Katy Perry was born 'Katheryn Hudson' on October 25,
1984. The singer-songwriter was brought up in a
religious household in California where Katy music
was not supported and described as 'devil's work.'
Although she began her singing in a church and
released a Christian LP in 2001 (Katy Hudson),
Katy soon diverted from her religious teachings.
Katy's first shot at attention came in the form of The
Matrix - a production team that planned to
record their own LP with Katy as one of the vocalists
before the plans were terminated.
Katy hit the Top 40 with "I Kissed A Girl" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Katy hit the Top 10 with "I Kissed A Girl."
Katy released her debut LP One
Of The Boys (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Katy topped the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart and
Hot Digital Tracks chart with "I Kissed A Girl."
Katy topped the Canadian singles chart with "I Kissed A Girl."
Katy topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Pop 100
chart, Pop 100 Airplay chart, and Hot Dance Airplay
chart with "I Kissed A Girl." The song became the 1000th song
to top the Billboard Hot 100 in the rock era.
Katy toured with the Warp Tour.
Katy hit #1 for 6 weeks with "I Kissed A Girl."
Katy hit the Top 40 with "Hot N' Cold" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
The video for "I Kissed A Girl" was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video, Best New Artist, Best Editing (Tom Lindsay), Best Cinematography (Simon Thrillaway), and Best
Art Direction
(Benji Bamps). Katy performed at the ceremony.
One
Of The Boys was certified gold.
Katy hit the Top 10 with "Hot N' Cold."
The singles "I Kissed A Girl" and "Hot N' Cold" were certified gold.
Katy hit #1 for 4 weeks with "Hot N' Cold."
Katy topped the Billboard Pop 100 chart and
Pop 100 Airplay chart with "Hot N' Cold."
Katy topped the Canadian singles chart with
"Hot N' Cold."
Katy topped the Billboard Hot Adult Top 40
chart with "Hot N' Cold."
Katy topped the Rolling Stone 'Readers Poll'
for Best New Artist of 2008.
Katy was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female ("I Kissed A Girl"). Katy performed at the ceremony.
Katy won a Brit Award for Best International
Female Solo Artist.
One
Of The Boys was certified platinum.
Katy hit the Top 40 with "Waking Up In Vegas" (available for download
at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Katy hit the Top 10 with "Waking Up In Vegas."
Katy hit #1 for a week with "Waking Up In Vegas."
Katy topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart and Dance
Club Play Songs chart with "Waking Up In Vegas."
The video for "Hot N' Cold" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video.
Katy released the CD/DVD MTV
Unplugged.
