Katy Perry

Katy Perry (born October 25, 1984 as Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson) is an American singer, songwriter and actress United States. Born and raised in Santa Barbara, California by Christian pastor parents. Since childhood, Perry just listening to gospel music and Often her in the local church. He released an album of the same spirit as its name in 2001 as Katy Hudson, but with less success. She later recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed most of a solo album 2004-05, both of roomates none was released.
After signing with Capitol Music Group in 2007, he Adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released in November Perry his first single on the internet, "Ur So Gay" considerable public attention but failed to enter the charts. Katy Became famous with the release of second single, "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, the roomates topped international charts. In the same year, Perry's first album One of the Boys Became the 33rd best selling album worldwide in 2008. Perry Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, while "I Kissed a Girl" and the second single, "Hot n Cold" received multi-platinum Certifications. In its second year, the album Teenage Dream was released in August 2010 and debuted at number one the Billboard 200. This album include the hit single "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "ET" and "Last Friday Night (TGIF)", all of roomates have topped the charts on the Billboard Hot 100. With "E.T." perched at number one on the charts on May 12, 2011, Perry Became the first artist in history to spend a whole year, for 52 consecutive weeks in the top 10 Billboard Hot 100.
Perry had the opportunity to be a guest judge on the seventh series of the British television show, The X Factor and released a fragrance called "Purr", and also as the voice of Smurfette in the film in 2011, The Smurfs. Perry had a long relationship with Travie McCoy, but in the end she married Russell Brand on October 23, 2010


1984-2006: Early life and early career
Perry was born as Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California, and has descended from German, Portuguese, Irish and English. He was the second child of two pastors. well as having an older sister and younger brother and uncle laki.Bibi mother is screenwriter Eleanor Perry and director Frank Perry.
Perry joined his parents' church services and singing in church from the age of nine and seventeen. He grew up listening to gospel music, was not allowed to listen to what her mother called "secular music", and attended Christian schools and camps kamp.Sebagai a child, Perry learned to dance in a recreation building in Santa Barbara and was taught by seasoned dancers begin of swing dances, Lindy Hop and Jitterbug. After passing the GED test on his first year at Dos Pueblo High School, he decided to leave school and pursue a career in music. At first Perry started singing "Because [she] was at that point in [her] childhood where [she] was copycatting [her] sister and everything she [would do]" Her sister practiced with using tapes, while Perry took the tapes when her brother no. He practiced with the song and performing in front of her parents, who suggested she take vocal training. Katy took a chance and began studying at the age of nine to sixteen. He then enrolled at the Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and studied Italian opera in a short time.


Perry appeared with his guitar; tools he learned while starting his career
At the age of 15, Perry's singing in church attracted the attention and rock veterans from Nashville, Tennessee, who brought Perry there to polish writing skills. [16] In Nashville, Perry started recording demos and by country music veterans are taught how to craft songs and play guitar . Perry signed to the Christian music label, Red Hill and he recorded his first album at age 15. Shown as Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel-rock Katy Hudson in 2001. [10] [16] The album was not successful after the label ceased operations at the end of 2001. She then changed her surname to Perry from his mother's family name because "Katy Hudson" was too similar to film actress Kate Hudson. [16] [18] At the age of 17, Perry left her home to Los Angeles to begin working with Glen Ballard on an album for record label Island. The album is scheduled for release in 2005, but Billboard reported the album does not exist everywhere. Some of Perry and Ballard collaborations included "Box", "Diamonds" and "Long Shot" posted on her official MySpace page. "Simple" is one of the songs recorded with Ballard, was released on the soundtrack to the 2005 film, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Perry signed to Columbia Records in 2004. However, the label does not agree with his vision and not put in the "driver's seat" is. Instead, one of the ideas was to pair Perry Columbia with record production team The Matrix to be a female vocalist in an album. Although the album was later ruled out, he attracted the attention of the music press; developing her music career to make him as "The Next Big Thing" in October 2004 by Blender magazine. With no album project ongoing, Perry launch his own record. Eighty percent completed, but Columbia decided not to finish it out and remove the label. While waiting to find another label, she worked in an independent A & R company called Taxi Music. In 2006, Perry displayed at the end of the video for the single POD, "Goodbye for Now". He made a cameo appearance in Carbon Leaf video, "Learn to Fly".
2007-09: One of the Boys and MTV Unplugged
While in the process of being dropped by Columbia in 2006, the company's publicity executive, Angelica Cob-Baehler enthusiastically recommended Perry to Virgin Records chairman Jason Flom. At that time, Flom was leading a revival in the label and look for a peak performance with a worldwide pop. Despite mixed reactions from fellow Virgin executives, Flom became convinced that Perry could grow into new stars and at the beginning of 2007, lengthy discussions with Columbia resulted in the signing Katy Perry to Capitol Music Group recently established, a merger between Virgin and Capitol. As part of the deal, the label ensures the master (Perry) to the unfinished album, which never recorded while at Columbia, to be an important part of the first official debut album, One of the Boys.


Perry appeared in August 2008
Columbia Records seen by Flom as "a very powerful, but lacks a punch that can not be denied or both, can work well in the U.S. pop radio and internationally" and one of the first actions after completing the signing of an executive is to create a collaboration between Perry with songwriter and producer, Dr. Luke. From this collaboration produced the song "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold". Establishing her image was one of immediate concern manajemennya.Promosi began in November 2007 with the release of the video "Ur So Gay" that aims to introduce her to the music market. A digital EP led the song "Ur So Gay" was later released to create online buzz and press story. Morning show in Arizona, Kiss FM and KRQ's JohnJay & Rich mentioned that this is a successful move that brought Perry to the attention of a Madonna On March 10, 2008, he appeared as himself in the ABC television series Family, Wildfire, on the episode "Life's Too Short ".
She went on the next step of promoting the album and toured for two months at the radio station. The official album's lead single, "I Kissed a Girl", was released on May 6, 2008. A & R Perry, Chris Anokute told HitQuarters that the song and the theme of controversial met with strong defense on the label, "people said 'It will never be played on the radio How do we sell? How will it play in the belt of the Bible?'" Anokute say that they needed the support of one of the radio promotorlabel to convince people to believe in the record otherwise Perry if one day there is the possibility of dropped again. Capitol SVP of Promotions, Dennis Reese saw the vision and helped push Perry singles on national radio. The first station to take that chance was The River in Nashville. After playing for three days they were overrun with phone antusias.Dengan song shot to the top of the charts, Perry debuted on the annual Warped Tour music festival, where management must "establish itself as a credible performer and make sure to not only be viewed with one hits ". The single was a commercial success and peaked at number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. Since then it has become the single major hits around the world, topped the charts in 30 negaratermasuk Australia, Canada, and Inggris.Pada dated June 12, 2008, Perry appeared as herself on the daytime soap opera, "The Young and the Restless" and posed for the cover of the June 2008 issue of the fictional magazine, Restless Style. Perry was also a background singer on the song "Another Night in the Hills" from Gavin Rossdale's solo album in 2008, Wanderlust.


Perry singing live in Berlin, September 2008.
One of the Boys was released on June 17, 2008 with a broad overview mixed reviews. The album has reached number nine on the Billboard 200, and has been certified platinum RIAA.Perry release of the second single, "Hot n Cold", who finished top of the charts in many countries around the world including the United States where it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 , as well as topping the charts in Germany, Canada, and Denmark. After Perry was busy with her appearance at the Warped Tour, she went on tour to Europe. He then launched the first tour, Hello Katy Tour in January 2009. "I Kissed a Girl" earned a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards 2009. Perry was nominated in five categories at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Newcomer and Best Female Video, but lost to Britney Spears. She won Best New Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008, who also serves as co-hosted, and Best International Female Artist at the BRIT Awards 2009. On February 9, 2009, both "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" were certified 3x platinum by the RIAA for digital sales of over three million people. In 2010, the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes Perry as the "Best Start on the U.S. Digital Chart by a Female Artist," for his first two singles sell over two million copies.
The Matrix debut album which features Perry, was later released via the team's label, Let's Hear It, during Perry's solo tour. When the release date was scheduled, "I Kissed a Girl" has climbed well. Matrix member Lauren Christy spoke to Perry about the decision, but she wanted to continue until the fourth single released One of the Boys sent. Regardless of their communication, The Matrix was released on January 27, 2009 through the iTunes Store.


Perry appeared in June 2009
In December 2008, Perry apologized to British singer Lily Allen for his remarks by calling himself a "skinny version" of Allen is meant only as a joke. Allen retaliated and told British radio station that she "happen to know the fact that she [Perry] was an American version" of her because their record company needed "to find something controversial and 'strange'" like her.
On May 16, 2009, Perry performed at the opening ceremony of the annual Life Ball in Vienna, Austria. In June 2009, lawyers acting Katy Perry opposed the recent trademark of Australian fashion designer Katie Perry who uses the name to market loungewear. Some media outlets reported this as a lawsuit, which Katy Perry has denied on blognya.Katie Perry (designer) reports on her blog that at a meeting with IP Australia on July 10, 2009, lawyers from Katy Perry (singer) withdraw their opposition to the trademark. During the summer of 2009, Perry featuring cameo appearance in the film Get Him to the Greek; inside scene where she kisses her fiance Russell Brand candidates, but unfortunately was cut and did not appear in the final film.Pada 2009, Perry appeared on two singles: a remix song "Starstrukk" by the band from Colorado, 3OH! 3 in August (the idea for the collaboration came after Perry's tour featuring 3OH! 3 as a supporting singer). The song was released on iTunes on September 8, 2009 and "If We Ever Meet Again", the fourth single from the album Shock Value II, Timbaland owned Desember.Pada in October 2009, MTV Unplugged revealed that Perry was one of the artists who performed for them and he will soon release a live album of the performance, including two new songs called "Brick by Brick" and a cover of a song "Hackensack" from Fountains of Wayne. [47] MTV Unplugged album was released on 17 November, including CDs and DVDs.
2010-present: Teenage Dream


Perry appeared on the November 2010
Perry appeared as a guest judge with Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh during the Dublin audition stage of the seventh series of the British television show The X Factor on June 28, 2010, [49] (later aired on August 28). He was one of the many celebrities chosen to fulfill the role of judge whilst Dannii Minogue was on maternity leave. He then returned to show "Firework" on October 17. [50] Perry's second album titled Teenage Dream [51] and was released in August 2010. The first single from the album was titled "California Gurls". This single peaked at number one Billboard Hot 100 and was the fastest increase of the single with Capitol Records artist since Bobbie Gentry song "Ode to Billie Joe" in 1967. [52] The cover of Teenage Dream is a painting by Will Cotton depicting Perry was lying naked on clouds of cotton candy; resembles the one Perry in the video for "California Gurls". [53] booklet physical edition of the album, in accordance with the theme of cotton candy, has a cotton candy scent. [54] The album's second single "Teenage Dream" was released on in July 2010. [55] "Firework" is the third single from the album.
Katy Perry appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010. [56] She was nominated for two awards and present the award "Best Male Video" with Nicki Minaj to Eminem. On 14 September, Perry returned to his old high school, Dos Pueblo High School, where he appeared briefly for the school's students. [57] [58] Perry featuring "Hot n Cold" with Elmo from Sesame Street, which originally appeared on the season premiere -41 of children's educational program on 27 September 2010. However, four days before the scheduled airing, Sesame Workshop announced, "Based on the feedback we have received for the Katy Perry music video ... we have decided not to broadcast the segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers. Katy Perry fans can still see the video on YouTube ". [59] The main reason that parents complained about the visible cleavage dress. Perry shot the video for Firework in Budapest in September 2010. An open casting call 38 000 applicants describe as being something that has never happened before. [60] He went on to perform a concert in Budapest on October 1, her first concert in Central and Eastern Europe. Perry has announced its own fragrance to be released in the fall of this year, named "Purr" which comes in a cat-shaped bottle, and will be available through Nordstrom stores. [61] [62] Teenage Dream bringing Perry to nominations four awards at the Grammys Awards 2011: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "Teenage Dream", and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "California Gurls". After the Grammys, Perry released the fourth single from the album "Teenage Dream", "ET" In this single remixed version featuring Kanye West. The music video for E.T. directed by Floria Sigismondi and features Shaun Ross as the main lover. In June 2011, Perry released the fifth single, "Last Friday Night (TGIF)". A remixed version featuring American rapper, Missy Elliot was released in early August. This single topped the radio charts in the U.S. and download. This song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on August 17, 2011, making Perry the first female artist to have five singles from the album are all at # 1.
Style and theme music



Perry appeared in 2009
Perry has a contralto vocal range (the lowest female voice). Due to the low vocal range, she lowers the key of many of her songs while singing directly in order to refine his voice. Perry's musical influences include Alanis Morissette, pop rockers Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, Shirley Manson, and Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the British band, Queen. Grew up listening to gospel music, Perry had few references when she began recording songs. When asked by the producer with whom to collaborate, Perry had no idea. That night, she went with her mother to a hotel. Inside, she turned on VH1 and saw producer channels Glen Ballard talking about Morissette; Ballard who produced the album Morissette, Jagged Little Pill, an album that had a "huge influence" on Perry. He told early collaborator that she had decided to work with Ballard. Producers set up a meeting with Ballard in Los Angeles. Perry gave him a song and a day later Perry called. Ballard developed Perry for a few years.
Perry describes his music by saying, "Someone like writing this to me the other day and I have used it ever since." According to her, she has "changed a lot between the ages of 15 and 23" the first album, Katy Hudson dwell on gospel music. He attributed that perspective in music "a bit enclosed and very strict", and all that relates to the church. Her second album, One of the Boys is described as "secular" and "rock," and reflects a departure from religious musical roots. Perry expects to record more pop songs for the next album.
Perry is artistically involved in the project, especially in the writing process. Since she could play guitar, she would start writing songs at home and come to the producer. Perry mostly inspired by specific moments of her life. He said it was easy to write songs about heartbreak. Most of the themes in One of the Boys berkisahkan about heartbreak, teen adventure, and "throwing up in the toilet". Perry's mother reportedly told British tabloid Daily Mail that she dislikes her daughter's music, calling it "shameful and disgusting." Perry said that the words of his mother misquoted and told MTV that it was false information. The song "Ur So Gay" and "I Kissed a Girl" have received negative reactions from the religious sector and homosexuality. The songs have been respectively labeled as homophobic and promoting homosexuality, as well as "lesbian exploitation." Perry responded to the controversy surrounding "Ur So Gay": "It's not a negative connotation, not, 'you're so gay' is defined as' you 're so lame' (suck), but the fact is that this man should have been gay, which I totally understand how it could be misconstrued or whatever ... it's not stereotyping anyone in particular, I was talking about ex-boyfriends. "
Public image



Perry appears in the July 2009
Perry is known with an unusual style of dress. It often looks cute, bright colors, reminiscent of different decades, and Perry often use accessories form of fruit, especially watermelon as part of her clothes. Having learned dancing at an early age, she fantasized to have its own style. Perry's transformation into an artist began with fashion, inspired by the depiction of American film actress Dominique Swain in the 1997 film adaptation of the novel Lolita. He defines fashion style as "a bit of a concoction of different things". Johnny Wujek, Perry's stylist, described the style of Perry after his first meeting as "something that is very colorful and classic". Fashion has caught the attention of designers. In June 2008, publicity photo showed Perry posing with a folding knife, criticized. The picture was defended as an attempt to give the impression that Perry "section with sharp edges". The criticism directed at her was mocked by Perry who subsequently posed with a spoon instead. He has appeared in the selection of 100 Sexiest Women FHM magazine twice, ranking # 23 in 2009 and 37 in 2010. She was ranked 7th in Rolling Stone as the Queen of Pop poll in July 2011 based.

Personal life

Perry dated Gym Class Heroes frontman, Travie McCoy, who met in a recording studio in New York, breaking continued for several years. Perry and McCoy broke up in December 2008.
Perry first met British comedian Russell Brand in the summer of 2008. [75] When Perry filming cameo appearance in the film Get Him to the Brand Greek. Perry and Brand began dating after meeting again in September 2009 [76] at the MTV Video Music Awards, where Brand acted as host, remarked "Katy Perry did not win an award and he's staying at the same hotel with me, so he will need a shoulder to cry on . so I was the real winner tonight. " The couple became engaged in December 2009 while vacationing in India. In a July 2010 YouTube interview, Perry said Brand would be the father of the "perfect". Perry stated that she plans to take dual British citizenship after marrying Brand. "One of the first things I'll do is apply for dual citizenship. I'm not too sure if I have to take a test as I've not had time to see it .. But English as my second home". Perry and Brand married on October 23, 2010 in a traditional Hindu ceremony near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan, India, the same location where Brand had proposed.] However, after 14 months of their marriage, the couple announced their divorce in December 2011. Divorce proceedings the couple had just processed in February 2012 and ended in July 2012, the couple officially divorced.
In an interview with Rolling Stone she said, "I am sensitive to Russell taking the Lord's name in vain and Lady Gaga putting a rosary in her mouth, I think when you put sex and spirituality in the same bottle and shake it, bad things will happen