Katy Perry

Katy Perry

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager. Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin. After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.

Perry rose to fame in 2008 with the release of her second album, a pop rock record titled One of the Boys, and its singles "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold". The former track also sparked controversy for its sapphic themes. Her third album, Teenage Dream (2010), ventured into disco, and was her first album to top the U.S. Billboard 200. It topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with the singles "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" while "The One That Got Away" reached number 3 on the chart. The album became the first by a female artist to produce five number-one songs in the U.S., and the second overall after Michael Jackson's album Bad. In March 2012, she re-issued the album as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, which produced the songs "Part of Me" and "Wide Awake". Her fourth album, Prism (2013), was her second to peak atop the U.S. charts. It is influenced by pop and dance, and she became the first artist with multiple videos to reach one billion views on Vevo with the videos for its songs "Roar" and "Dark Horse". Her fifth album, Witness (2017), delved into electropop and became her third album to reach number one in the U.S. Its most successful single, "Chained to the Rhythm", broke the record for Spotify's most streamed track by a female artist within 24 hours upon its release.

Perry has received many awards, including four Guinness World Records, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award, and has been included in the annual Forbes lists of highest-earning women in music from 2011–2017. Her estimated net worth as of 2016 is $125 million. She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums and over 100 million records globally throughout her career. In film, she released an autobiographical documentary titled Katy Perry: Part of Me in 2012, and voiced Smurfette in the 2011 film The Smurfs and its sequel in 2013. Perry also began serving as a judge on American Idol in 2018.

Albums/Movies/TV Shows


2017

Witness

Witness is the fifth studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on June 9, 2017, by Capitol Records. Four singles aided the album's release: "Chained to the Rhythm" featuring Skip Marley on February 10, 2017, "Bon Appétit" featuring Migos on April 28, "Swish Swish" featuring Nicki Minaj on May 19, and "Hey Hey Hey", which had a limited release, on January 12, 2018. Witness received mixed reviews from music critics. It topped the charts in Canada, Spain, and the United States while reaching number two in Australia, South Korea, Mexico, and New Zealand and the top five in nine other nations. To accompany the album's release, the singer broadcast herself for four days on YouTube with a four-day live-stream titled Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide. She also embarked on Witness: The Tour in support of it.

Genre: Electropop

Release date: Jun 9, 2017

Witness Tracks
1 Witness 3:36
2 Hey Hey Hey 3:36
3 Roulette 3:26
4 Swish Swish 3:14
5 Déjà Vu 3:24
6 Power 3:36
7 Mind Maze 3:46
8 Miss You More 3:4
9 Chained To The Rhythm 3:50
10 Tsunami 3:54
11 Bon Appetit 3:37
12 Bigger Than Me 3:10
13 Save As Draft 3:36
14 Pendulum 3:38
15 Into Me You See 3:4
16 Dance With The Devil 3:10
17 Act My Age 3:32

2013

Prism

Prism is the fourth studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released by Capitol Records on October 18, 2013. While the album was initially planned to be "darker" than her previous material, Prism ultimately became a prominently dance-inspired record. The singer worked with several past collaborators, while enlisting new producers and guest vocals. Much of Prism revolves around the themes of living in the present, relationships, and self-empowerment. Critical response to Prism was generally mixed; many reviewers deemed the lyrical content more mature while others considered the album to be more formulaic than her previous material.

Genre: Pop

Release date: Oct 18, 2013

Prism Tracks
1 Legendary Lovers 3:42 Lyrics
2 Roar 4:30 Lyrics
3 Choose Your Battles 4:28 Lyrics
4 It Takes Two 3:55 Lyrics
5 Spiritual 4:41 Lyrics
6 By The Grace Of God 4:28 Lyrics
7 Double Rainbow 3:52 Lyrics
8 This Moment 3:47 Lyrics
9 Love Me 3:51 Lyrics
10 Ghost 3:20 Lyrics
11 International Smile 3:48 Lyrics
12 This Is How We Do 3:30 Lyrics
13 Dark Horse 3:46 Lyrics
14 Unconditionally 3:57 Lyrics
15 Walking On Air 3:43 Lyrics
16 Birthday 3:36 Lyrics

2010

Teenage Dream

Teenage Dream is the third studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on August 24, 2010, through Capitol Records. Musically, it contains pop and dance-pop with influences of disco, electronic, funk, house, gothic rock, Hi-NRG, and hip hop. Lyrically, it revolves around teenage love, partying, self-empowerment, and personal growth. Perry co-wrote every song on the album, and also worked with a number of producers and writers, including Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Benny Blanco, Tricky Stewart, StarGate, Greg Kurstin, and Ester Dean.

Genre: Pop

Release date: Aug 24, 2010

Teenage Dream Tracks
1 E.T. (Remix) 4:35
2 Tommie Sunshine's Megasix Smash-Up 7:18 Lyrics
3 Hummingbird Heartbeat 3:33 Lyrics
4 Firework 3:54 Lyrics
5 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (Remix) 4:00 Lyrics
6 Dressin' Up 3:47 Lyrics
7 Wide Awake 4:37 Lyrics
8 Part Of Me 4:12 Lyrics
9 The One That Got Away (Acoustic) 4:21 Lyrics
10 Not Like The Movies 4:06 Lyrics
11 Pearl 4:09 Lyrics
12 Who Am I Living For? 4:09 Lyrics
13 E.T. 5:09 Lyrics
14 The One That Got Away 4:51 Lyrics
15 Circle The Drain 4:34 Lyrics
16 Peacock 4:00 Lyrics
17 California Gurls 3:55 Lyrics
18 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) 8:11 Lyrics
19 Teenage Dream 3:50 Lyrics

2008

One Of The Boys

One of the Boys is the second studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on June 17, 2008 by Capitol Records. During the making of the album, Perry was dropped from two record labels and went through two canceled albums. She collaborated with producers Greg Wells, Dr. Luke, David A. Stewart, and Max Martin among others on the album. All songs were written by the singer, with assistance of some other producers and writers. It was composed in a pop-rock style. A EP, Ur So Gay, which contains the album's promotional single, "Ur So Gay", was released to generate interest on the singer and the then-upcoming album.

Genre: Pop rock

Release date: Jun 17, 2008

One Of The Boys Tracks
1 Fingerprints 3:45 Lyrics
2 Ur So Gay 3:39 Lyrics
3 A Cup Of Coffee 4:13 Lyrics
4 I Think I'm Ready 2:33 Lyrics
5 I'm Still Breathing 3:32 Lyrics
6 Self Inflicted 3:26 Lyrics
7 Lost 4:21 Lyrics
8 If You Can Afford Me 3:19 Lyrics
9 Hot N Cold 4:44 Lyrics
10 Mannequin 3:24 Lyrics
11 Thinking Of You 4:20 Lyrics
12 Waking Up In Vegas 3:19 Lyrics
13 I Kissed A Girl 3:05 Lyrics
14 One Of The Boys 4:38 Lyrics

2005

(A) Katy Perry

(A) Katy Perry Tracks
1 Box 3:54
2 Diamonds 3:20
3 Hook Up 3:17
4 Long Shot 3:45
5 It's Okay To Believe 3:30
6 Simple 3:20
7 Takes One To Know One 3:20
8 Wish You The Worst 3:6
9 Weigh Me Down 3:41

2001

Katy Hudson

Katy Hudson is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer Katy Hudson, who subsequently adopted the stage name Katy Perry. It was released on February 8, 2001 by Red Hill Records. It incorporates primarily Christian rock and contemporary Christian music elements with lyrical themes of adolescence and childhood and Hudson's faith in God. Reviews of the album were mixed and it sold fewer than 200 copies. Later due to Hudson's increased popularity, demand for the album increased.

Genre: Christian rock, contemporary Christian music

Release date: Feb 8, 2001

Katy Hudson Tracks
1 My Own Monster 5:26 Lyrics
2 Growing Pains 4:11 Lyrics
3 When There's Nothing Left 6:46 Lyrics
4 Naturally 5:27 Lyrics
5 Faith Won't Fail 5:15 Lyrics
6 Spit 5:11 Lyrics
7 Last Call 3:09 Lyrics
8 Search Me 5:01 Lyrics
9 Piercing 4:55 Lyrics
10 Trust In Me 4:48 Lyrics


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