Non-baseball events[edit]
Concerts[edit]
Date
Artist
Opening act(s)
Tour / Concert name
Attendance
Revenue
Notes
August 17, 1975 Fleetwood Mac — Fleetwood Mac Tour — — This concert was part of the Summer Jam Festival.
July 15, 1978 Van Halen — 1978 World Tour — — This concert was part of the Summer Jam Festival.
September 1, 1979 REO Speedwagon — Nine Lives Tour 35,000 — This concert was part of the Summer Jam Festival.[16]
September 21, 2018 Billy Joel — Billy Joel in Concert TBA TBA First Concert at the ballpark in 39 years.[17]
Buck O'Neil legacy seat[edit]
The O'Neil legacy seat.
Beginning with the 2007 season, the Royals had a red seat placed in the stadium amongst the all-blue seats behind home plate to honor Buck O'Neil. Every game, there will be a person who embodies the spirit of Buck O'Neil selected from community nominees to sit in that seat, formerly occupied by O'Neil. The seat is located behind home plate in what was Section 101, Row C, Seat 1, until 2008. Due to the stadium renovations and accompanying section renumbering in 2009, the seat number is now Section 127, Row C, Seat 9, and the seat bottom is now padded. O'Neil played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League from 1937 to 1955.
Statues[edit]
Four statues lay out in the outfield concourse behind the fountains. Three of the statues are located in right field (George Brett, Dick Howser and Frank White) and in left is the former Royals owner Ewing Kauffman and his wife Muriel.
Notes[edit]
^Note 1 : Candlestick Park (1960), Anaheim Stadium (1966), and Jarry Park Stadium (1969) were all originally built as baseball-only facilities. Candlestick Park has closed and has since been demolished, and Jarry Park Stadium was renovated into Stade Uniprix, a tennis-specific stadium with only a small portion of the original stadium present. Both Candlestick Park and Anaheim Stadium were converted to multi-purpose facilities. Anaheim Stadium, now known as Angel Stadium of Anaheim, was re-converted into a baseball-only facility in 1996.
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b "History of Kauffman Stadium". KansasCity.Royals.MLB. Kansas City Royals. 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ Everly, Steve (January 13, 1991). "Engineering Firm's Founder Has Retired". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ "New Stadium for Royals in 1972 a Question Mark". St. Joseph News-Press. August 19, 1971. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
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Jump up ^ "Boxscore: NL All-Stars vs. AL All-Stars - July 10, 2012". Major League Baseball. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ Royals eliminate A's on Salvador Pėrez's walk-off single in 12th, ESPN, Associated Press, October 1, 2014, retrieved April 28, 2018
^ Jump up to: a b Pahigian, Josh; O'Connell, Kevin (2004). The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip. Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press. ISBN 1-59228-159-1.
Jump up ^ Smith, Curt (2001). Storied Stadiums. New York City: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-1187-6.
Jump up ^ Kaegel, Dick (January 10, 2012). "KC legend Toma earns groundskeeping honor". mlb.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Daktronics installs world's largest HD display for Kansas City Royals". October 4, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Royals Fans to Watch Highlights and Replays on World's Largest HD Display". Retrieved April 28, 2018.
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Jump up ^ Royals scoreboard is a vision of the future. The Kansas City Star. April 8, 2008.
Jump up ^ "09/01/1979: Nine Lives @ Royals Stadium - Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ Flanagan, Jeffrey (January 19, 2018). "Joel booked for first show at The K since '79". MLB.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
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Piece by Piece (song)
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"Piece by Piece"
Single by Kelly Clarkson
from the album Piece by Piece
Released
November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)
Format
CD
digital download
Recorded
2014
Genre
Pop[1]
Length
3:44 (radio mix)
3:31 (Idol version)
Label
RCA
Songwriter(s)
Kelly Clarkson
Greg Kurstin
Producer(s)
Greg Kurstin
Kelly Clarkson singles chronology
"Second Hand Heart"
(2015) "Piece by Piece"
(2015) "Softly and Tenderly"
(2017)
"Second Hand Heart"
(2015) "Piece by Piece"
(2015) "Softly and Tenderly"
(2017)
Alternative cover
Idol version single cover
"Piece by Piece" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson taken from her seventh studio album of the same name. She co-wrote the track with its producer Greg Kurstin. A midtempo pop song about restoring someone's faith in love and family relationships, Clarkson promulgated "Piece by Piece" as a sequel to the song "Because of You" (2004) but with a "happy ending". After a discussion with her sister about their family life, she introspectively co-wrote the song in a first-person narrative to her father, whose neglect of his family was used as a juxtaposition to her husband's unconditional love for her and their daughter, whom they both promised to never abandon.
"Piece by Piece" was first released as the second promotional single from Piece by Piece by RCA Records on February 24, 2015. Upon its release, the title track has received praise from music critics, who commended lyrical content as one of the album's highlights. Clarkson premiered the song in a live acoustic performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and has showcased it on the set list of the Piece by Piece Tour. A re-worked version of the track was released to American hot adult contemporary radio stations on November 9, 2015, as the third and final single from the album. On February 25, 2016, Clarkson performed "Piece by Piece" in a live presentation on the fifteenth season of American Idol. The successful commercial and critical response of her performance on the program led RCA to issue an "Idol version" of the track on February 29, 2016.
The combined versions of "Piece by Piece" allowed the song to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number eight, becoming Clarkson's eleventh top ten hit and tying itself with "Never Again" (2007) as her highest debut on the chart. The track also attained the top position on three Billboard charts—primarily the Billboard Digital Songs chart, earning Clarkson her 100th Billboard number-one hit—a milestone in her musical career. Overseas, "Piece by Piece" became a top 40 hit in the music charts of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Scotland. Clarkson later performed a reprise of the Idol version on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on March 3, 2016. The Idol version was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.
Contents
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1 Composition
2 Release and reception
2.1 Critical response
2.2 Chart performance
3 Live performances
4 Music video
5 Track listing
6 Credits and personnel
7 Charts
7.1 Weekly charts
7.2 Year-end charts
8 Release history
9 See also
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
Composition[edit]
One of the five songs she had written by for her seventh studio album, Clarkson co-wrote "Piece by Piece" with frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin, who produced the track. Clarkson has said about writing the song:
A lot of the reasons why I wrote "Piece by Piece" was I guess I didn't realize the gravity of the situation until I had a child of my own, and until I experienced love like I do with Brandon (Blackstock) on the daily basis. I guess you don't realize something is missing until you feel it. I can't imagine walking away from my little girl. I can't imagine not having that love anymore. I didn't know it was missing because I never had it. It was a revelation and that's why I wrote that song. I think a lot of people go through that.[2]
"Piece by Piece" (2015)
Clarkson's relationship with her husband serves as an antithesis to that of her estranged father. The complexities between parental bonds, primarily about fatherhood, are explored throughout the song.[3][4]
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Lyrically, the song is a midtempo pop number about restoring someone's faith in love and family relationships.[1][5] The song starts with a woman's recollection of her father abandoning his family; by the chorus, she finds a new man in her life, whom she describes as someone who, "piece by piece", had restored her "faith that a man can be kind and a father could stay".[6][7] Written in a first-person narrative, Clarkson introspectively co-wrote the song to her father, whose abandonment of his family when she was six years old was utilized as a juxtaposition in contrast to her husband's unconditional love to her and their daughter, whom they had both promised in the song to never leave behind.[2][8][9][10]
Clarkson pegged "Piece by Piece" as a follow-up song to her 2004 track "Because of You" and the album's "most personal" record, saying that "once you've worked through that and you find love and the kind of happiness you hoped for but didn't really know was possible. It's a happy song. And it has a happy ending, unlike 'Because of You'".[6][11] She revealed that she was inspired to write it after a discussion with her sister about their relationships with their respective families.[2][11][12][13] She remarked, "I was talking to my sister on the phone about how sometimes girls with daddy issues don't find men like that!".[2] Clarkson also noted that how their husbands were so supportive and loving were in stark contrast to the cliché about people with "abandonment issues" dating "losers".[2] She also said that "Piece by Piece" is a positive song, despite its somber resonance, and that she's still grateful to her father for making her want to be much more present in her family.[2] Sonically, Jon Pareles of The New York Times compared it to the anthems recorded by U2.[14] While Marissa Muller of CBS Radio described its sound as having a stadium feel with big drums.[15]
Release and reception[edit]
"Piece by Piece" was first issued as the album's second promotional single by RCA Records on February 24, 2015.[15] Clarkson also revealed plans for the song to receive a single release.[16] RCA then commissioned a re-worked version of the track for commercial release, which was serviced to hot adult contemporary radio stations on November 9, 2015 as the third single from the album.[17][18] Following Clarkson's performance on American Idol, RCA issued an Idol version accompanied by a piano by Jason Halbert and produced and mixed by Jason Halbert on February 29, 2016.[19]
Critical response[edit]
"Piece by Piece" received acclaim from music critics, who promulgated it as one of the album's highlights for its lyrical content. Reviewing for Billboard, Jamieson Cox regarded the song as a raw and standout vocal showcase, saying that when Clarkson forges a real emotional connection with the track, it allows the album to transcend hammier and hackneyed moments in between.[20] In his review for The New York Times, Pareles described it as the album's most accusatory song; and noted that despite the lyrical's vulnerability, its music rises quickly to bombast, triumphal and glamorous but remote.[14] He also lamented that those moments are far too few in the album.[14] Writing for AXS on its release, Chase Hunt singled out "Piece by Piece" as the one that feels more natural than the rest of the album's tracks.[9] He wrote that songs penned by Clarkson, or any artist writing their own songs, feels different.[9] And that the track is letting listeners into her soul while telling more of her story, past and present.[9]
Katherine St. Asaph of Time also highlighted the song as one of the album's stronger moments, describing it as a dagger to deadbeat dads everywhere that marks her most pointed lyrics since Stronger's "You Love Me" (2011).[21] AllMusic's senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine also included it as one of the three tracks (along with "Nostalgic" and "Good Goes the Bye") that strike a right balance of Clarkson's indomitable character and fresh electronic beats on the album's production.[22] In their reviews of Piece by Piece, New York Post's Hardeep Phull also pegged the track as the album's emotional peak, while Jim Farber of the New York Daily News highlighted the song as one of the two (along with "Someone") that show Clarkson's flair for the passive aggressive put-down and help focus on her persona.[23][24] Reviewing of the album for The A.V. Club, Annie Zaleski also commended the track as one of the tracks where Clarkson is far more engaging, and recommended that the album could use more of those emotional complexity and personal connection.[10]
Chart performance[edit]
"Piece by Piece" made its debut chart appearance on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart on the chart week ending December 19, 2015.[25] It attained a peak position of number 32 and stayed on the chart for nine weeks.[26] Following Clarkson's performance of the song on American Idol, Nielsen Soundscan announced that digital copies of the song had sold a total of 21,996 copies a few hours prior to the end of the tracking week ending on February 25, 2016, posting a 4777% gain from its previous week and allowing it to debut on the Billboard Digital Songs chart at number 35 and at number 18 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in the issue dated the week ending March 12, 2016.[27][28][29] The following week, "Piece by Piece" made its debut Billboard Hot 100 chart at number eight, becoming Clarkson's eleventh Hot 100 top ten hit on the chart and tied itself with "Never Again" (2007) as her highest entry position on the chart.[30] In addition, it also became her first song to reach the top 10 in since "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" reached number one in 2012. It also ascended to the top position on the Billboard Digital Songs chart and Pop Digital Songs chart with 210,000 digital copies sold and 3.1 million streaming activity, posting a 852% digital surge and 969% streaming gain while also becoming her 100th number-one hit on the Billboard charts.[30][31] In addition, the song re-entered the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart at number 33 and debuted on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart at number 23.[30] "Piece by Piece" peaked at number nine on the Adult Pop chart, becoming Clarkson's fifteenth top-10 hit on the chart and set a record for the female artist with the most top-10s on the chart.[32] Internationally, "Piece by Piece" debuted on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 at number 17,[33] on the Official UK Singles Chart at number 95, with an entry at number 37 on the UK Top Sales Chart, and on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 24.[34][35][36] Following a performance of "Piece by Piece" by Rebecca Grace on The X Factor, the song re-entered the Official UK Singles Chart at number 27, attaining a new peak position. [37]
As of September 2017, the song has sold over 813,000 copies in the United States.[38]
Live performances[edit]
Clarkson performing "Piece by Piece" on the Piece by Piece Tour.[39]
Clarkson presented "Piece by Piece" in a short live acoustic performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 2, 2015, and explained how she co-wrote the song.[40] She revealed that the song's lyrical content had also made it hard for her to perform it live, saying "It's not even the sad parts of it because I'm not there. I'm not in that place anymore, like where I'm sad about it. I'm in a very forgiving place about it and everybody's human. But I think I get really choked up because I just realize how lucky I am... And a lot of girls that grew up with their daddy issues and with not having that figure in their life, you know, take a very different road, and I just feel lucky that I'm not that girl." To promote the album, Clarkson had also performed the song in a stripped-down performance as part of her set list during her Piece by Piece Tour.[12][39] On February 25, 2016, she performed "Piece by Piece" in a live performance a year after its release on the fifteenth season of American Idol.[41] Her rendition of the song was met with a standing ovation from the audience[42] and critical acclaim from music critics[43][44][45][46]— with Olivia Waring Metro praising it as poignant while USA Today's Erin Jensen describing it as a "heartfelt performance that we just can't get enough of".[42][43] On March 3, 2016, Clarkson appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show where she discussed her American Idol performance and closed the program with a rendition of the song.[47]
Music video[edit]
An accompanying music video filmed by Alon Isocianu was commissioned to promote the single and premiered on Vevo on November 19, 2015.[48][49] The video, filmed entirely in a monochromatic form, features tribute scenes to women of all ages—primarily to mothers, abandoned daughters, and pregnant women, ending with a scene of Clarkson carrying her own daughter.[3][4]
Track listing[edit]
Single – radio mix[50]
No.
Title
Length
1. "Piece by Piece" (radio mix) 3:44
Single – Idol version[19]
No.
Title
Length
1. "Piece by Piece" (Idol version) 3:31
Credits and personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from the Piece by Piece liner notes and "Piece by Piece" metadata.[51][52]
Recording
Engineered at Starstruck Studios, Nashville, Tennessee and Echo Studio, Los Angeles, California
Personnel
Vocals – Kelly Clarkson
Engineering – Greg Kurstin, Satoshi Noguchi
Additional engineering – Julian Burg, Alex Pasco
Assistant engineering – Jeremy Miller, Todd Tidwell
Bass, drums, guitars, keyboards, production – Greg Kurstin
Additional programming – Jesse Shatkin
Orchestra arrangement and conductor – Joseph Trapanese
Mixing – Serban Ghenea
Engineering for mixing – John Hanes
Music Preparation – Booker White, The Walt Disney Music Library
Songwriting – Kelly Clarkson, Greg Kurstin
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2015–17)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[53]
24
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[33]
17
Canada AC (Billboard)[54]
6
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[55]
15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[56]
Idol version
16
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[57]
5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[58]
27
US Billboard Hot 100[59]
8
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[60]
11
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[61]
6
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2016)
Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[62]
19
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[63]
33
Release history[edit]
List of release dates, showing region, release format, label catalog number, and reference
Region
Date
Format(s)
Label
Catalog number
Ref
United States
November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09) Hot adult contemporary radio RCA N/A [17][18]
Worldwide
November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19) Digital download – radio mix Sony Music GBCTA1500077 [50]
United Kingdom
February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12) Digital download RCA GBCTA1500005 [64]
United States
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) Mainstream contemporary hit radio – Idol version N/A [65]
Worldwide
Digital download – Idol version Sony Music GBCTA1500109 [19]
See also[edit]
List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles of 2016
List of number-one digital songs of 2016 (Canada)
List of number-one digital songs of 2016 (U.S.)
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King, Gayle (November 18, 2015). "Kelly Clarkson shares story behind title track "Piece by Piece"". CBS This Morning. CBS News. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
Brown, Christopher (March 5, 2016). "The Deep, Powerful Message in Kelly Clarkson's New Hit Song". The Huffington Post. AOL. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
Richardson Andrews, Charlotte (March 7, 2016). "Songs for our fathers: why family makes for the most powerful music". The Guardian. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
Callegari, Caitlyn (March 7, 2016). "Do Kelly Clarkson & Her Dad Talk? "Piece By Piece" Has An Emotional Backstory". Bustle. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
Morgan, Greenwald (March 3, 2016). "Kelly Clarkson on Emotional 'Idol' Performance: 'Crying on National TV Isn't Really My Idea of a Good Time'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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