KATY PERRY
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, aka Katy Perry, born October 25, 1984 is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Raised in the world of gospel music, during her freshman year of high school she embarked on a musical career under the name Katy Hudson.
At the beginning of her career she recorded a solo album, which however was never released; following the signing of the contract with the "Capitol Music Group" in 2007, the fourth record label adopted in seven years, Katy made the decision to adopt the stage name Katy Perry, therefore changing the previous surname with that of her mother, also making sure to eliminate any type of assonance with the name of the actress Kate Hudson.
In 2008 she achieved major recognition with the release of her first mainstream album "One of the Boys", which gave birth to three of the "100 Best Songs on Billboard's Hot 100", to name a few of the best known:
- "I Kissed A Girl";
- “Hot n Cold”;
- “Waking Up In Vegas”.
Subsequently during 2010, the third album she released, entitled "Teenage Dream", slipped to the top of the "Billboard 200" chart in no time, generating as a reaction five singles that reached Number 1:
1. “California Girls”;
2. “Teenage Dream”;
3. “Firework”;
4. “ET”;
5. “Last Friday Night (TGIF).
A curiosity about this album is that it was the only one after Michael Jackson's "Bad" album to have such success and above all to have 5 singles at Number 1, and Katy is the first woman in history to reach this milestone.
There are many records and successes of this wonderful artist:
- The Complete Confection on March 26, 2012 and the reissue that generated the single "Part of Me";
- Katy Perry is the only artist to have spent more than 52 consecutive weeks in the "Top ten of the Billboard Hot 100", up to 69 weeks;
- As of 2012, Katy was nominated for eight Grammy Awards;
-She was named "Artist of the Year" of 2011 by MTV;
-She managed to sell 37.6 million digital tracks in the United States and 11 million albums worldwide;
-You were a guest judge on the seventh edition of "The X Factor UK" and the ninth edition of "American Idol";
-She decided to create and sell the fragrances "Purr" and "Meow" on the market;
- She was the voice actress of the character Smurfette in the 2011 film "The Smurfs";
-In 2016 she got engaged to the actor Orlando Bloom and it was in 2020 that Katy announced her first pregnancy, entrusting the communication of the news to the video clip of a new song with an iconic title: "Never Worn White".
At the beginning of her career she recorded a solo album, which however was never released; following the signing of the contract with the "Capitol Music Group" in 2007, the fourth record label adopted in seven years, Katy made the decision to adopt the stage name Katy Perry, therefore changing the previous surname with that of her mother, also making sure to eliminate any type of assonance with the name of the actress Kate Hudson.
In 2008 she achieved major recognition with the release of her first mainstream album "One of the Boys", which gave birth to three of the "100 Best Songs on Billboard's Hot 100", to name a few of the best known:
- "I Kissed A Girl";
- “Hot n Cold”;
- “Waking Up In Vegas”.
Subsequently during 2010, the third album she released, entitled "Teenage Dream", slipped to the top of the "Billboard 200" chart in no time, generating as a reaction five singles that reached Number 1:
1. “California Girls”;
2. “Teenage Dream”;
3. “Firework”;
4. “ET”;
5. “Last Friday Night (TGIF).
A curiosity about this album is that it was the only one after Michael Jackson's "Bad" album to have such success and above all to have 5 singles at Number 1, and Katy is the first woman in history to reach this milestone.
There are many records and successes of this wonderful artist:
- The Complete Confection on March 26, 2012 and the reissue that generated the single "Part of Me";
- Katy Perry is the only artist to have spent more than 52 consecutive weeks in the "Top ten of the Billboard Hot 100", up to 69 weeks;
- As of 2012, Katy was nominated for eight Grammy Awards;
-She was named "Artist of the Year" of 2011 by MTV;
-She managed to sell 37.6 million digital tracks in the United States and 11 million albums worldwide;
-You were a guest judge on the seventh edition of "The X Factor UK" and the ninth edition of "American Idol";
-She decided to create and sell the fragrances "Purr" and "Meow" on the market;
- She was the voice actress of the character Smurfette in the 2011 film "The Smurfs";
-In 2016 she got engaged to the actor Orlando Bloom and it was in 2020 that Katy announced her first pregnancy, entrusting the communication of the news to the video clip of a new song with an iconic title: "Never Worn White".