Katy Perry Compact Biography
► WHO IS KATY PERRY? ◄
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, publicly known as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and TV personality. Katy Perry was brought into the world on October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California.
Raised in a profoundly religious family, and after singing in a church between the age of 9 and 17, Katy Perry chose to pursue a career in gospel music.
After signing with the Christian record label Red Hill in 2001, Perry recorded her debut album, a country gospel record titled “Katy Hudson” which was a commercial failure.
Seven years later, in 2008, Perry’s rise to fame started, with the release of her 2nd album, “One of the Boys,” and his lead single “I Kissed a Girl.”
- Due to Katy Perry’s 180-degree shift from gospel music into pop-rock, her second album has sold over 7 million copies worldwide.
Net Worth
Biography
∎ Born Date: October 25, 1984
∎ Born Place: Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
∎ Nationality: American
∎ Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
∎ Height: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
∎ Eye Color: Blue
∎ Years active: 2001–present
∎ Claim to Fame: “I Kissed a Girl”
∎ Genres: Pop, Rock, Disco
∎ Record Labels: Red Hill, Java, Columbia, Capitol Records
∎ Nick names: Katy Perry, KatyCat, Katy Bird
Discography
∎ One of the Boys (2008) – The lead single “I Kissed a Girl,” became a major global hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and becoming the 1000th chart-topper of the rock era.
∎ Teenage Dream (2010)
∎ Prism (2013) became Katy’s fastest-selling album and the 2nd best-selling album released by a woman in the U.S. in 2013.
∎ Witness (2017) – The most successful song of the album, “Chained to the Rhythm,” broke Spotify’s record at the time for the most-streamed song in 24 hours by a female artist.
Facts
∎ KatyCat began her music career singing Christian Pop.
∎ Both of Katheryn Perry’s parents are pastors.
∎ Katy Perry has a firm political view and is a strong supporter of the Democratic Party.
∎ Her stage nickname is a combination of her first name Katheryn shorted to Katy and Perry, which is her mother’s maiden name.
Favorite Things
Food: Mushrooms
Ice Cream: Cold Stone Creamery Birthday Cake Remix
Actress: Angelina Jolie
Movies: Rome and Juliet (1996), The Notebook, Lolita, Leon: The Professional
Song : “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston
KATY PERRY HAS RECEIVED 307 NOMINATIONS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, OF WHICH WON 104 AWARDS, HERE ARE FEW OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES:
∎ 5 American Music Awards from 14 nominations — Thanks to her third album Teenage Dream, which became the first by a woman to produce five #1 singles, Perry was honored with the Special Achievement Award in 2011.
- Perry won twice the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist in 2012, and in 2014, when “Dark Horse” won Single of the Year.
∎ 14 People’s Choice Awards and 5 Teen Choice Awards.
∎ 3 NRJ Music Awards and 1 BRIT Awards.
∎ 10 BMI Awards and 1 Juno Award.
∎ 5 MTV Video Music Awards from 29 nominations — In 2011, Katy Perry gained Video of the Year for “Firework,” Best Special Effects and Best Collaboration for “E.T.” (feat. Kanye West).
- That year, Katy Elizabeth Hudson received 10 nominations and became the first artist to have four different videos nominated at a single VMA ceremony.
∎ 5 Billboard Music Awards from 37 nominations — In 2012, Katy Perry was honored with Billboard’s 2nd Spotlight award for being the first woman to have five consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from one album; and the 2nd artist after Michael Jackson, who did it in 1988.
GO TO OFFICIAL LINKS
Website: rocknation.com
History Records
► Thanks to her third album, “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry spend a record-breaking of 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of Hot 100 chart between May 2010 and September 2011.
► In 2016, Katy Perry’s Super Bowl show was seen by 118.5 million viewers, making it the Most Viewed Halftime Performance, according to Guinness World Records.
► Perry held the World Record for Most Twitter Followers from 2014 until 2019, when she was surpassed by Barack Obama. Currently, Katy Hudson ranks as the most followed female on Twitter and the second most followed person overall.
► In June 2017, Katy Perry smashed another Twitter record, after becoming the First Person to accumulate 100 million followers.
► In 2015, Perry music video for “Dark Horse” became the first video by a woman to reach 1 billion views on Vevo, and the video for “Roar” is the second to hit 1 billion views, making Perry the first artist to have multiple videos surpass the 1 billion mark.
Filmography
(2012) Katy Perry: Part of Me
(2013) The Smurfs 2
(2015) Brand: A Second Coming
(2015) Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour
(2015) Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer
(2015) Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
(2016) Zoolander 2
(2016) Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Did You Know..?
• Perry would love to have Robert Pattinson or Andy Samberg in her music video.
• In 2008, Katy Hudson appeared in tv soap opera “The Young and the Restless.”
• Katy Perry has a cat named Kitty Purry, which owns a blog.
• Perry first hit song “I Kissed a Girl” was inspired by the actress Scarlett Johansson.
• Katy Hudson has celebrated her 28th birthday by having lunch with first Lady Michelle Obama.
• Released in December 2011, the Katy Perry Barbie Doll is a tribute to cupcakes and her blue hair era.
Quotes
“Acceptance is the key to be truly free.“
“I see everything through a spiritual lens.”
“Be yourself and you can be anything.”
“I come from a very non-accepting family, but I’m very accepting.”
“Too many girl rush into relationships because of the fear of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. Don’t do that!”
Q&A With Katy Perry
Q: Which female artists inspire you?
Katy Perry: “I just listened to [Brooke’s] 10 Cent Wings from top to bottom. It gives me the same inspired feeling as the first time I listened to it. And I’m really into Bonnie Raitt right now. I listened to a couple of her records when I went to Asia for a few weeks. There was an opportunity to take a three-hour hike up this volcano. And the whole time I was hiking-starting on the mountaintop.. I was only listening to Bonnie.”
Q: What elements are essential to you as a songwriter?
Katy Perry: “Color. I love idioms and old sayings, puns and humor. I love language. I’m one of those people who is really interested in the definition of a word and its synonyms. Every day I’m asking everybody I’m hanging out with what something means and what it means to them. Even if it’s a word I’ve heard over and over. I’m a hoarder of words.”
Q: What have you learn from being involved in Hillary’s campaign?
Katy Perry: “I was so grateful for the experience of the election: to be able to find and test my voice. There was a lot of noise about me taking a stand because I was “neutral girl” for a while. I was okay when someone told me, “Oh, just shut up and sing.” I have a song on the record called “Bigger Than Me,” and I think the song talks about Hillary and the election and
something is happening that’s bigger than her.”
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