Katherine Hudson (Katy Perry) - American singer, musician, songwriter and actress. Known for her stunning outfits, quirky stage props, and catchy songs, she became a pop sensation.
conservative upbringing
Katherine was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. Fans may be surprised to learn that the singer, who talks about her sexual experience in I Kissed a Girl, grew up in a very conservative family. Her parents were pastors and forbade her from listening to rock and popular music. According to Perry, the only thing she was allowed to do was the soundtracks for the movie Sister Act. She and her siblings were also not allowed to watch cable channels such as MTV and VH1.
Katy Perry (pictured later in the article) began taking singing lessons at the age of 9 and learned to play the guitar when she was 13. Around the same time, she began to rebel against her strict upbringing by getting her nose pierced. She soon became interested in a musical career. With her mother, Perry made several trips to Nashville to record a gospel album, which was released in 2001. According to the singer, no more than 100 people managed to hear it, after which the label went bankrupt.
Early musical influences
As a teenager, Katy Perry was fond of a variety of musical directions. A friend introduced her to the music of Queen, which has remained one of her favorites. Perry was a great inspiration to Freddie Mercury and how flamboyant and theatrical he was. In high school, she strove to be herself, not limited to one social group. According to Katy, she talked with rockabilly lovers, guys who tried to be rappers and just fun kids.
First attempts
Focusing on music, Perry graduated and moved to Los Angeles to work with producer and songwriter Glenn Ballard, who has collaborated with stars such as Christina Aguilera and Alanis Morissette. Kathy was only 17 years old and independent life turned out to be very difficult. She lived in Los Angeles without money for 5 years, writing bad checks, selling clothes to pay rent, and living on loan. Perry experienced a series of disappointments before her breakthrough occurred. She and Ballard were unable to find a record company willing to accept them, and her 2004 collaboration with music producers The Matrix failed shortly before the project's scheduled release. After 3 failed attempts Katy Perry finally signed with Capitol in 2007.
Debut album
That same year, Katy Perry released her first single, Ur So Gay. Pop superstar Madonna became a fan, calling the song one of her favorites at the time. Katy Perry's song evoked associations with another singer known for her unusual, sassy lyrics. The singer admitted that the single was inspired by emo guys with lined eyes using hair straighteners. However, her career had not yet reached the proper level until her next single, I Kissed a Girl, was released, which took first place in the charts in the summer of 2008. Thanks to the success of this song debut album one of the Boys hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 hit parade, and her performer received a Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal.
Katy Perry is also famous for her theatricality. During the concert tour, she performed a hit with a giant tube of lip balm, thus illustrating a line from the song. The performer jumped into a huge cake and appeared on stage in a variety of wild outfits. She called her style "Lucille Ball meets Bob Mackie" - a joke that should be understood by everyone, but should be thought about at least for a minute.
"Teenage Dream"
In 2009, Katy Perry performed on MTV. The soundtrack from the show appeared around the same time. In the same year, the singer hit the tabloid headlines because of her relationship with British comedian Russell Brand. The couple got engaged during new year holidays spent in India. And on 10/23/2010, during a traditional Hindu ceremony, they registered their marriage in India. According to The Times of India, the wedding was accompanied by a procession of camels, elephants and horses, as well as performances by fire jugglers, snake charmers, dancers and musicians. Perry previously dated Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes.
The young pop star had big plans for the future. According to the singer, her desire was to equal her name with Madonna. Her album Teenage Dreams was released in August 2010. On the Billboard charts, the single "California Gurls" quickly climbed to #1. Other hits soon followed, including the title track and "Fireworks".
The union did not last long - the Briton filed for divorce in December 2011. On the professional front, things were much better for Perry. With the success of Teenage Dreams, she became one of the top pop stars in the country.
Katy Perry: new records
In 2012, the singer released new version his hit album Teenage Dream. It contains several new tracks, including the successful singles Wide Awake and Part of Me.
The dominance of the music charts continued with the release of the 2013 album Prism. Katy Perry's Roar clip climbed to number one. The song Dark Horse, the result of the singer's collaboration with Juicy J, also showed an impressive result. The hit spent several weeks at the top of the charts, which helped Perry break the record set by Mariah Carey, whose singles held at number one for 45 weeks.
Katie returned to the spotlight in 2014 with her song This Is How We Do, which featured Riff Raff.
In 2014, the pop star founded her own label, Metamorphosis Music, as part of Capitol Records.
On February 1, 2015, Katy Perry made history by performing during halftime of the Super Bowl XLIX finals, which also featured special guests - and - and two dancers dressed in shark costumes that became a social media sensation. According to Guinness World Records, the performance was watched by 118.5 million viewers and became the most watched performance in NFL history.
"Chained to the Rhythm"
Two years later, in February 2017, Perry released the first single, Chained to the Rytm, from her new album, Witness, which was released on June 9th. A world tour in support of him began in September.
The singer has received many awards. She has won 5 American Music Awards, 6 Billboard Music Awards, 6 European MTV Awards and 5 MTV Video Music Awards.
Katy Perry collaborates with many charitable organizations such as UNICEF, Musicares, Children's Health Fund, Keep A Breast Foundation, and helping those fighting cancer and AIDS.
The singer stands for gay rights and believes that all people, regardless of their sexual orientation deserve equal treatment.
Perry has repeatedly been on the list of the highest paid representatives of the music industry, and her net worth in 2016 was estimated at $125 million.
In addition to music, Kathy has starred in the movie "Model Male" which premiered in February 2016, was the host of the MTV Video Music Awrds and signed a 25 million contract with ABC - the singer will be a judge on the TV show "American Idol", broadcast which will start in March 2018.
Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, better known as Katy Perry. She was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. American singer, composer, songwriter, actress.
Katy Perry was born in Santa Barbara, California.
Kathy's father and mother are evangelical preachers. She is the second child in the family.
Kathy graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California in 2003 and moved to Los Angeles soon after. Then she was 19 years old.
As a teenager, she changed her last name to Perry, as the name "Katy Hudson" sounded too much like Kate Hudson. Perry is her mother's maiden name.
As a child, Perry was passionate about music and Queen.
Perry said that inspired her to write songs. At a memorable evening dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Mercury, Perry gave a speech where she expressed her admiration for the performer. "Killer Queen" inspired Perry to pursue a career in pop music after the release of her debut album in 2001. She also released her third perfume under this name.
Perry also cites Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill as one of her main musical inspirations. Music critics sometimes compare Perry's songwriting style to Morrisette's already established style.
Also Katy Perry's music was influenced by Nirvana, Heart, Joni Mitchell, Incubus.
15-year-old Perry, singing in the church choir, was noticed modern rock artists from Nashville, who encouraged her to develop songwriting skills. In December 1999, Perry completed her upper secondary education after her first semester at Dos Pueblos High School, deciding to leave school in pursuit of musical career.
Perry studied short course Italian opera at the Music Academy of the West.
In Nashville, Perry began recording demos and taking lessons from country music veterans, developing her songwriting and guitar skills. Perry is signed to Christian music label Red Hill Records. She recorded and released her debut album titled Katy Hudson on February 8, 2001. Two singles were released from the album: "Trust In Me" and "Search Me". In support of the album, Perry took part in The Strangely Normal Tour, opening for Phil Joel and LaRue. The Katy Hudson record was not commercially successful, but received mainly positive reviews from music critics who praised her talent. The album failed to become popular because record company Red Hill Records went bankrupt in December 2001.
Seventeen-year-old Perry moved to live in Los Angeles, where she began working with Glen Ballard as part of her contract with Island Records.
In 2004, Katy teamed up with the Grammy-nominated crew The Matrix, whose resume included collaborations with Avril Lavigne, Shakira and Korn. Matrix made plans to record own album along with Perry. The project was ultimately shelved. Perry appeared in a 2004 Blender magazine review, which described her as "The Next Big Thing!"
In 2005, Perry recorded the song "Simple", which was produced by Glen Ballard. The song was included in the soundtrack album for the film "Jeans-talisman".
In April 2007, Perry signed a record deal with Capitol Records. She became widely known all over the world after the release of the single "I Kissed a Girl" and Album One of the Boys in 2008. The subsequent singles "Hot n Cold" and "Waking Up in Vegas" also enjoyed wide international popularity.
Perry's third album Teenage Dream was released in September 2010. 6 singles were released from it, 5 of which reached the top of the US: "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". Teenage Dream is the first album by a female artist to have five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the second album after Michael Jackson's Bad.
In March 2012, Perry re-released Teenage Dream as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection. The first single "Part of Me" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It also topped the charts in the UK, Canada and New Zealand. Her fourth album, Prism, was released in October 2013. It topped the national Billboard 200 album chart in its first week of release, and the first single "Roar" was a worldwide hit, topping 17 charts.
Perry is the recipient of numerous awards, including thirteen Grammy nominations.
In 2012, Billboard named her Woman of the Year.
She continues to be the only artist to have 69 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.
Perry is also named the third best digital artist by the RIAA. She also launched her own perfume line: Purr, Meow, Killer Queen. At the end of July 2011, Perry joined the Smurfs project, voicing the main character, Smurfette. Billboard ranked Perry #14 in their 2011 Highest Paid Musicians survey.
In early July 2012, she released her autobiographical documentary, Katy Perry: Part of Me, in which she talks about her latest concert tour, The California Dreams Tour.
On June 10, 2015, Perry became the face of Moschino. On June 29, 2015, Perry was named the highest paid musician by Forbes with a total earnings of $135 million. The singer placed in third place in the ranking of "The World's Highest-Paid Celebrities".
In November 2015, music publication Billboard ranked Perry at number 24. the greatest artists the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
July 14 took place, which became the official anthem of the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympics.
Katy Perry - Dark Horse
Perry's vocal range is contralto. Perry writes all her songs herself or in collaboration with other composers. She also plays the guitar: she writes songs at home and later presents them to producers. All songs are inspired by certain moments in the life of the performer.
In April 2016, Katy Perry donated $1 million to Donors Choose. The money will be used to improve the educational environment for students around the world.
Interesting Facts about Katy Perry:
Katy Perry became the first Twitter user to reach 50 million followers. On this moment Official page Perry has over 80 million subscribers.
Teenage Dream is the first album by a female artist to have five singles from it reach the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Katy Perry became the first American artist to top the Russian Tophit radio chart. The singer took the first position of the chart with the song "Hot n Cold" on December 15, 2008.
Perry is the only artist to have 6 singles from one album ("Teenage Dream") top the Billboard Pop Songs chart.
Perry is the only artist to have 5 singles from the same album ("Teenage Dream") top the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart.
Perry has repeatedly set records for the highest number of weekly rotations. The singles "California Gurls", "E.T.", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" and "Roar" set a similar record. So far, Roar holds this record with 16,065 weekly radio rotations.
Katie is the first artist to have two videos cross the one billion views threshold on the VEVO YouTube channel.
Katy Perry Height: 173 centimeters.
Personal life of Katy Perry:
Dating the vocalist American group Gym Class Heroes by Travis McCoy. At the end of 2008, she broke up with him. She also appeared in the video for the band's song "Cupid's Chokehold".
In 2009, the singer began dating British comedian Russell Brand. The engagement with Brand took place in India in new year's eve. The couple also got married in India on October 23, 2010.
On December 30, 2011, Russell Brand filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason. It also became known that Katie's ex-husband did not claim half of his ex-wife's property. The divorce proceedings were officially completed on July 14, 2012.
In 2012, Kathy began dating musician John Mayer, with whom the relationship ended in the summer of 2015. The couple is currently on friendly terms.
Since the end of 2015, the singer began an affair with a British actor. At the end of April 2017, the couple broke up.
Discography of Katy Perry:
2001 - Katy Hudson
2008 - One of the Boys
2010 - Teenage Dream
2013 - Prism
Katy Perry is an American singer-songwriter who burst onto the music scene at the age of 15. Then, in 2001, her debut album "Katy Hudson" failed to chart due to low sales, but her next pop-rock album "One of the Boys" hit the top 10 of the Billboard 200.
Childhood
Katy Perry's real name is Katherine Elizabeth Hudson. She was born on October 25, 1984 and became the second child in the family of Marius and Mary Hudson. Both father and mother future celebrity were pastors in a Pentecostal church. Both had a very stormy youth: Mary at one time met with Jimi Hendrix, and Marius more than once had a chance to share an acid trip with Timothy Leary. 
Subsequently, they both settled down and hit the religion. For about seven years, the couple traveled around America, and set up a church in each new town, until they finally settled in Santa Barbara, California. There, their three children were born: Katie, her older sister Angela and younger brother David.
As Cathy recalled, the family experienced financial difficulties all the time. There were times when they had to live on welfare, and sometimes parents fed their children with food donated by parishioners.
Parents tried to raise their children in a religious way. Sometimes it reached the point of absurdity - they were forbidden to eat Lucky Charms marshmallows, because the word "Luck" ("luck") seemed to her like "Lucifer" ("Lucifer").
Katie reluctantly attended a Christian school, went to a Christian summer camp every summer, and sang gospel music in the church choir on weekends, which did not stop her from admiring the work of Nirvana, Queen, Heart, Incubus, which was strictly forbidden in their house. ”, songs by Alanis Morissette and Joni Mitchell. The girl secretly listened to discs of her favorite performers while visiting friends. outside the walls home she was a real tomboy: she talked with hooligans, skateboarded, rollerbladed and surfed. In a word, in the family the girl received the status of a "black crow".
“Now they are used to my black humor, constant sarcasm about anything. Even when I thought I was a devout Christian as a child, they saw the real me. I think I became complete only when I left my father's house. I didn't know there was another world outside of all this church stuff - it was like Alice falling down the rabbit hole."
Carier start
Katie's interest in music woke up thanks to her older sister. She listened to cassettes of church music from her collection and sang along. For her 13th birthday, Katie received an acoustic guitar as a gift from her parents and soon wrote her first song of her own.Katy Perry performs her very first song
By the age of 15, the girl realized that she wanted to connect her life with music - she received a certificate of maturity and entered the high school Dos Pueblos with a music profile. Then Perry took a short course academic vocal at the Santa Barbara Academy of Music. There, rock musicians Steve Thomas and Jennfier Knapp from Nashville heard her singing, who saw the potential in Katie.
The musicians took her under their wing and invited her to their own recording studio where Katy Perry's first demos were recorded. They helped her master the guitar perfectly and learn how to write great songs. And in March 2001, Katy released her debut album "Katy Hudson", recorded in the genre of Christian pop.
In general, the album was warmly received by critics, but due to the specific genre, sales were low, and the disc remained little noticed. But she was invited by Phil Joel from the Christian rock band Newsboys to warm up on the tour. While traveling around the country for a year, Katy met producer Glen Ballard. He moved the 17-year-old singer to Los Angeles, where she switched from church music to the "secular" and began work on new songs.
In 2003, the girl took the pseudonym Katy Perry, abandoning her paternal surname in favor of maiden name her moms. Soon she managed to sign a contract with Columbia Records and start recording a full-length album. Three years later, when the album was almost ready to be released, the label abruptly terminated the contract.
Between 2003 and 2006, she managed to achieve minor successes: her song "Simple" was included in the soundtrack of the movie "Tasker Jeans" with Blake Lively, she sang in the background in Mick Jagger's song "Old Habits Die Hard" and in the song "Goodbye For Now" by P.O.D. She could also be seen in the video for the song "Cupid's Chokehold" by Gym Class Heroes.
Katy Perry in Gym Class Heroes video
Breakthrough
In 2007, Kathy released the mini-album "Ur so Gay" under the auspices of Capitol Records. The singer did not have special hopes for the composition - it was recorded for the soul. Some critics saw homophobic propaganda and bullying of gays in the lyrics of the song. Others, on the contrary, saw LGBT propaganda in the text. The song was criticized even by Katie's parents: “We hate this music. She promotes homosexuality, which according to the Bible is a terrible sin.” 
The song "I Kissed The Girl" that followed, only exacerbated the hype. “If two girls kiss, is it cool, but if two guys are kissing, is it vulgar? Katy Perry better give up the well-worn stereotypes about gays! ”The press wrote. But most listeners still understood the irony hidden in the text. "Ur so Gay" drew the attention of Madonna, who stated that this song was among her favorites at that time.
Katy Perry
In June 2008, Katy Perry's first album under her new pseudonym, One of the Boys, saw the light of day, eventually hitting #9 on the Billboard 200 chart and receiving platinum status in the singer's homeland. Critics saw in the compositions a huge influence of the much-loved Cathy Alanis Morisette.
In the spring of 2010, Perry released the single "California Gurls" with Snoop Dogg, which blew up the Internet: 8 million downloads on iTunes in the first month. Another single ("E.P.") was a collaboration with rapper Kanye West.
Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg – California Gurls
In July, the single “Teenage Dream” was released from her forthcoming album, and the lead single of the same name appeared on it, instantly hitting the first place in the charts in Canada, the USA and the UK. Immediately, the artist went on a world tour in support of the album, releasing the single "Firework" for promotion.
And if you go back to Katy Perry's musical career, then in March 2012, the single "Part of Me" debuted on the first place of the prestigious Billboard Hot 100. It became the seventh number one single for the entire work of the singer. At the same time, the song also topped the UK Singles Chart. By the way, the song was included in the re-release of Perry's album "Teenage Dream".
Later career
Perry began work on her fourth solo album Prism in November 2012. In an interview with Vogue magazine, she said that the new recordings will become "dark, full of disappointments" - she reflected in the music personal feelings due to a breakup with her husband (read more about this below, in the "Personal life" section). Almost in last moment she rethought the concept - new songs inspired self-improvement, overcoming difficulties and moving forward. 
In August 2013, she presented the lead single "Roar". As always, the audience was waiting for a very high-quality clip, but the lyrics of the song were mercilessly criticized for "predictability and an abundance of clichés." Subsequently, the American stand-up comedian and singer Bo Burnham advised his listeners to "kill yourself if you see the meaning in Katy Perry's songs", referring to the song "Roar".
Katy Perry
The album "Prism" was released in October 2013 and received a mixed reception. As in the case of the lead single, the singer was accused of being clichéd and having an abundance of already hackneyed moves used by her in the previous album. Despite the criticism, "Prism" received 4 Grammy nominations.
By that time, Katy Perry had become one of the most significant pop singers in America. This was confirmed by her performance in the show at the Super Bowl final (national football league championship). Other contenders included Rihanna and Coldplay band. During the break, Katy performed a half-hour show and sang a duet with Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott. Her performance was watched by 118.5 million Americans - it became the most viewed in the history of the Super Bowl.
Katy Perry outside of music
In 2009, Katy was invited to play a cameo in the comedy "Escape from Vegas" with Russell Brand and Jonah Hill in the lead roles. Unfortunately, the scene with her participation was cut during the final editing.The singer appeared in episode 15 of season 6 popular series"How I Met your mother". She played cute and naive girl, with whom Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) suddenly opened up.
In addition, she had a cameo in the comedy "Model Male 2", and Smurfette from the cartoon "The Smurfs" speaks in her voice.
Katy has own line perfumes: these are the fragrances "Meow", "Purr" and "Killer Queen", "Mad Love", "Mad Potion", "Royal Revolution").
In the spring of 2012, sales of an add-on for computer game The Sims 3: Showtime - Katy Perry Collector's Edition. In the summer of the same year, sales of the Katy Perry Sweet Joys in-game catalog began.
Katy Perry's personal life
At the dawn of her career, Katy Perry dated musician Justin York for about a year (from 2002 to 2003). After breaking up, she began an affair with Canadian musician Matthew Thiessen, which lasted until 2006. 
Then there was a brief fling with actor Johnny Lewis and an affair with Gym Class Heroes vocalist Travis McCoy, whom she met while filming their music video. In 2009, the couple broke up.
While filming Escape from Vegas, Katy met actor and comedian Russell Brand, who played eccentric rock musician Aldus Snow in the film. Soon they were seen together at the Paris Fashion Week. In December of the same year, Russell made an official announcement that Katy Perry was his girlfriend.
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She is almost the namesake of the famous actress Kate Hudson, she has 13 Grammy nominations and the title of "Woman of the Year", given to her by Billboard magazine in 2012. She writes songs herself and knows how to play the guitar, is able to impress fans with another "crazy" image (blue or pink hair and "doll" tiered dresses are nothing compared to what else she can come up with). She is inspired by Queen and has been married to the most controversial English actor and a showman ... Katy Perry's biography is colorful, and we will try to cover at least her most important milestones.
Biography of Katy Perry
Parents don't mind at all!
Who would have thought that one of the brightest and most outrageous stars in modern show business would be the youngest daughter of evangelical preachers Hudson from Santa Barbara, California! But this is true - Catherine Elizabeth's parents are very religious. And when their daughter flashed on the covers in the most incredible images and began to gather full houses, some media started a rumor that dad and mom were shocked by who Katie had become. The singer herself denied these gossip.
Mercury fan
Katherine Hudson was born on October 25, 1984, and she took the pseudonym Perry (mother's premarital surname) later - so as not to be confused with Goldie Hawn's daughter, actress Kate Hudson.
As a girl, Katie listened to the compositions of Freddie Mercury, Nirvana, Canadians Alanis Morissette and Joni Mitchell. When Perry started writing music herself, it became clear that she pays tribute to these performers (of course, bringing something of her own to their style).
Church choir and gospel
She went to school and sang in the church choir - there, as a teenager with an amazing contralto, musicians from Nashville noticed her. The girl began to take vocal and guitar lessons from these masters of rock and country, and then signed a contract with Red Hill Records, a studio specializing in Christian music.
The first album of the singer "Katy Hudson" (then she still performed under her real name) was released when she was 16 years old - in February 2001. The disc (containing mainly gospel songs) was not successful, although critics treated the new talent condescendingly. The studio, with which the debutante worked, soon went bankrupt, and the singer moved to Los Angeles, dreaming of new prospects.
Unwound!
The chance presented itself only in 2006: a major record company Virgin Records was looking for an artist who could be promoted and made a star. Company chairman Jackson Flom was impressed with Perry's talent, and the result was her collaboration with the newly formed Capitol Music Group.
So the songs "I Kissed A Girl" and "Hot N Cold" were born, which no longer had anything to do with Christian music. In the fall of 2007, everyone saw the new Katie - in the video "Ur So Gay", the wheels of show business began to spin, an advertising campaign and work on the image of the performer began.
Queen of the charts
Katy Perry's creative biography continued with the release of the disc "One of the Boys" (it was released in the early summer of 2008). Within a week, the record sold almost 50,000 copies and took 9th place on the Billboard 200. Later, the album's sales crossed the bar of 5 million copies, and it went platinum. The composition "Hot N Cold" became number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and conquered the Canadian, German, Russian and Danish charts. The singer received five nominations at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
2009 opened with Katy Perry's massive tour, and her song "I Kissed A Girl" was nominated for a Grammy.
A year later, Katy, in collaboration with Snoop Dogg, recorded the single "California Gurls", which became mega-popular (more than 8.5 million downloads on the Web). The hit was the leader of many charts, and lasted six weeks in the US. The second successful single was "Teenage Dream", and in August 2010 the self-titled album was released. Perry featured it on her California Dreams Tour.
Biopic, touring and wild success
In 2012, a documentary biopic appeared in Katy Perry's biography (which was called “Katy Perry: Part of Me”), and a year earlier she voiced the main female character (Smurfette) in the feature-length animated feature film The Smurfs. In 2013, the sequel to this fantasy was released. But with the Grammy, the performer was not lucky. For example, the very popular single "Wide Awake" of 2012 lost to Adele at the songwriting ceremony.
Katy's fourth disc, "Prism", was released in 2013, and the large-scale tour of the "Prismatic World Tour" started in May 2014 in the capital of Northern Ireland and continued in Scotland, the UK. The tour included more than 100 concerts (including New Zealand and Australia).
Another failure at the Grammy awaited the composition of the singer "Roar" (both nominations remained unfulfilled).
Who earned the most?
But Katy owns another record: her singles were in the lead on the Billboard Hot 100 for ten years in a row. In addition, in the summer of 2015, Perry topped the Forbes list as the most highly paid musician planets.
Katy has her own perfume line (in 2013, the singer's third perfume, Killer Queen, was released). And in the summer of 2015, an American was invited to become the face of the Moschino brand.
Katy Perry's personal life
Indian passions and ... space voyage
For a while, Katie was the girlfriend of musician Travis McCoy, but the romance ended in the late fall of 2008. Soon the singer met an Englishman Russell Brand, and on the night of December 31, 2009 to January 1, 2010, they got engaged. At this time, the couple traveled around India.
In October of the same year, a magnificent wedding took place (it also took place in exotic India). Russell and Katie willingly posed for the cameras and confessed their love to each other, and the wife gave her husband a “ticket” for his birthday. space trip(After all, both of them are very eccentric personalities). Alas, the Briton has not yet entered orbit.
But only a few months passed, and on the eve of 2012, Russell wanted a divorce. It is not clear what kind of "insurmountable differences" separated the spouses. Went various rumors, but, most likely, the wife could not satisfy all the “appetites” of the actor due to tours and eternal employment. The divorce took place in July 2012, they parted amicably, and Brand showed nobility, not claiming his wife's money.
Darlings fight...
But between the lovers, no, no, but some black cat ran through. Either John could not moderate his temperament, or Katie was not up to love, but this tandem broke up three times, and reunited three times. In the summer of 2015, they again announced that they were dispersing. The next boyfriend of the star was Orlando Bloom, our beloved Legolas. Everything went just fine, Katie liked the actor's mother and seemed so happy! But the romance lasted exactly one year: from February 2016 to February 2017. And then Perry shared the bitter news with the media: Orlando found another.
Katy Perry is a famous American singer. Her real name is Katherine Elizabeth Hudson. In children's and youth engaged in the performance of Christian songs. But in this field, she did not receive fame. By the age of 20, she came to the decision to perform pop music. That's when it becomes popular. Collaborates with famous musicians, including Madonna, Michael Jackson and several others.
In 2010, he became a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations, visits the countries of Africa and South America with a mission.
Katy Perry loves outrageous antics, scandals. For example, in 2017 she was on one of the TV shows in live fought with Madonna. True, it turned out to be a staged fight, which was conceived by the producers of the program to raise the rating.
Height, weight, age. How old is Katy Perry
After the release of Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj's "Swish Swish", people around the world became interested in the work of both singers. They sang together at the 2016 Olympics as well. Since then, the career of singer Katy Perry has become incredibly successful. Music lovers were interested in a lot about this talented performer, including her height, weight, age, how old Katy Perry is.
She is 172 cm tall and weighs 52 kg. Sometimes it weighs less. For one concert, Katy Perry loses about 2 kg. This is what a woman calls an effective technique to say goodbye to excess weight. The young woman is 33 years old.
Katy Perry does not hide her personal life at all - a photo in her youth and now it can be viewed on the artist's page on Instagram.
Biography and personal life of Katy Perry
The biography and personal life of Katy Perry attract the attention of numerous listeners of pop music in the most remote places around the world.
The girl was born in 1984 in the American city of Santa Barbara. Her mother and father were evangelists. In addition to Katie, the Hudson family brought up four more children.
From childhood, the girl sang in the church choir. She did not go to school, as her parents considered it a "demonic" occupation.
At the age of 15, the girl was noticed by Nashville rock performers, for whom Perry began to write compositions. It was during this time that she changed her last name from Hudson to Perry. leaving native home, the girl began to pursue a musical career, performing only Christian compositions so far. But she has not yet become a popular performer.
At the age of 17, Perry moved to Los Angeles, where he began collaborating with a large number of singers, is the author of compositions that received world recognition.
In mid-2005, the girl performed the soundtrack, which sounded in the film "Jeans-talisman". Since that time, Katie's career has become successful. She records a large number of songs that occupy the top positions in music charts around the world.
In 2008, Perry tried herself as an actress, starring in the American television series The Young and the Restless. At the same time, the singer's debut album One of the Boys was released.
The girl is beginning to be considered one of the outrageous performers, striking the attention of people with her extraordinary actions. For example, in London, Perry starred with a blade in her hands. This photo angered the British, who oppose violence.
For a long time it was believed that her parents were against her musical career which Perry has repeatedly denied.
In 2008, with the song "I Kissed a Girl", she won the Grammy Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards, the latter she hosted.
In 2009, with concerts, he visits a number of European countries and Australia, collecting entire concert halls.
In 2010, 5 songs performed by Perry at once took the top positions of the musical hit parade, which almost no one managed to do. Only Michael Jackson did the same, but in 2002. At the same time, Perry marries Brenda Russell, but the couple divorced a year later.
In 2012, the singer's autobiographical film was released, in which she played one of the main roles. In 2013, the cartoon "The Smurfs" was released, in which the popular performer voiced Smurfette.
In 2015, it became known that Perry would perform the national anthem at the summer Olympic Games which will take place in 2016. After the Olympics, the composition "Rise" became incredibly popular.
In August 2017, Katy performed "Swish Swish" with Nicki Minaj at the MTV Video Music Awards. This composition again spurred the interest of numerous listeners of the popular singer around the world. Soon Katy Perry will make her next trip to European and Australian cities.
Recently, the popular singer herself said that she will judge the contestants in American show talent, which will be released in the United States of America in the spring of 2018.
Family and children of Katy Perry
In 2017, a program about a talented artist was broadcast on the Muz-TV channel. It told how she came to music. In addition, it was told if Katy Perry has a family and children.
It is known that the parents of the star in their youth were drug addicts. It was at this time that they met. After one of their friends died of an overdose, they reflected and came to believe. Having traveled several churches in various cities, the couple moved to Santa Barbara, where their children were born. They were brought up in strictness, they did not attend school. The spouses at present, although they speak unflatteringly about their daughter, support her, believing that this will save her soul.
Kathy's parents have repeatedly proposed marriage to one of the evangelists, but she refuses.
Katy Perry's ex-husband Russell Brand
In 2008 during a tour popular performer introduced one of his friends to a comedian from the UK Russell Brand. That evening, the young people talked for a very long time, parting only in the morning. The next day, Russell came to Katie's concert and gave her a huge bouquet of red roses. From that moment on, the lovers began to constantly call up and meet. At the end of the same year, their wedding was announced, which will take place in the spring of 2009. The engagement took place in the Indian capital.
In 2010, a wedding took place on a grand scale. More than 300 guests attended the celebration.
But a year later the divorce took place. official reason became a dissimilarity of characters.
Currently ex-husband Katy Perry-Russell Brand is friendly with his ex-wife. He recently got married and became a father.
Instagram and Wikipedia Katy Perry
Despite the incredible employment, a popular artist, author of music and poetry, the actress maintains her pages on social networks. Here she shares with fans the details of her life, tells which countries she intends to visit. In 2013, Katy Perry wrote on her Instagram page that she intended to visit Russia, but after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, she postponed her concerts indefinitely.
Page on Instagram and Wikipedia Katy Perry give full information about the life of an artist. On Instagram, you can also view numerous photos of the artist taken on various events in the most remote countries of the world.
