--- title: Kelly Clarkson Announces Birth of Her Second Child description: River Rose has a little bro canonical: https://time.com/4294024/kelly-clarkson-second-child/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-14T15:43:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:45:25.373Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kelly Clarkson Announces Birth of Her Second Child og:description: River Rose has a little bro og:url: https://time.com/4294024/kelly-clarkson-second-child/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de6078e1e71ccfe/69888f1c524fc079c6df7947/kelly-clarkson-child.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: kelly-clarkson-child og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kelly Clarkson Announces Birth of Her Second Child twitter:description: River Rose has a little bro twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de6078e1e71ccfe/69888f1c524fc079c6df7947/kelly-clarkson-child.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kelly Clarkson Announces Birth of Her Second Child by [Andrea Park & Anya Leon / People](/author/people/) ## Andrea Park & Anya Leon / People Apr 14, 2016 3:43 PM CUT  Guest judge and Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson performs onstage at FOX's American Idol Season 15 on February 25, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Guest judge and Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson performs onstage at FOX's American Idol Season 15 on February 25, 2016 in Hollywood, California.Ray Mickshaw—FOX/Getty Images by [Andrea Park & Anya Leon / People](/author/people/) ## Andrea Park & Anya Leon / People Apr 14, 2016 3:43 PM CUT And baby makes four! [Kelly Clarkson](http://www.people.com/people/kelly%5Fclarkson "undefined") and husband Brandon Blackstock welcomed their second child, [a son](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/10/23/kelly-clarkson-pregnant-expecting-son-brandon-blackstock/ "undefined"), on Tuesday, April 12, the singer [announced Thursday via Twitter](https://twitter.com/kelly%5Fclarkson/status/720621004230422528 "undefined"). “Our little baby boy has arrived!!Remington Alexander Blackstock was born 4/12/16 & he is healthy & we couldn’t be happier or more in love!” Clarkson, 33, wrote. Clarkson, who is already mom to 22-month-old daughter [River Rose](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/06/14/kelly-clarkson-welcomes-daughter-river-rose/ "undefined") with Blackstock, [announced her second pregnancy](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/08/20/kelly-clarkson-pregnant-expecting-second-child-brandon-blackstock/ "undefined") during an August 2015 concert at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. The singer stopped midway through her song “Piece By Piece” to tell the crowd: “I was not planning on announcing this but … I’m totally pregnant.” > [](https://twitter.com/kelly%5Fclarkson/status/720621004230422528) But her [most powerful performance](http://www.people.com/article/kelly-clarkson-american-idol-performance-piece-by-piece "undefined") during her pregnancy came when she took the stage during _American Idol’_s finale season to perform her hit “Piece by Piece,” a song about her husband’s great parenting and the absence of her own father during her childhood. “I didn’t realize it was gonna be that bad,” she later told [Ellen DeGeneres](http://www.people.com/people/ellen%5Fdegeneres/ "undefined") of [her emotional performance](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/03/03/kelly-clarkson-american-idol-performance-daughter-river-ellen-degeneres-show/ "undefined"), which left her choked up and in tears. “\[Brandon\] was \[at _Idol_\], my little girl was there, my little boy was turning circles in my stomach. It was nostalgic,” she said. “It was the last time I was gonna be on _Idol_ and it’s ending. I was screwed from the get-go.” She joked, “Emotionally, I was on a slip and slide from hell.” During her pregnancy, Clarkson spoke about how her morning sickness was[just as bad the second time around](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/11/26/kelly-clarkson-pregnant-today-morning-sickness/ "undefined"). “I’m familiar with all-day sickness,” she [told Gayle King on _CBS This Morning_in November](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/11/18/kelly-clarkson-pregnant-morning-sickness/ "undefined"). “I have to get IVs and fluids because I get so dehydrated. It’s really bad.” But the chance to “pop out magical unicorns” like River Rose, Clarkson said, makes the whole struggle worth it. Clarkson and Blackstock, a Nashville-based talent manager, got engaged in 2012 and [tied the knot in October 2013](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20747424,00.html "undefined"). Blackstock also has two children, Savannah and Seth, from a previous marriage. _This_ [_article_](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/04/14/kelly-clarkson-welcomes-son-remington-alexander/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://People.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4294024/kelly-clarkson-second-child/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4294024/kelly-clarkson-second-child/"},"headline":"Kelly Clarkson Announces Birth of Her Second Child","datePublished":"2016-04-14T15:43:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:45:25.373Z","description":"River Rose has a little bro","url":"https://time.com/4294024/kelly-clarkson-second-child/","keywords":["celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de6078e1e71ccfe/69888f1c524fc079c6df7947/kelly-clarkson-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrea Park & Anya Leon / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de6078e1e71ccfe/69888f1c524fc079c6df7947/kelly-clarkson-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kelly-clarkson-child","caption":"Guest judge and Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson performs onstage at FOX's American Idol Season 15 on February 25, 2016 in Hollywood, California.","creditText":"Ray Mickshaw—FOX/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4294024/kelly-clarkson-second-child/","name":"Kelly Clarkson Announces Birth of Her Second Child"}}]}] ```