Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson is
an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara,
California, and raised by Christian pastorparents, Perry grew up
listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child.
After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began
to pursue a career in music. As Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled
gospel album in 2001, which was unsuccessful. She later recorded an
album with production team The Matrix and completed the majority of a
solo album from 2004–5, neither of which were released.
After signing with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry
and released her first Internet single "Ur So Gay" that November, which
garnered public attention but failed to chart. She rose to fame with
the release of her second single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, which went
on to top international charts. Perry's first mainstream studio album One of the Boys followed
later that year and subsequently, became the thirty third-best selling
album worldwide of 2008. It was accredited platinumcertification by the
Recording Industry Association of America, while "I Kissed a Girl" and
her second single "Hot n Cold" both received multi-platinum
certifications. Her sophomore studio album Teenage Dream was
released in August 2010 and debuted at number one on theBillboard 200.
The album included hit singles "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream",
"Firework" and "E.T." , all of which topped the charts on the Billboard
Hot 100, making the Teenage Dreamalbum one of only nine albums to
ever produce four or more Hot 100 number ones. With "E.T." at number
one on the chart of May 12, 2011, Perry became the first artist in
history to spend a whole year, 52 consecutive weeks, in the top 10 of
Billboard Hot 100.
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