ctually, in the case of <b>Clay Aiken</b> (#24), one star literally came out of nowhere.  In January, Aiken was a 24-year-old just out of college and working with the mentally disabled in North Carolina.  By midsummer, he was one of America's biggest musical superstars thanks to <b>American Idol</b> (#30), and for the year he finishes as the third most-searched male on the Internet behind only Kobe Bryant and rapper <b>50 Cent</b> (#18) -- another star who never received searches until late 2002.
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