All I Ever Wanted is the fourth studio album by American singer Kelly Clarkson, released on March 6, 2009, by RCA Records. After the controversies that surrounded her previous studio album, My December (2007), which was seen as much darker than her two previous albums, Clarkson went on to record a more pop-oriented album. In order to do so, she worked with previous collaborators Max Martin, Dr. Luke, (with whom she had worked on her 2004 second album, Breakaway), Sam Watters and Louis Biancaniello (with whom she had worked on her 2003 debut album Thankful), and new collaborators, Ryan Tedder, Howard Benson and Dre & Vidal.