The label arranged for her to work with Dr. Luke to add an undeniable smash to her existing material. 41 42 Perry and Dr. Luke co-wrote the songs I Kissed a Girl and Hot n Cold for her second album One of the Boys.

For Perrys debut album released under this name, see Katy Hudson (album).

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.

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.

Three subsequent albums have topped the U.S.

Billboard 200. The disco -influenced Teenage Dream (2010) spawned five chart-topping U.S.

Billboard Hot 100 singles California Gurls, Teenage Dream, Firework, E.T., and Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) a record tying her with Michael Jackson s Bad.

Its follow-up record Prism (2013) was inspired by her divorce, and incorporates pop and dance along with themes of self-reflection, everyday life, and relationships.

With the music videos for its chart-topping songs Roar and Dark Horse, Perry became the first artist to have multiple videos reach one billion views on Vevo.

She has been included in the annual Forbes lists of highest-earning women in music from 2011 to 2019.

Perry is one of the worlds best-selling music artists, having sold over 18 million albums and 125 million singles worldwide.

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.

Her Super Bowl halftime show performance is the most watched in history.

Perry also began serving as a judge on American Idol in 2018.

Growing up, she attended religious schools and camps, including Paradise Valley Christian School in Arizona and Santa Barbara Christian School in California during her elementary years.

Her family struggled financially, 9 sometimes using food stamps and eating food from the food bank which also fed the congregation at Perrys parents church.

She discovered popular music through CDs she sneaked from her friends.

While not strictly identifying as religious, Perry has stated, I pray all the time for self-control, for humility.

Wanting to be like her sister Angela, Perry began singing by practicing with her sisters cassette tapes.

She performed the tracks in front of their parents, who let her take vocal lessons as Angela was at the time.

She began training at age nine, 15 and was incorporated into her parents ministry, 3 singing in church from ages nine to 17.

At 13, Perry was given her first guitar for her birthday, 3 17 and publicly performed songs she wrote.

She tried to be a bit like the typical Californian girl while growing up, and started rollerskating, skateboarding, and surfing as a teenager.

Perrys brother David described her as a tomboy during her adolescence.

She took dancing lessons and learned how to swing, Lindy Hop, and jitterbug.

She later adopted the stage name Katy Perry, using her mothers maiden name.

Ballard then introduced Perry to Tim Devine, an AR executive at Columbia Records, and she was signed as a solo artist.

Over the course of the next two years, Perry wrote and recorded material for her Columbia debut, and worked with songwriters including Desmond Child, Greg Wells, Butch Walker, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, The Matrix, Kara DioGuardi, Max Martin, and Dr.

Luke. 33 34 In addition, after Devine suggested that songwriting team The Matrix become a real group, Perry recorded with them.

Perry was dropped from Columbia in 2006 as her record neared completion.

After the label dropped her, she worked at an independent AR company called Taxi Music.

That year, Perry also appeared in the music video for Learn to Fly by Carbon Leaf, and played the love interest of her then-boyfriend, Gym Class Heroes lead singer Travie McCoy, in the bands music video for Cupids Chokehold.

Flom was convinced that she could be a breakthrough star and she was signed to Capitol Records in April 2007.

The label arranged for her to work with Dr.

Luke to add an undeniable smash to her existing material.

Perry and Dr. Luke co-wrote the songs I Kissed a Girl and Hot n Cold for her second album One of the Boys.

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