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The 45-year-old revealed that she derives more pleasure from serving as a judge on the TV singing contest than she ever received from her early nineties pop career.
She told OK!: "I knew since I was a little girl that I had this profound way of touching people. My purpose is bringing out everybody's best and being that cheerleader to other people's success.
"Being a judge on American Idol overshadows being a Grammy winner and selling millions of records."
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