Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality.

Perry’s fourth album, Prism, is significantly influenced by dance and pop music. She released “Woman’s World”, the first single from her seventh album, on July 11, 2024. These EPs were followed by the single “Not the End of the World” in December 2020, which had a music video in which Zooey Deschanel impersonates Perry. “Daisies”, the lead single from her sixth album, was released on May 15, 2020. Following the release of her single “Never Worn White” in March 2020, Perry revealed in the accompanying music video that she was expecting her first child with Bloom. Outside of recording music, Perry appeared as herself in the film Zoolander 2, which was released in February 2016.

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Katy Perry achieved mainstream success in 2008 with her single “I Kissed a Girl,” which became a number one hit in multiple countries. In the final ruling, the judge awarded Perry roughly $1.84 million, which was made up of a calculated rental-value loss minus offsets for retained capital and interest, plus an approved repair-cost amount, per People. Carl Westcott, an 85-year-old disabled veteran and the former owner of the property, has been ordered to cough up $1.84 million after a judge ruled the pop star lost out on hefty rental income during the drawn-out fight, per People. Later that year, with earnings of $530 million throughout the 2010s, the magazine also ranked her as the ninth-highest-earning musician of the decade. Perry’s albums One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, Prism, Witness, and Smile have each surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.

Life and career

The song reached number one in Australia and number eleven in the United States. Perry chose to release it as a standalone track rather than save it for her album “because now more than ever, there is a need for our world to unite”. She described it as “the most fun, colorful world that helps guide your musical dreams”. That month, a portrait of Perry by artist Will Cotton was included in the United States National Portrait Gallery.

Early life and debut album

During the early stages of her career, Perry’s musical style gravitated towards gospel, and she aspired to be as successful as Amy Grant. Later that month, Perry embarked on her fifth concert tour, the Lifetimes Tour, which is scheduled to end in December. The record was panned by critics, and Perry was widely criticized for her decision to work with Dr. Luke on it after singer Kesha’s allegations of sexual assault against him. In February 2024, Perry announced her exit from American Idol following the conclusion of the twenty-second season, saying she wanted to “go out and feel that pulse to my own beat” and release new music after being “in the studio for a while”.

The track was also streamed over three million times on Spotify within 24 hours, breaking the music streaming service’s record at the time for the highest first-day streaming for a single track by a female artist. On July 22, 2009, Perry recorded a live album titled MTV Unplugged, which featured acoustic performances of five tracks from One of the Boys as well as one new song, “Brick by Brick”, and a cover of Fountains of Wayne’s “Hackensack”. The Matrix’s self-titled album, which Perry had recorded with the band in 2004, was released on iTunes on January 27, 2009, as a result of her solo success. She recorded background vocals on P.O.D.’s single “Goodbye for Now”, was featured at the end of its music video in 2006, and performed it with them on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. One of the songs she had recorded for her album with Ballard, “Simple”, was featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

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Four months later, she released a new single, “Electric”, a collaboration with Pokémon as part of its 25th anniversary. Additionally she collaborated with various artists to create two remixes of Smile album tracks. In June 2019, Perry appeared in the music video of Taylor Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down”. She also recorded the song “Immortal Flame” for the game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, and had a playable character modeled after her. The following month, she released another fragrance with Coty, entitled Mad Potion.

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On June 26, 2014, she was declared the Top Certified Digital Artist Ever by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for certified sales of 72 million digital singles in the United States. It sold almost 2 million tickets and grossed $204.3 million worldwide and won Perry the award for “Top Package” at the 2014 Billboard Touring Awards. Perry’s third headlining tour, the Prismatic World Tour, began in May 2014 and concluded in October 2015. Prism was released on October 18, 2013, and has sold over 6 million copies as of September 2016. “Unconditionally” followed as the second single from Prism on October 16, 2013, and peaked at number 14 in the United States. She hosted Saturday Night Live on December 10, 2011, with Robyn as the episode’s musical guest.

Some of the material from Fingerprints that did not make it on One of the Boys was given to other artists, such as “I Do Not Hook Up” and “Long Shot” to Kelly Clarkson, and “Rock God” to Selena Gomez & the Scene. By November 2006, Perry had finished writing and recording material for her Columbia debut titled Fingerprints (with some of the material from this time appearing on One of the Boys) which was planned for release in 2007. Perry would also perform at the Hotel Café, performing new music while she was between record labels. In 2010, she recalled that “Thinking of You” was one of the first songs she wrote after moving to Los Angeles. At 13, Perry was given her first guitar for her birthday, and publicly performed songs she wrote.

Lyrically, the album addresses relationships, self-reflection, and everyday life. She also credits the 1996 film The Craft for inspiring her song “Dark Horse”, and Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now for influencing Prism. Her second concert tour, the California Dreams Tour, was reminiscent of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Other artists who Perry has cited as influences include Stevie Nicks, ABBA, the Cardigans, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Ace of Base, 3OH! She cites the band’s frontman, Freddie Mercury, as her biggest influence and expressed how the “combination of his sarcastic approach to writing lyrics and his ‘I don’t give a fuck’ attitude” inspired her music.

Perry and Dr. Luke co-wrote the songs “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot n Cold” for her second album One of the Boys. In addition, after Devine suggested that songwriting team the Matrix become a “real group”, she recorded an album, The Matrix, with them. In Nashville, she started recording demos and learned how to write songs and play guitar. She rose to fame with One of the Boys (2008), a pop rock album containing her debut single “I Kissed a Girl” and follow-up single “Hot n Cold”, which reached number one and three on the U.S. At 16, Perry released a gospel album titled Katy Hudson (2001) under Red Hill Records, which was unsuccessful.

According to Billboard, she is the 15th most successful dance club artist of all time. From May 2010 to September 2011, the singer spent a record-breaking 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. In 2017, a jury determined Hollister had intentionally interfered with Perry’s real estate deal and awarded $5 million in compensatory damages—$3.47 million to the archdiocese and $1.57 million to Perry’s company. Abbott had dialed in to a talkback segment on Sydney radio station 2Day FM to ask Perry when she would return to Australia for a full tour.

With more than 151 million records sold worldwide, Perry is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In the United States, she has accumulated nine number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, her most recent being “Dark Horse”, and holds the record for having 18 consecutive number-one songs on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. Throughout her career, Perry has also co-written songs recorded by other artists, including Lesley Roy, Kelly Clarkson, Jessie James Decker, Selena Gomez & the Scene, Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea, Rita Ora, Nicki Minaj, and Ariana Grande. On June 15, 2017, Calvin Harris released a song titled “Feels” from his album Funk Wav Bounces Vol.

Four months later, she sold her music rights to Litmus Music for an estimated $225 million. On June 8, 2022, Perry was awarded with the Key to Las Vegas, the same day it was marked as Katy Perry day. The next month, it was announced Perry would create music for the soundtrack to Jeremy Zag’s animated musical film Melody and voice its title character. Tiësto remix of “Resilient” featuring Aitana was released in November 2020, while Bruno Martini remix of “Cry About It Later” featuring Luísa Sonza was released in April 2021.

• By then, however, Hudson had found new musical models in such rock artists as Freddie Mercury and Alanis Morissette, whom she had discovered through friends.
• Perry’s initial efforts at mainstream stardom were fruitless, with two separate record labels signing and subsequently dropping her before any material was released.
• The Guinness World Records recognized her in its 2010 edition as the “Best Start on the U.S. Digital Chart by a Female Artist”, for digital single sales of over two million copies.
• As a teenager, she learned to play the guitar and sought a musical career in Nashville with a Christian record label, but her debut album, the gospel-influenced Katy Hudson (2001), sold poorly.

One of the Boys is a pop rock record, while Teenage Dream features disco influences. Before she began incorporating elements of pop, rock, and disco into music, Katy Hudson contained gospel. Perry cites Alanis Morissette and her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill as a significant musical inspiration. Growing up, she could not listen to secular music, but at 17 a friend played her a recording of “Killer Queen” by Queen, which had a profound effect on her. Perry collaborated with the tech company Apple Inc. starring in advertisements for their GarageBand music software where users could have “Remix Sessions” featuring her song, “Harleys in Hawaii”.

• Perry later recalled a story about how a friend of hers played “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette, which influenced her songwriting and singing.
• According to Billboard, she is the 15th most successful dance club artist of all time.
• Katy Perry’s popular singles include “I Kissed a Girl,” “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” “Roar,” and “Rise.”
• Perry is among the wealthiest musical artists; during September 2023, Forbes surmised her net worth was $340 million.
• At the 2009 Brit Awards the next month, she won the award for International Female Solo Artist.

She returned to mainstream pop with the empowerment-oriented Smile (2020). Perry’s fifth studio album, Witness (2017), more introspective than her earlier work, was less well received. Perry maintained her grip on the mainstream with her next release, Prism (2013), which produced, among other hits, the anthemic “Roar.” Her 2016 single “Rise” was featured in television coverage of that year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Nevertheless, the combination of titillation and polished melodicism helped “I Kissed a Girl” become a number one hit in multiple countries, powering sales for her album One of the Boys (2008). The song quickly stirred controversy, as some critics derided it for promoting same-sex relations and others charged that the racy scenario it depicted catered to male fantasies of female sexuality.