Eight years ago, Trump reportedly struggled to enlist stars to be part of the swearing-in and the various glitzy balls that ...

Clarkson famously performed at Barack Obama's 2013 inauguration ... accept the divisive politician's invitation. "And that's why Kelly Clarkson is better than Carrie Underwood!" ...

In contrast, the protests had a larger presence of well-known celebrities rather than the inaugural itself, whereas Barack Obama had Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, and James Taylor, including other ...

which stood in stark contrast to someone like Barack Obama, whose second inaugural ceremony had performances from Beyoncé, James Taylor and Kelly Clarkson and a series of starry onlookers.

President-elect Donald Trump had one of the biggest names in country music performing at his swearing-in ceremony.

At former President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009 ... The 2013 ceremony featured Beyoncé singing the national anthem, Kelly Clarkson performing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" and James Taylor ...