All I Ever Wanted is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter 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 darker than her other two albums, Clarkson went on to record a more pop-oriented album. In order to do so, she enlisted her previous collaborators Max Martin, Dr. Luke, whom she worked on her sophomore album, Breakaway (2004), Sam Watters and Louis Biancaniello, whom she previous worked on her debut album, Thankful (2003), as well as new collaborators, such as Ryan Tedder, Howard Benson and Dre & Vidal.