Katy Perry Biography, Music & News
One of the songs she had recorded for her album with Ballard, “Simple”, was featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Perry signed with Red Hill Records and recorded her debut album, a contemporary Christian record titled Katy Hudson, which was released on March 6, 2001. Perry is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 151 million records worldwide.
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Outside of her music career, Perry reprised her role as Smurfette in The Smurfs 2, which was released in theaters on July 31, 2013. Ferras was the first artist to get signed to her label, and Perry served as an executive producer on his self-titled EP. On June 17, 2014, Perry announced that she had founded her own record label under Capitol Records, titled Metamorphosis Music. On June 26, 2014, she was declared the Top Certified Digital Artist Ever by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for certified sales of 72 million digital singles in the United States.
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“Wide Awake” was released on May 22 as the re-release’s second single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one in Canada and New Zealand. On September 7, she set a new record by becoming the first artist to spend 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100. “E.T.” featuring Kanye West was released as the fourth single from Teenage Dream on February 16, 2011.
It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks, making Teenage Dream the ninth album in history to produce four number one singles on the chart. The song was the lead single from her third studio album, Teenage Dream, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in June. 3’s song “Starstrukk” in September 2009, and on a duet with Timbaland entitled “If We Ever Meet Again”, from his album Shock Value II, three months later. Perry also appeared on two singles with other artists; she was featured on a remix of Colorado-based band 3OH! Later singles “Thinking of You” and “Waking Up in Vegas” were released in 2009 and reached the top 30 of the Hot 100. “Hot n Cold” was released the following September and became the album’s second successful single, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100, while topping charts in Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, and Austria.
Six of her songs have received Diamond certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The dance-inspired Prism (2013) yielded two U.S. number-one singles, “Roar” and “Dark Horse”. Its reissue, subtitled The Complete Confection (2012), produced the U.S. number-one single 4rabet apk “Part of Me”.
- It became the album’s third consecutive number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 8, 2010.
- Perry worked with songwriters including Desmond Child, Greg Wells, Butch Walker, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, the Matrix, Kara DioGuardi, Max Martin, and Dr. Luke.
- It has since sold over 12 million copies worldwide, being her highest-selling album to date.
- Billboard listed Perry as the fourth top female artist of the 2010s decade (eighth overall) and the 61st greatest artist of all time.
- “Unconditionally” followed as the second single from Prism on October 16, 2013, and peaked at number 14 in the United States.
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For this record, she received an honorary American Music Award in November 2011 and another Guinness record. It became the album’s third consecutive number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 8, 2010. It has since sold over 12 million copies worldwide, being her highest-selling album to date. Released on August 24, 2010, Teenage Dream debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and received mixed reviews from music critics. After serving as a guest judge on American Idol, Perry released “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg on May 7, 2010. The Guinness World Records recognized her in its 2010 edition as the “Best Start on the U.S. Digital Chart by a Female Artist”, for digital single sales of over two million copies.
Throughout her career, Perry has also co-written songs recorded by other artists, including Lesley Roy, Kelly Clarkson, Jessie James Decker, Selena Gomez & the Scene, Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea, Rita Ora, Nicki Minaj, and Ariana Grande. On June 15, 2017, Calvin Harris released a song titled “Feels” from his album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. The track was also streamed over three million times on Spotify within 24 hours, breaking the music streaming service’s record at the time for the highest first-day streaming for a single track by a female artist. On July 22, 2009, Perry recorded a live album titled MTV Unplugged, which featured acoustic performances of five tracks from One of the Boys as well as one new song, “Brick by Brick”, and a cover of Fountains of Wayne’s “Hackensack”. The Matrix’s self-titled album, which Perry had recorded with the band in 2004, was released on iTunes on January 27, 2009, as a result of her solo success. She recorded background vocals on P.O.D.’s single “Goodbye for Now”, was featured at the end of its music video in 2006, and performed it with them on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
