The song 's accompanying music video was directed by Vadim Perelman . Clarkson wrote the treatment for the video herself in order to reflect the pain that she felt due to her parents ' divorce . The video 's plot centers on Clarkson engaging in a heated argument with her husband in front of her child before realizing that she was repeating her parents ' mistake . It won in the category for Best Female Video at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards . " Because of You " was performed live at numerous venues , including the My December Tour ( 2007 ) as well as the All I Ever Wanted Tour ( 2009 ) . It was covered by several artists including Ronan Parke , who was a runner-up in the fifth series of '' Britain 's Got Talent '' , and added to the international soundtrack of Brazilian soap opera '' Belíssima '' . In 2007 , the song was recorded by Reba McEntire as a duet with Clarkson , which was released as a lead single for McEntire 's twenty-fourth studio album '' Reba : Duets '' . This version reached number 36 on the Canadian Hot 100 . " Piece by Piece " , the title track from Clarkson 's seventh studio album , serves as the canonical sequel to " Because of You "
All I Ever Wanted Tour
All I Ever Wanted Tour
Because of You (Kelly Clarkson song)