186-586: " California Gurls " is a song recorded by American singer Katy Perry . It served as the lead single for her third studio album , Teenage Dream (2010). The song features verses from rapper Snoop Dogg . Both artists co-wrote the song with Bonnie McKee and its producers Dr. Luke , Benny Blanco , and Max Martin . According to Perry, "California Gurls" is an answer song to " Empire State of Mind " (2009), by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys . Its mid-tempo production incorporates disco-pop and funk-pop with influences of new wave and electropop . Its lyrics are an ode to
372-570: A Billboard Spotlight Award , four Guinness World Records , five Billboard Music Awards , five American Music Awards , a Brit Award , a Juno Award , and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award . Outside of music, she released an autobiographical documentary titled Katy Perry: Part of Me in 2012, voiced Smurfette in The Smurfs film series, and launched her own shoe line Katy Perry Collections in 2017. Perry served as
558-584: A concert residency named Play at Resorts World Las Vegas on December 29, 2021. The show's inception happened during the COVID-19 lockdowns with Perry being inspired by Honey, I Shrunk the Kids , Pee-wee's Playhouse , and Pee-wee's Big Adventure . She described it as "larger than life" and "the kookiest, most camp show I've ever put together." The show has received critical acclaim with Melinda Sheckells of Billboard saying that Play's "sold-out opening night
744-649: A contemporary Christian record titled Katy Hudson , which was released on March 6, 2001. She also went on tour that year as part of Phil Joel 's Strangely Normal Tour and embarked on other performances of her own in the United States. Katy Hudson received mixed reviews from critics and was commercially unsuccessful, selling an estimated 200 copies before the label ceased operations in December. Transitioning from gospel music to secular music, Perry started working with producer Glen Ballard , and moved to Los Angeles at
930-454: A " tomboy " during her adolescence, which Perry talks about on her song "One of the Boys". She took dancing lessons and learned how to swing , Lindy Hop , and jitterbug . Perry completed her General Educational Development (GED) requirements early at age 15, during her first year of high school, and left Dos Pueblos High School to pursue a music career. Perry briefly had vocal lessons with
1116-704: A "360-degree liberation" record, with themes including political liberation, sexual liberation, and liberation from negativity. Many of her songs, particularly on Teenage Dream , reflect on love between teenagers; W magazine described the album's sexual innuendos as "irresistible hook-laden melodies". Self-empowerment is a common theme in Perry's music. Big Star Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis , Tennessee in 1971 by Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar), Chris Bell (vocals, guitar), Jody Stephens (drums), and Andy Hummel (bass). They have been described as
1302-454: A "glorious, glittering jewel" of power pop. Borack notes too that Third/Sister Lovers is "slower, darker and a good deal weirder" than the first two albums, identifying "Holocaust" as "Alex Chilton at his haunting best", yet finds "Thank You Friends" exemplifying "left-field gems" also present in which "the hooks are every bit as undeniable" as before. Jovanovic writes that when recording what Peter Buckley in his Rough Guide to Rock terms
1488-608: A 2013 Guinness World Record. On September 7, she set a new record by becoming the first artist to spend 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100. After " The One That Got Away " was released as the album's sixth single in October, Teenage Dream became the third album to spawn six top-five songs on the Billboard Hot 100 after Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson and Faith by George Michael . The song peaked at number three in
1674-412: A Beatles performance, " Thirteen ", referred to the event with the line "rock 'n' roll is here to stay". Chilton asked Bell to work with him as a duo modeled on Simon & Garfunkel ; Bell declined, but invited Chilton to a performance by his own band, Icewater, comprising Bell, drummer Jody Stephens, and bassist Andy Hummel. Attracted by Icewater's music, Chilton showed the three his new song "Watch
1860-406: A Car". Shortly before the album's release, Hummel left the band: judging that it would not last, and in his final year at college, he elected to concentrate on his studies and live a more normal life. He was replaced by John Lightman for a short tenure prior to the band dissolving. Rolling Stone ' s Ken Barnes, describing the musical style of Radio City , opens by noting as a backdrop that
2046-422: A Girl" created controversy among both religious and LGBT groups. The former criticized its homosexual theme, while the latter accused her of using bi-curiosity to sell records. In response to speculation that her parents opposed her music and career, Perry told MTV that they had no problems with her success. One of the Boys , released on June 17, 2008, garnered mixed critical reviews and reached number nine on
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#17328555562092232-549: A January 2014 concert in Sydney, Australia, and a series of U.S. shows that included Seattle's Bumbershoot festival on August 31, 2014. In November 2014, Auer and Stringfellow rejoined Stephens, Easter, Stamey, and Mills for a free benefit performance in Athens, Georgia. As of 2017 , Big Star's Third were still performing. On April 21, 2017, Concord Records released a Big Star's Third live concert documentary on two DVDs, along with
2418-514: A beach theme for the video, saying, "It's definitely something to watch when you have the munchies. ... It's all edible. We named it 'Candyfornia' instead of 'California', so it's a different world," she said. "It's not just like, 'Oh, let's go to the beach and throw a party and then shoot a music video!' It's more like, 'Let's put us California Gurls in a whole different world!" The video has been controversial since there were several accusations of plagiarism against Perry, one due to similarities between
2604-524: A big way". But just as #1 Record had fallen victim to poor marketing, so too did Radio City . Columbia, now in complete control of the Stax catalog, refused to process it following a disagreement. Without a distributor, sales of Radio City , though far greater than those of #1 Record , were minimal at only around 20,000 copies. In September 1974, eight months after the release of Radio City , Chilton and Stephens returned to Ardent Studios to work on
2790-518: 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 . A campaign was started with the November 2007 release of the video to " Ur So Gay ", a song aimed at introducing her to
2976-483: A company which produces and sells non-alcoholic apéritifs . Both wanted a beverage that "would mellow the mind, minus the buzz" when creating it. Along with Thomas Rhett , Perry recorded a country pop duet titled "Where We Started" for his album of the same name that was released on April 1, 2022. 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. She also became
3162-469: A cotton candy cloud, naked. Snoop Dogg tries to block her advances in many ways. When all the women are free, Perry leads them in a dance on the beach. Seeing the women freed, "Sugar Daddy" becomes enraged, marching on the women's position with an army of gummy bears . Perry defeats the army with whipped cream guns attached to her breasts, after which the stunned king throws down his staff and surrenders. The video ends with "Sugar Daddy" buried up to his neck in
3348-547: A cover version of the song " Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two) " on a limited-edition concept album titled The Gay Nineties Old Tyme Music: Daisy Bell to accompany the exhibition. That month, a portrait of Perry by artist Will Cotton was included in the United States National Portrait Gallery . On November 23, 2015, Perry starred in H&;M 's holiday advertising campaign, for which she wrote and recorded
3534-465: A fuck' attitude" inspired her music. She paid homage to the band by naming her third fragrance Killer Queen. Perry described the Beach Boys and their album Pet Sounds as having a considerable influence on her music: " Pet Sounds is one of my favorite records and it influenced pretty much all of my songwriting. All of the melody choices that I make are because of Pet Sounds ." The singer also holds
3720-403: A glance in your eyes and fell through the skies," Chilton rhapsodizes) [...] Big Star's baroque, guitar-driven pop reaches its apotheosis on songs like "Kizza Me", "Thank You Friends" and "O, Dana". [...] Without question, Third is one of the most idiosyncratic, deeply felt and fully realized albums in the pop idiom. Fry and Dickinson flew to New York with promotional copies and met employees of
3906-680: A guest curator of Madonna's Art for Freedom initiative. In March 2015, she appeared in Brand: A Second Coming , a documentary following her ex-husband Russell Brand's transition from comedy work to activism, and released a concert film titled Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour through Epix , which took place during her tour of the same name. Perry also made a cameo appearance in the music video for Madonna's song " Bitch I'm Madonna " in June 2015. The following month, she released another fragrance with Coty, entitled Mad Potion. In September 2015, she appeared in
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#17328555562094092-418: A judge on American Idol from the sixteenth season in 2018 to the twenty-second season in 2024. Forbes ranked her as the world's highest-paid female musician in 2015 and 2018. With an estimated net worth of $ 350 million, she is one of the world's wealthiest musicians . Billboard ranked her fourth on its "Greatest of All Time Pop Songs Artists" list and twenty-fifth on their "Greatest Pop Stars of
4278-556: A live concert on June 12. The live-stream generated over 49 million views from 190 countries. She also embarked on Witness: The Tour , which began in September 2017 and ended in August 2018. On June 15, 2017, Calvin Harris released a song titled " Feels " from his album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 , which featured Perry, Big Sean , and Pharrell Williams . The song went on to reach number one in
4464-525: A logo consisting of a five-pointed star enclosing the words "Big Star"; as well as the store's name, the band used its logo but without the word "Star" to avoid infringing copyright. Although all four members contributed to songwriting and vocals on the first album, Chilton and Bell dominated as a duo intentionally modeled on John Lennon and Paul McCartney . The album was recorded by Ardent founder John Fry , with Terry Manning contributing occasional backing vocals and keyboards. The title #1 Record
4650-413: A minute since we've had a California song and especially from a girl's perspective. We took the references of Prince, which is always a great reference, and we took a lot of the '90s, ... almost that house music, some of those references." Perry used Misplaced Pages to research which rapper she wanted to collaborate with for "California Gurls", browsing West Coast artists before selecting Snoop Dogg. Initially,
4836-401: A music video in which Zooey Deschanel impersonates Perry. Additionally she collaborated with various artists to create two remixes of Smile album tracks. 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. On January 20, 2021, Perry performed "Firework" at
5022-518: A nominee, she attended the Variety 2021 "Power of Women" dinner. On her 37th birthday the next month, Perry guest hosted The Ellen DeGeneres Show and starred in a holiday advertisement for Gap Inc. which featured her singing " All You Need Is Love " by the Beatles . A full version of her cover was released on streaming platforms the same day. In January 2022, she and Morgan McLachlan established De Soi,
5208-494: A number of record labels, but could not generate interest in the album. When a similar promotion attempt failed in California, the album was shelved as it was considered not commercial enough for release. Fry recalled, "We'd go in and play it and these guys would look at us like we were crazy". In late 1974, before the album was even named, the band broke up, bringing Big Star's first era to its end. Dickinson later said that he
5394-401: A profound influence on subsequent musicians. Rolling Stone notes that Big Star "created a seminal body of work that never stopped inspiring succeeding generations of rockers, from the power-pop revivalists of the late 1970s to alternative rockers at the end of the century to the indie rock nation in the new millennium". Jason Ankeny, music critic for AllMusic , identifies Big Star as "one of
5580-399: A screwdriver. In November 1972, Bell quit the band. When work continued on songs for a second album, Bell rejoined, but further conflict soon erupted. A master tape of the new songs inexplicably went missing, and Bell, whose heavy drug intake was affecting his judgment, attacked Fry's parked car. In late 1972, struggling with severe depression, Bell quit the band once more, and by the end of
5766-403: A second album, Radio City , was completed in December 1973. Like #1 Record , Radio City received excellent reviews, but label issues again thwarted sales— Columbia Records , which had assumed control of the Stax catalog, likewise effectively vetoed its distribution. After a third album, recorded in the fall of 1974, was deemed commercially unviable and shelved before receiving a title,
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5952-677: A sense of chaos which only added to the thrill". Although Big Star's first era came to an end in 1974, the band acquired a cult following in the 1980s when new acts began to acknowledge the early material's significance. R.E.M. 's Peter Buck admitted, "We've sort of flirted with greatness, but we've yet to make a record as good as Revolver or Highway 61 Revisited or Exile on Main Street or Big Star's Third . I don't know what it'll take to push us on to that level, but I think we've got it in us." Chilton, however, told an interviewer in 1992, "I'm constantly surprised that people fall for Big Star
6138-799: A sequence of bands, performing songs by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones , the Kinks , the Zombies , and the Animals . Chilton's first awareness of music came at the age of 6 when his brother repeatedly played a record by the Coasters . His father's liking for jazz then exposed him over the next few years to the music of Glenn Miller , Ray Charles , and Dave Brubeck . Chilton's enthusiasm for music took hold when at age 13 he first heard Beatles records; he recalled having known of 1950s rock 'n' roll, but "by 1959 Elvis
6324-460: A series of live tribute performances of the album Third/Sister Lovers , under the billing "Big Star's Third ". As of 2017 , that project has remained active. From 1967 to 1970, Chilton was the lead singer for the blue-eyed soul group the Box Tops , who scored a No. 1 hit with the song " The Letter " when he was 16. After leaving the group, he recorded a solo studio album. He was offered
6510-474: A sixteen-track tape machine, worked experimentally with the band members: "We started recording the songs with the intent that if it turned out OK we'd put it out [...] I wound up being the one that primarily worked on it: I recorded all the tracks and then they would often come late at night and do overdubs. One by one, they all learned enough engineering." Describing the mix of musical styles present on #1 Record , Rolling Stone ' s Bud Scoppa notes that
6696-555: A song titled " Every Day Is a Holiday ". On June 17, 2014, Perry announced that she had founded her own record label under Capitol Records, titled Metamorphosis Music. Ferras was the first artist to get signed to her label, and Perry served as an executive producer on his self-titled EP . She also recorded a duet with him on the EP, titled "Legends Never Die". The label was later renamed Unsub Records . Outside of her music career, Perry reprised her role as Smurfette in The Smurfs 2 , which
6882-451: A story about how a friend of hers played " You Oughta Know " by Alanis Morissette , which influenced her songwriting and singing. While not strictly identifying as religious, she 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 sister's cassette tapes. She performed the tracks in front of her parents, who let her take vocal lessons like Angela
7068-666: A string section, to perform a live tribute performance of Big Star's album Third/Sister Lovers in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Joined by additional performers such as Matthew Sweet , Big Star's Third was performed in a similar tribute concert in New York City on March 26, 2011, and at the Barbican in London on May 28, 2012. The project continued with concerts in Chicago and New York in 2013,
7254-580: A third album. They were assisted by producer Jim Dickinson and an assortment of musicians (including drummer Richard Rosebrough) and Lesa Aldridge, Chilton's girlfriend, who contributed on vocals. The sessions and mixing were completed in early 1975, and 250 copies of the album were pressed with plain labels for promotional use. Parke Putterbaugh of Rolling Stone described Third/Sister Lovers as "extraordinary". It is, he wrote, "Chilton's untidy masterpiece. [...] beautiful and disturbing"; "vehemently original"; of "haunting brilliance": To listen to it
7440-661: A three-CD live album, both titled Thank You, Friends: Big Star's Third Live... and More . The concert was performed in April 2016 at Glendale, California 's Alex Theatre . In June 2011, Ardent Records released the EP Live Tribute to Alex Chilton , and Stephens confirmed on the Ardent blog that the tribute performance in May 2010 was the last performance for Big Star as a band. A documentary titled Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012), directed by Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori, chronicled
7626-475: A tribute to Parton. Four days later, she released a song called " 365 ", with DJ Zedd . In April, Perry was included on a remix of Daddy Yankee 's song " Con Calma ", featuring Snow . She followed this with the singles " Never Really Over " on May 31, " Small Talk " on August 9, and " Harleys in Hawaii " on October 16. "Never Really Over" in particular received critical acclaim. In June 2019, Perry appeared in
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7812-516: A woman named Agatha Danoff in facilities rented from the Music Academy of the West . Her singing caught the attention of rock artists Steve Thomas and Jennifer Knapp from Nashville, Tennessee , who brought her there to improve her writing skills. In Nashville, she started recording demos and learned how to write songs and play guitar. Perry signed with Red Hill Records and recorded her debut album,
7998-432: Is "an ever-lasting gobstopper of a tune" and that "summertime megahits rarely feel this good". Musician Brian Wilson , who had co-written the Beach Boys' "California Girls", commended Perry's vocal on her song and described its melody as "infectious". Glenn Gamboa of Newsday reviewed the song saying, "'California Gurls' is a fizzy-pop concoction of empty calories, but it sure does stick with you." He went on to note that
8184-581: Is also a singer, and an older sister, Angela. From ages three to 11, Perry frequently moved across the country as her very strict parents set up churches before settling again in Santa Barbara. 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 . The family struggled financially, sometimes using food stamps and eating food from
8370-412: Is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Perry is one of the best-selling music artists in history , having sold over 143 million units worldwide. She is known for her influence on pop music and her camp style, being dubbed the " Queen of Camp " by Vogue and Rolling Stone . At 16, Perry released a gospel record titled Katy Hudson (2001) under Red Hill Records , which
8556-621: Is certified Platinum or higher in nine countries, including 4× Platinum in Canada, 6× Platinum in Australia, and Diamond in the US. When "California Gurls" was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Perry became the first female artist to have four Diamond-certified singles in the country, the others being "Firework", "Dark Horse" and “Roar”. A music video for
8742-486: Is no #1 Record , but at its brightest, it is Big Star in every way." The band appeared at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium on October 20, 2007. San Francisco-based band Oranger performed as opening act. Big Star performed at the 2008 Rhythm Festival , staged from August 29–31 in Bedfordshire , U.K. On June 16, 2009, the #1 Record / Radio City double album was reissued in remastered form. The same month, it
8928-508: Is part fantasy, part hallucination and thoroughly camp. In addition to a sold out opening night, the Santa Barbara Independent reported that Perry's contract deal for the residency was worth $ 168 million. It concluded on November 4, 2023, and grossed $ 46.4 million. In September 2021, Variety paid tribute to and honored Perry in their "Power of Women" issue, where she discussed her career, motherhood, and philanthropy . As
9114-404: Is referenced in the lyrics by his old name Snoop "Doggy" Dogg, appears in the video as a king named "Sugar Daddy" that is holding several young women (Queens of Candyfornia) captive throughout the game, using candy-related devices to hold them. Perry moves around, experimenting with objects. She moves through the land, making discoveries and freeing the women. In the chorus, she appears lying down on
9300-421: Is set to the song's melody, with a new set of lyrics written specifically for the show and sung by Shannon Chan-Kent from the perspective of the character Pinkie Pie. A video clip of Cebu Pacific flight attendants performing a pre-flight safety demonstration as a dance routine to this song ended up as a viral YouTube video clip, attracting comment. The parody song " G33k & G4m3r Girls " by Team Unicorn
9486-545: Is the second fastest pace to do so in digital history behind Flo Rida 's " Right Round ". It debuted at number 31 on the Billboard Radio Songs chart and in the July 10, 2010, issue it reached number one on the magazine's Hot Dance Airplay chart, giving Perry her second number-one single on that chart. As of June 2023, the song has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making Perry
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#17328555562099672-435: Is to be "plunged into a maelstrom of conflicting emotions. Songs are drenched in strings and sweet sentiment one minute, starkly played and downcast the next. No pop song has ever bottomed out more than "Holocaust", an anguished plaint sung at a snail's pace over discordant slide-guitar fragments and moaning cello [...] On the up side, there's the delicious pop minuet "Stroke It Noel", the anticipatory magic of "Nightime" ("Caught
9858-531: The Celebrating America concert during the inauguration of Joe Biden . Four months later, she released a new single, " Electric ", a collaboration with Pokémon as part of its 25th anniversary. That December, Perry followed this with " When I'm Gone ", a collaboration with Swedish DJ Alesso that made her the third person to reach number one on Croatia's ARC 100 list across three different decades following Lady Gaga and Coldplay . Perry began hosting
10044-470: The 2016 Summer Olympics titled " Rise ", which was released the following month. 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". NBC also felt its message spoke "directly to the spirit of the Olympics and its athletes" for its inspirational themes. The song reached number one in Australia and number eleven in
10230-476: The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards . Perry was signed for a $ 25-million salary to serve as a judge on the sixteenth season of American Idol , which premiered in March 2018. Perry began a relationship with Orlando Bloom in early 2016, and the couple got engaged on February 14, 2019. At the 61st Annual Grammy Awards , Perry performed " Here You Come Again ", alongside Dolly Parton and Kacey Musgraves , as part of
10416-515: The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards . She performed during the 2024 Rock in Rio festival on the day of 143 ' s release. Eight days later, Perry headlined the pre-game entertainment at Australia's 2024 AFL Grand Final . That December, she will film a performance at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster for a special titled Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime , which is set to premiere on ITV , ITV1 , STV , and STV Player . Perry cites her sister Angela as
10602-512: The Billboard 200 chart. Four days later, Perry performed the songs from the album at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles. " Dark Horse " with Juicy J was released as the album's third single in December, and became her ninth U.S. number-one single the following month. In 2014, " Birthday " and " This Is How We Do " respectively followed as the album's fourth and fifth singles, and reached
10788-551: The Billboard Hot 100 and number one in Canada and New Zealand. Perry embarked on her second tour, the California Dreams Tour , in support of Teenage Dream from February 2011 to January 2012. The tour grossed $ 59.5 million globally and won her the award for Best Live Act at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards . On September 23, 2011, she performed on the opening day of the 2011 Rock in Rio festival along with Elton John and Rihanna . In September 2010, Perry
10974-485: The Billboard Hot 100 in June. She also served as a guest judge on British The X Factor later that month before releasing the album's second single, " Teenage Dream ", in July. "Teenage Dream" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September. Released on August 24, 2010, Teenage Dream debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and received mixed reviews from music critics. It has since sold 6 million copies worldwide. Teenage Dream would go on to win
11160-592: The Guinness World Records announced two days after the singer's halftime show that it garnered 118.5 million viewers in the United States, becoming the most watched and highest rated show in Super Bowl history. The viewership was higher than the game itself, which was viewed by an audience of 114.4 million. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) ranked her fifth on
11346-585: The Hello Katy Tour , from January to November 2009 to support One of the Boys . On August 4, 2009, she performed as opening act for one date of No Doubt 's 2009 Summer Tour . Perry also hosted the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2009, becoming the first person to host two consecutive ceremonies of the European awards. On July 22, 2009, Perry recorded a live album titled MTV Unplugged , which featured acoustic performances of five tracks from One of
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#173285555620911532-464: The Hotel Café , performing new music while she was between record labels. In 2004, she signed to Ballard's label, Java Records, which was then affiliated with The Island Def Jam Music Group . Perry began work on a solo record due for release in March 2005, but the record was shelved after Java was dropped. Ballard then introduced her to Tim Devine , an A&R executive at Columbia Records , and she
11718-454: The Me Too movement , Perry has also denied Kloss's claims. 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. " Daisies ", the lead single from her sixth album, was released on May 15, 2020. Its second single " Smile " followed two months later. The album, also titled Smile ,
11904-573: The People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Guest Star in January 2012. She made her film debut in the 3D family motion picture The Smurfs as Smurfette on July 29, 2011. The film was a financial success worldwide, while critics gave mostly negative reviews. She hosted Saturday Night Live on December 10, 2011, with Robyn as the episode's musical guest. Perry's work on the episode received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised her performance in
12090-514: The Rolling Stone list of the Top 500 Albums of All-Time. Big Star's debut album, 1972's #1 Record , was met by enthusiastic reviews, but ineffective marketing by Stax Records and limited distribution stunted its commercial success. Frustration took its toll on band relations: Bell left not long after the first record's commercial progress stalled, and Hummel left to finish his college education after
12276-538: The Teenage Dream album were leaked online. It was subsequently released to iTunes on May 11, 2010, as the album's lead single. The song was a worldwide success, peaking at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks, giving Perry her second number-one single in the US and Snoop Dogg his third. The song also reached number-one in seven other countries, was the best-selling song of 2010 in Canada, and
12462-712: The UK Singles Chart on June 27, 2010, at number one, becoming her second chart-topper in the country. The single sold 123,607 copies in the UK in its first week (the second highest number in 2010 after the Helping Haiti charity single " Everybody Hurts "). After two weeks, the song sold 216,000 copies in the UK. On October 29, 2010, the British Phonographic Industry classified the single as a " platinum record " (meaning it has sold over 600,000 units). As of October 2013,
12648-476: The "Best Start on the U.S. Digital Chart by a Female Artist", for digital single sales of over two million copies. After Perry and Travie McCoy split up in December 2008, they briefly reconciled before she ended their relationship in 2009. Perry met her future husband Russell Brand in mid-2009 while filming a cameo appearance for his film Get Him to the Greek . Her scene, in which the two kiss, does not appear in
12834-591: The "Teenage Dream" music video, accused her of sexual misconduct. In an Instagram post, Kloss alleged that, during a party at a skating rink, Perry pulled on his sweatpants and underwear, exposing his penis to her male friends. He also said her management prevented him from speaking about his time with the singer. Johnny Wujek, the creative director of said party defended Perry, saying that she "would never do something like that" and accused Kloss of having an "ongoing obsession" with her. After initially refraining from responding to this, believing it would have detracted from
13020-579: The "quintessential American power pop band", and "one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll". In its first era, the band's musical style drew influence from 1960s pop acts such as the Beatles and the Byrds , producing a style that foreshadowed the alternative rock of the 1980s and 1990s. Before they broke up, Big Star created a "seminal body of work that never stopped inspiring succeeding generations" according to Rolling Stone . Three of Big Star's studio albums are included in
13206-402: The "snarling guitar rock" of the first album's "Don't Lie to Me", the band, deeming conventional instruments inadequate for the task, wheeled two Norton Commando motorcycles into the studio and gunned the engines to intensify the song's bridge . Bogdanov et al. reserve "snarl" for a Radio City song, "Mod Lang"; here Buckley writes that "the power of the performance and the erratic mix gave
13392-510: The 1980s, the Big Star discography drew renewed attention when R.E.M. and the Replacements , as well as other popular bands, cited the group as an influence. In 1992, interest was further stimulated by Rykodisc 's reissues of the band's albums, complemented by a collection of Bell's solo work. In 1993, Chilton and Stephens reformed Big Star with recruits Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow of
13578-474: The 2011 Juno Award for International Album of the Year . In October, " Firework " was released as the album's third single. It became the album's third consecutive number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 8, 2010. " E.T. " featuring Kanye West was released as the fourth single from Teenage Dream on February 16, 2011. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks, making Teenage Dream
13764-481: The 21st Century" list. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born on October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California , to Pentecostal pastors Mary Christine (née Perry) and Maurice Keith Hudson. Both of her parents turned to religion after a "wild youth". Perry has English, German, Irish, and Portuguese ancestry. Through her mother, she is a niece of film director Frank Perry . She has a younger brother named David, who
13950-625: The Beatles' album The Beatles in high esteem, and described these two albums as "the only things I listened to for probably two years straight." She cites Alanis Morissette and her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill as a significant musical inspiration, stating in 2012: " Jagged Little Pill was the most perfect female record ever made. There's a song for anyone on that record; I relate to all those songs. They're still so timeless." Additionally, Perry borrows influence from Flaming Red by Patty Griffin and 10 Cent Wings by Jonatha Brooke . Perry's autobiographical documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me
14136-590: The Billboard Hot 100 in its fourth week since Bobbie Gentry 's single " Ode to Billie Joe " reached the top after four weeks on the chart. It is Perry's third number one on the Pop Songs chart. "California Gurls" became the first song to top the 300,000 mark in digital sales more than once in 2010 with 318,000 and 359,000 copies sold in the first and second week of June, respectively. Within seven weeks of its release, "California Gurls" sold over two million downloads, which
14322-402: The Boys and Teenage Dream , involve themes of sex and love. One of the Boys is a pop rock record, while Teenage Dream features disco influences. Perry's fourth album, Prism , is significantly influenced by dance and pop music. Lyrically, the album addresses relationships, self-reflection, and everyday life. Her fifth studio effort Witness is an electropop album that she described as
14508-495: The Boys as well as one new song, "Brick by Brick", and a cover of Fountains of Wayne 's "Hackensack". It was released on November 17, 2009. Perry also appeared on two singles with other artists; she was featured on a remix of Colorado -based band 3OH!3 's song " Starstrukk " in September 2009, and on a duet with Timbaland entitled " If We Ever Meet Again ", from his album Shock Value II , three months later. The Guinness World Records recognized her in its 2010 edition as
14694-501: The DVD documents how Big Star's 1990s lineup defied expectations and endured for another 16 years: "Chilton's musicality is mesmerising as he drives the band. … Alternating between lead and rhythm, he plays with a mix of laser focus and utter insouciant cool." Bell took up guitar when 12 or 13, but only on hearing the first Beatles records was he motivated to play the instrument regularly. He acted as lead and rhythm guitarist and vocalist for
14880-499: The May 2010 tribute performance would be the group's final show as Big Star, although not his last show with Auer and Stringfellow, stating, "I can't see us going out as Big Star ... But I would hate to compound the loss of Alex by saying,'That's it' for Ken and Jon, too. I can't imagine not playing with them. There's so much fun—but an emotional bond there too." In December 2010, under the billing "Big Star's Third ", Stephens teamed with Mitch Easter , Stamey, and Mills, along with
15066-463: The Posies , and Bill Lloyd and the dB's cite Big Star as an inspiration, and the band's influence on Game Theory , Matthew Sweet , and Velvet Crush is also acknowledged. On their 2022 album Tremblers and Googles by Rank, Guided By Voices paid tribute to Big Star with the song Alex Bell. The lyrics include the refrain "Walking down Alex Bell, thinking of Alex...I see you around every time there's
15252-655: The Posies , and gave a concert at the University of Missouri . The band remained active, performing tours in Europe and Japan, and released a new studio album, In Space , in 2005. Chilton died in March 2010 after suffering from heart problems. Hummel died of cancer four months later. These deaths left Stephens as the sole surviving founding member. Big Star was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2014. Since December 2010, several surviving members have appeared in
15438-487: The Posies , founded by the pair in 1986. Stringfellow is also known for his work with R.E.M. and the Minus 5 . Hummel elected not to participate. First-era material dominated Big Star's performances, with the occasional addition of a song from the 2005 album In Space . Stringfellow recalled that during the 1990s, "We were working out the set list and we went to this little cafe. Little did I know we'd be playing that set for
15624-566: The Restless for the show's magazine Restless Style . Perry released her first single with Capitol, "I Kissed a Girl", on April 28, 2008, as the lead single from One of the Boys . The first station to pick up the song was WRVW in Nashville, who were inundated with enthusiastic calls the first three days they played it. The track reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 . "I Kissed
15810-582: The Rhythm " featuring Skip Marley . It reached number one in Hungary and number four in the United States. 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. The album's second single, " Bon Appétit " with Migos , was released that April. Its third single, " Swish Swish ", featured Nicki Minaj and followed
15996-532: The Scene . Perry worked with songwriters including Desmond Child , Greg Wells , Butch Walker , Scott Cutler , Anne Preven , the Matrix , Kara DioGuardi , Max Martin , and Dr. Luke . In addition, after Devine suggested that songwriting team the Matrix become a "real group", she recorded an album, The Matrix , with them. The Matrix was planned for release in 2004 but was cancelled due to creative differences. It
16182-504: The Sunrise", and was asked to join the band. Both "Watch the Sunrise" and "Thirteen" were subsequently included on Big Star's first album, #1 Record . The now four-piece band adopted the name Big Star when one member was given the idea from a grocery store often visited for snacks during recording sessions. One of many Big Star Markets outlets in the Memphis region at the time, it had
16368-517: The Traveling Pants . Perry provided backing vocals on Mick Jagger 's song " Old Habits Die Hard ", which was included on the soundtrack to the 2004 film Alfie . In September 2004, Blender named her "The Next Big Thing". 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 . That year, Perry also appeared in
16554-569: The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 respectively. The disco -influenced pop album Teenage Dream (2010) spawned five U.S. number one singles—" California Gurls ", " Teenage Dream ", " Firework ", " E.T. ", and " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) "— the only album by a female singer to do so. The album's reissue titled Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection (2012) produced the U.S. number one single " Part of Me ". Her empowerment-themed album Prism (2013) had two U.S. number one singles, " Roar " and " Dark Horse ". Both their respective music videos made her
16740-608: The US Billboard 200 . The album went on to sell 7 million copies worldwide. "Hot n Cold" was released the following September and became the album's second successful single, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 while topping charts in Germany, Canada, the Netherlands and Austria. Later singles "Thinking of You" and " Waking Up in Vegas " were released in 2009 and reached
16926-489: The US Billboard Digital Songs chart. It debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it Perry's highest debut on the chart at the time. On the issue dated June 19, 2010, the song reached number one, becoming Perry's second number-one song and Snoop Dogg's third. "California Gurls" became the first single by an artist signed to Capitol Records in nearly 43 years to ascend to the number-one spot on
17112-423: The US and number two in Canada. On January 5, 2012, Perry was named the sixth best-selling digital artist in the United States, with sales of 37.6 million units according to Nielsen SoundScan . That month, she became the first artist to have four songs sell over 5 million digital units when "E.T." reached that mark along with "Firework", "California Gurls", and "Hot N Cold". On February 13, Capitol released
17298-578: The United Kingdom. Perry subsequently recorded a cover of the Dear Evan Hansen song " Waving Through a Window " for the deluxe edition of the cast recording , which was released on November 2, 2018. The show's creators Benj Pasek and Justin Paul had requested Perry to cover the song to promote the musical's national tour. Later that month, Perry released " Cozy Little Christmas ". She also recorded
17484-412: The United States. In August 2016, Perry stated that she aspired to create material "that connects and relates and inspires" and told Ryan Seacrest that she was "not rushing" her fifth album, adding "I'm just having a lot of fun, but experimenting and trying different producers, and different collaborators, and different styles". On February 10, 2017, Perry released the album's lead single " Chained to
17670-443: The age of 17. She opted to work with Ballard due to his past work with Alanis Morissette , one of her major inspirations. In 2003, she briefly performed as Katheryn Perry, to avoid confusion with actress Kate Hudson , and later adopted the stage name "Katy Perry", using her mother's maiden name. In 2010, she recalled that " Thinking of You " was one of the first songs she wrote after moving to Los Angeles. Perry would also perform at
17856-400: The album "exceptionally good", while Cashbox stated, "This album is one of those red-letter days when everything falls together as a total sound", and called it "an important record that should go to the top with proper handling". Proper handling, however, was not forthcoming: Stax Records proved unable to either promote or distribute the record with any degree of success, and even when
18042-428: The album consisted of new material mostly co-written by Chilton, Stephens, Auer, and Stringfellow. Reviewing In Space , Rolling Stone ' s David Fricke first pointed out that the context of the release was now "a world expecting that American Beatles ideal all over again" from a band that "achieved its power-pop perfection when no one else was looking." In Fricke's estimation, this seemingly unrealistic expectation
18228-423: The album includes "reflective and acoustic" numbers, saying that "even the prettiest tunes have tension and subtle energy to them, and the rockers reverberate with power". Scoppa finds that in each mode, "the guitar sound is sharp-edged and full". #1 Record was released in June 1972, and quickly received strong reviews. Billboard went as far as to say, "Every cut could be a single". Rolling Stone judged
18414-506: The album was finished and that it needed one more song. She said that she wanted to write a song about California girls. During a Rolling Stone photo shoot in April 2010, Perry revealed details about the song, reportedly a response to Jay-Z 's " Empire State of Mind ", she stated: "It's so great that 'Empire State of Mind' is huge and that everybody has the New York song, but what the fuck? What about LA? What about California? And it's been
18600-501: The award for "Top Package" at the 2014 Billboard Touring Awards . She also performed at the 2015 Rock in Rio festival on September 27, 2015. On November 23, 2014, the NFL announced that Perry would perform at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show on February 1, 2015. Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott served as special guests for the show. Her performance was critically acclaimed, and
18786-401: The band broke up late in 1974. Four years later, the first two Big Star LPs were released together in the UK as a double album. The band's third album was finally issued soon afterward; titled Third/Sister Lovers , it found limited commercial success, but has since become a cult classic. Shortly thereafter, Chris Bell was killed in a car accident at the age of 27 . During the group's hiatus in
18972-567: The band performed at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in New York City. On March 17, 2010, Chilton suffered a fatal heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans. Big Star had been scheduled to play at SXSW Music Festival that same week. The remaining members, joined by special guests original bassist Andy Hummel, M. Ward , Evan Dando , R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills , and Chris Stamey , staged
19158-737: The band when it reissued Third/Sister Lovers and released a posthumous compilation of Bell's solo material, I Am the Cosmos . In his 2007 book Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide , John Borack ranks the #1 Record / Radio City double album at No. 2 in his chart "The 200 Greatest Power Pop Albums". Rolling Stone includes #1 Record , Radio City and Third/Sister Lovers in The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and " September Gurls " and " Thirteen " in The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . In addition to R.E.M., artists including Teenage Fanclub , The Replacements , Primal Scream ,
19344-447: The band's debut, #1 Record , established them as "one of the leading new American bands working in the mid-Sixties pop and rock vein". Radio City , Barnes finds, has "plenty of shimmering pop delights", although "the opening tune, 'O My Soul,' is a foreboding, sprawling funk affair"; Barnes concludes that "Sometimes they sound like the Byrds, sometimes like the early Who, but usually like their own indescribable selves". Radio City
19530-451: The band's own efforts to get airplay generated interest, fans were unable to buy it as Stax could not make it available in many stores. Stax, in an effort to improve its catalog's availability, signed a deal with Columbia Records , already successful distributors in the U.S., making Columbia responsible for the entire Stax catalog. But Columbia had no interest in dealing with the independent distributors previously used by Stax and removed even
19716-439: The board game Candyland . On December 2, 2010, the song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals . In 2012, Billboard ranked the song number one on a special The 30 Summer Songs of All Time listing. In an interview with HitQuarters , Perry's A&R agent at the time, Chris Anokute , said that while travelling back from an Oscar after-party, Perry texted him to say she did not think
19902-548: The box office. Perry began to venture into business when she endorsed the fragrance, Purr, in November 2010. Her second endorsed fragrance, Meow!, was released in December 2011. Both perfumes were released through Nordstrom department stores. Electronic Arts recruited her to promote their new expansion pack for The Sims 3: Showtime , before releasing a separate stuff pack featuring Perry-inspired furniture, outfits, and hairstyles, titled The Sims 3: Katy Perry's Sweet Treats , in June 2012. The following month, she became
20088-655: The collab, she stated in August 2022: "'Harleys in Hawaii' has lived so many different lives" as well as that there was "so much opportunity to remix this song, and I can't wait to hear all the GarageBand evolutions with this Apple collab." Perry performed at the May 2023 Coronation Concert of Charles III at Windsor Castle . Four months later, she sold her music rights to Litmus Music for an estimated $ 225 million. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in February 2024, Perry announced her exit from American Idol following
20274-406: The concert as a tribute to him. Four months after Chilton's death, Hummel died of cancer on July 19, 2010. Asked about the band's plans after the death of Chilton and Hummel, Stephens told Billboard , "It's music we all really love to play, and we love to play it together, so we're trying to figure out a way forward where we can keep doing it." In a Rolling Stone interview, Stephens said that
20460-471: 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 season premiered later that month, and concluded in May. She released " Woman's World ", the first single from her seventh album, on July 11, 2024. Two other singles preceded the record's release: " Lifetimes " and " I'm His, He's Mine " featuring Doechii . The album, titled 143 ,
20646-455: The craftsmanship of the song was of a high standard. Steve Leftridge of PopMatters called "California Gurls" the radio jam of the summer of 2010 and "the gargantuan singalong fantasy that delivered on the promise built by the disco thump of hits like ' I Kissed a Girl ' and ' Hot n Cold '." Leftridge also praised the song's musical composition, lyrical content and chorus which he said "you know by heart halfway through your first listen." The track
20832-421: The discography), Beale Street Green (acknowledging the legendary site nearby, once a focal point for Memphis blues musicians), and Sister Lovers (because during the album's recording sessions, Chilton and Stephens were dating sisters Lesa and Holliday Aldridge). Not long after the release of Third/Sister Lovers , Bell died in a car accident. He apparently lost control of his car while driving alone and
21018-684: The documentaries Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show , which followed Perry's preparation for her Super Bowl performance, and Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer , which followed the life and career of designer Jeremy Scott . Perry released a mobile app titled Katy Perry Pop in December 2015 through Glu Mobile where her character helps players become famous musicians. She described it as "the most fun, colorful world that helps guide your musical dreams". Perry started writing songs for her new album in June 2016, and recorded an anthem for NBC Sports 's coverage of
21204-652: The end of its exploitation in France, certified Platinum at the same time in 2012. On May 24, 2010, "California Gurls" debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at number three, and later reached the number-one spot. On the RIANZ Top 10 Radio Airplay Charts , the song came in at number one in New Zealand and also received Gold certification from Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). "California Gurls" entered
21390-469: The episode's digital short featuring her and Andy Samberg . In March 2012, she guest starred as a prison security guard named Rikki on the Raising Hope episode "Single White Female Role Model". On July 5, 2012, Perry's autobiographical documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me was released to theaters through Paramount Pictures . The film received positive reviews and grossed $ 32.7 million worldwide at
21576-456: The estimated $ 44 million she earned during their marriage, but declined. Perry began a relationship with singer John Mayer in August 2012, the year her marriage with Brand had ended. In November 2012, Perry began work on her fourth album, Prism . She told Billboard , "I know exactly the record I want to make next. I know the artwork, the coloring and the tone" and "I even know what type of tour I'm doing next. I'll be very pleased if
21762-452: The existing copies of #1 Record from the stores. The frustration at #1 Record ' s obstructed sales contributed to tension within the band. There was physical fighting between members: Bell, after being punched in the face by Hummel, retaliated by smashing Hummel's new bass guitar to pieces against the wall. Hummel took revenge at a later date: finding Bell's acoustic guitar in the latter's unattended car, he repeatedly punched it with
21948-487: The film. She began dating Brand after meeting him again that September at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards . The couple became engaged on December 31, 2009, while vacationing in Rajasthan , India. After serving as a guest judge on American Idol , Perry released " California Gurls " featuring Snoop Dogg on May 7, 2010. The song was the lead single from her third studio album, Teenage Dream , and reached number one on
22134-446: The first artist to have multiple videos reach one billion views on Vevo and YouTube . Afterwards, Perry released the albums Witness (2017) and Smile (2020) and embarked on her Las Vegas concert residency titled Play (2021–2023). She released her seventh studio album, titled 143 , in 2024. Perry has the second-most U.S. Diamond-certified singles for any female artist (six). She has received various accolades , including
22320-487: The first era was a precursor of the alternative rock of the 1980s and 1990s, at the same time yielding material today considered an outstanding example of power pop. The stylistic range is evident from modern day critiques. Bogdanov et al., commenting on #1 Record in their All Music Guide to Rock , perceive in "The Ballad of El Goodo" a "luminous, melancholy ballad", whereas John Borack's Ultimate Power Pop Guide singles out Radio City ' s "September Gurls" as
22506-485: The first female artist to achieve this with 4 singles and sold 5.9 million copies in the US. Elsewhere, "California Gurls" reached number one in Canada and debuted in the top 20 in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), New Zealand, Norway and France, in which the song later reach top five the mid of July, became the third top-five and fourth top-ten for Perry at this time in the country. The song later sold more than 140,000 units at
22692-438: The first two Big Star albums were released together in the U.K. as a double album, drawing enthusiastic reviews and interest from fans. Soon afterward, Big Star's recognition grew further when, four years after its completion, the third album too was released in both the U.S. and the U.K. By now, the hitherto untitled Third/Sister Lovers had become known by several unofficial names, including Third (reflecting its position in
22878-484: The food bank which also fed the congregation at her parents' church. Growing up, Perry and her siblings were not allowed to eat the cereal Lucky Charms as the word "luck" reminded their mother of Lucifer , and were also required to call deviled eggs "angeled eggs". Perry primarily listened to gospel music , as secular music was generally discouraged in the family's home. She discovered popular music through CDs she smuggled home from her friends. Perry later recalled
23064-473: The group's career and band members' solo efforts. In 2013, the documentary was released in theaters and on DVD, and it had a limited theatrical re-release in England in August 2014. In November 2014, Live in Memphis was released by Omnivore Recordings on CD, vinyl, and as a DVD of Big Star's performance of October 29, 1994, their only known show to be professionally filmed in its entirety. According to Mojo ,
23250-473: The key of F major and the tempo of 126 beats per minute over a house beat. Perry's vocal range in the song spans from the lower note of C 4 to the higher note of D 5 . "California Gurls" utilizes multiple synths , drums , funk guitars , and electronic whooshes in its production. "California Gurls" received widespread critical acclaim. The song was given five stars from Nick Levine of Digital Spy who commended Perry's "charismatic" vocals on
23436-408: The lead single from Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection , " Part of Me ", which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Perry's seventh single overall to top the chart. Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection was released on March 23, and serves as a reissue of Teenage Dream . " Wide Awake " was released on May 22 as the re-release's second single, peaking at number two on
23622-588: The list of Top Global Recording Artists of 2013. 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. In May 2014, a portrait of Perry by painter Mark Ryden was featured in his exhibition "The Gay 90s", and shown at the Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles. Along with several other artists, she also recorded
23808-471: The mid-1990s for the Big Star tribute album Big Star, Small World . As with their prior studio release , however, the tribute album was delayed for years due to its record company going under. Originally scheduled for a 1998 release on Ignition Records , the album was eventually released in 2006 on Koch Records . In Space was released on September 27, 2005, on the Rykodisc label. Recorded during 2004,
23994-533: The most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll", whose "impact on subsequent generations of indie bands on both sides of the Atlantic is surpassed only by that of the Velvet Underground ". Ankeny describes Big Star's second album, Radio City , as "their masterpiece—ragged and raw guitar-pop infused with remarkable intensity and spontaneity". In 1992, Rykodisc generated further interest in
24180-527: The music market. A digital EP of the same name was also released that month. Madonna helped publicize the song by praising it on the JohnJay & Rich radio show in April 2008, stating "Ur So Gay" was her "favorite song" at the time. In March 2008, Perry made a cameo appearance as a club singer in the Wildfire episode "Life's Too Short" and appeared as herself during a photo shoot that June on The Young and
24366-454: 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 band's music video for " Cupid's Chokehold ". After Columbia dropped Perry, Angelica Cob-Baehler , then a publicity executive at the label, brought Perry's demos to Virgin Records chairman Jason Flom . Flom was convinced that she could be
24552-466: The music video of Taylor Swift 's " You Need to Calm Down ". In July, a jury in California returned a verdict following a week-long trial that Perry's song "Dark Horse" had copied Flame 's 2008 song "Joyful Noise" after he filed a copyright lawsuit alleging that it used his track's beat without permission; the verdict was later overturned. After the initial verdict, the jury ordered her to pay him $ 550,000. The next month, Josh Kloss, Perry's co-star in
24738-502: The new face for Just Eat 's, SkipTheDishes ', Lieferando 's, and Menulog 's advertisements and created a new remix of their jingle. On June 8, 2022, Perry was awarded with the Key to Las Vegas , the same day it was marked as Katy Perry day. 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". On
24924-412: The next month. They respectively peaked at numbers 59 and 46 in the United States, and made the top 15 in Canada. The album, titled Witness , was released on June 9, 2017, to mixed reviews, and debuted at number one in the United States. To accompany the album's release, Perry broadcast herself on YouTube for four days with a live-stream titled Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide , concluding with
25110-424: The next ten years". The resurrected band made its debut at the 1993 University of Missouri spring music festival. A recording of the performance was issued on CD by Zoo Records as Columbia: Live at Missouri University . The concert was followed by tours of Europe and Japan, as well as an appearance on The Tonight Show . Big Star's first post-reunion studio recording was the song "Hot Thing", recorded in
25296-463: The ninth album in history to produce four number one singles on the chart. " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) " followed as the fifth single in June, and Perry became the first female artist to achieve five number-one Billboard Hot 100 songs from one album when the single topped that chart on August 17, and the second artist after Michael Jackson with his album Bad . For this record, she received an honorary American Music Award in November 2011 and
25482-465: The noun "city" to sort of emphasize the totality and pervasiveness of it was just a way of talking people had. If someone suggested going to a store but you had gotten a bad deal there you might say, "Oh no, that place is 'rip off city'." Calling an LP Radio City would be kind of wishful thinking. I mean we hoped it would be played on the radio a lot, making it "radio city". Of course it didn't pan out that way... Stephens recalled: " Radio City , for me,
25668-459: The only seven live performances in the original era, the last of which took place before the second album's release, all four members contributed vocally. While primarily inspired by the music of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands, acknowledging too the jangle pop and power pop of the period, Big Star also incorporated dark, nihilistic themes to produce a striking blend of musical and lyrical styles. The body of work resulting from
25854-528: The rhythm and blues and the Stax stuff, too". Chilton abandoned his guitar-playing during his time with the Box Tops and then took up the instrument again; he met Roger McGuinn , guitarist for the Byrds , and developed particular interest in electric guitar and acoustic folk . Stephens enjoyed the music of Otis Redding , the Isley Brothers , the Who , the Kinks, and especially the Beatles. Hummel likewise
26040-413: The role of lead vocalist for Blood, Sweat & Tears , but turned down the offer as "too commercial". Chilton had known Chris Bell for some time: Both lived in Memphis, each had spent time recording music at Ardent Studios , and each, when aged 13, had been impressed by the music of the Beatles during the band's 1964 debut U.S. tour . A song Chilton wrote nearly six years after he first witnessed
26226-709: The sand by the women, nonetheless admiring their beauty and (in a nod to the Beach Boys song ) wishing that women everywhere could be California girls. Various California landmarks appear in the video, such as the Hollywood Walk of Fame , the Hollywood Sign , Sunset Boulevard , the Capitol Records Building , the Golden Gate Bridge and Venice Beach which were all made out of confectionery. Perry performed
26412-407: The single had sold 780,787 copies in the United Kingdom, becoming Perry's third best-selling single there behind " Firework " and " Roar ". The video was directed by Mathew Cullen and was inspired by the work of Will Cotton , who was also the artistic director of the video. Filming of the video began on May 14, 2010. It premiered on June 14, 2010. Perry explained the use of a candy theme instead of
26598-479: The song "Immortal Flame" for the game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius , and had a playable character modeled after her. Outside of recording music, Perry appeared as herself in the film Zoolander 2 , which was released in February 2016. In February 2017, the singer launched a shoe line titled "Katy Perry Collections". Her shoes are available on her website, Katy Perry Collections, and at retailers such as Dillard's and Walmart . The following August, she hosted
26784-455: The song as "relentlessly mechanical". He went on to describe Perry's vocal performance on the song as "a series of syllables digitally stitched together." The single received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals . On May 25, 2012, Billboard ranked the song number one on a special The 30 Summer Songs of All Time listing. "California Gurls" sold 294,000 digital downloads in its first week and debuted at number one on
26970-466: The song as well as its "unstoppable pop chorus". Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly and Katie Hasty of HitFix called it "the summer jam" of 2010. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone said that the song sets the tone for Teenage Dream . Chris Richards of The Washington Post praised the song, calling it "fresh" and "fierce". He commended the expertise of the song's arrangement and its "buoyant" chorus. Richards went on to say that "California Gurls"
27156-529: The song on The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night on December 1, 2010. "California Gurls" was included as the encore for her California Dreams Tour . Perry performed California Gurls without Snoop Dogg on the BBC One chat show The Graham Norton Show on June 28, 2010. On May 25, 2014, Perry performed the song at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow. On February 1, 2015, Perry
27342-569: The song on May 20, 2010, at the CW networks ' annual "upfronts" presentation in New York. Perry performed the song at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards on June 6, 2010, alongside Snoop Dogg. She performed the song at the Le Grand Journal in Paris, on June 10, 2010, without Snoop Dogg. Perry also performed the song during her guest appearance on the September 25, 2010 episode of Saturday Night Live . Perry performed
27528-401: The song was going to be titled "California Girls". The spelling was changed to "California Gurls" after the death of Big Star member Alex Chilton as a nod to their song, " September Gurls ". Rondor Music, the company that owns the publishing rights to the Beach Boys ' " California Girls ", allegedly threatened a lawsuit due to the lyric "I wish they could all be California Girls", a line that
27714-543: The song was released on June 14, 2010, featuring Perry and her dancers as pieces of a board game, set in the fictional "Candyfornia". Perry has said that the inspiration behind the video was artist Will Cotton , who was also the artistic director of the video. It has also been noted that the video was influenced by several other works, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , and
27900-584: The spokesperson and ambassador for Popchips and made an investment in the company. Billboard dubbed her as their "Woman of the Year" for 2012. She married Russell Brand on October 23, 2010, in a traditional Hindu ceremony near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan. On December 30, 2011, Brand announced that they were divorcing after 14 months of marriage. Perry later stated that conflicting career schedules and his desire to have children before she
28086-408: The state of California, in which both Perry and Snoop Dogg were born and raised. "California Gurls" garnered positive reviews from music critics, with the majority of them labeling it a "summer anthem", as well as complimenting its production and chorus. Originally, the song was intended to be sent to mainstream and rhythmic airplay on May 25, 2010, the song debuted on May 7, 2010, after clips from
28272-497: The top 25 on the Hot 100. Prior to ending her relationship with Mayer in February 2014, she recorded and co-wrote a duet with him titled " Who You Love " for his album Paradise Valley . The song was released on August 12, 2013. Perry's third headlining tour, the Prismatic World Tour , began in May 2014 and concluded in October 2015. It sold almost 2 million tickets and grossed $ 204.3 million worldwide and won Perry
28458-492: The top 30 of the Hot 100. The Matrix's self-titled debut album, which Perry had recorded with the band in 2004, was released onto iTunes on January 27, 2009, as a result of her solo success. After finishing the 2008 Warped Tour , Perry hosted the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2008, where she won the award for Best New Act . At the 2009 Brit Awards , she also won the award for International Female Solo Artist . Perry embarked on her first headlining world tour,
28644-502: The video and " Fergalicious " by Fergie , particularly in the sets and the outfits. In the music video, Perry is a game piece in Candyfornia, a game based in poker and board games . The settings are inspired in part by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , and the board game Candy Land , with much of the set decorated with cupcakes , ice creams , cotton candy , and lollipops . Snoop Dogg , who
28830-465: The vision I have in my head becomes a reality." After initially telling L'Uomo Vogue in June 2012 that she planned to have "darker elements" in Prism following the end of her marriage, the singer revealed to MTV during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards that she changed the album's direction after periods of self-reflection. Perry commented "I felt very prismatic", which inspired the album's name. " Roar "
29016-467: The way they do... People say Big Star made some of the best rock 'n roll albums ever. And I say they're wrong." In 2014, Paul Stanley cited Big Star as an influence to early Kiss moments: "We've always been about verses, choruses, bridges (...) It's called a hook for a reason, because it grabs you. And that's my mentality. Give me the Raspberries . Give me Small Faces . Give me Big Star." The band
29202-461: The woman who has had the most influence on her. During the early stages of her career, Perry's musical style gravitated towards gospel and she aspired to be as successful as Amy Grant . At age 15, she heard " Killer Queen " by Queen , which inspired her to pursue a music career. 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
29388-498: The world into thinking that seven songs were worth a number-one position?" And then I go back into the studio and I start writing, and the true essential oil of who I am comes bubbling back up and reminds me that it's always been inside of me, that nobody can take this away no matter what comment anyone makes. —Perry on her confidence as a songwriter Although Perry's music incorporates elements of pop, rock, and disco , Katy Hudson contains gospel. Her subsequent releases, One of
29574-445: The year Big Star disbanded. After a few months Chilton, Stephens, and Hummel decided to reform Big Star, and the three resumed work on the second album. The title chosen, Radio City , continued the play on the theme of a big star's popularity and success, expressing what biographer Robert Gordon calls the band's "romantic expectation". As Hummel put it: This was probably pretty lame, but in those days putting any word in front of
29760-474: Was "nailed for indulging Alex on Big Star Third , but I think it is important that the artist is enabled to perform with integrity. What I did for Alex was literally remove the yoke of oppressive production that he had been under since the first time he ever uttered a word into a microphone, for good or ill." Since quitting the band in 1972, Bell had spent time in several different countries trying to develop his solo career. In 1978, after his return to Memphis,
29946-499: Was a member of more than one band during his early musical years, again influenced by the Beatles and other British Invasion acts. The bassist also played acoustic guitar for personal enjoyment, following the styles of Simon & Garfunkel and Joni Mitchell and using finger-picking techniques to play folk and bluegrass . Most songs on the first three albums are credited to either Bell/Chilton or Chilton, but some credit Hummel, Stephens and others, as either writer or co-writer. At
30132-471: Was a musical guest and wore an Elmo -themed shirt showing large amounts of cleavage during one skit. In December 2010, Perry played Moe Szyslak 's girlfriend in the live-action segment from a Christmas episode of The Simpsons titled " The Fight Before Christmas ". In February 2011, she made a guest appearance on the How I Met Your Mother episode " Oh Honey ", playing a woman known as Honey. The role won her
30318-506: Was also an inspiration for the Replacements , who recorded the song "Alex Chilton" on their " Pleased to Meet Me " album. "While the band no longer exists, the music that Alex, Chris, Andy and I originally made together under the auspices of John Fry still calls a community of those of us with like minds to come together and have fun with it," Stephens wrote in 2017 in a note published in the liner notes of The Best of Big Star . Critics have continued to cite Big Star's first three albums as
30504-630: Was announced that a film of Big Star's history, based on biographer Rob Jovanovic's book Big Star: The Story of Rock's Forgotten Band , was in pre-production. On July 1, 2009, Big Star performed at a concert in Hyde Park, London , U.K. On September 15, 2009, Rhino Records issued a four-CD box set containing 98 recordings made between 1968 and 1975. Keep an Eye on the Sky included live and demo versions of Big Star songs, solo work, and material from Bell's earlier bands Rock City and Icewater. On November 18, 2009,
30690-477: Was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles at 17 to venture into secular music, and later adopted the stage name "Katy Perry" from her mother's maiden name. She recorded an album while signed to Columbia Records , but was dropped before signing to Capitol Records . Perry rose to fame with One of the Boys (2008), a pop rock record containing her debut single " I Kissed a Girl " and follow-up single " Hot n Cold ", which reached number one and three on
30876-401: Was decided towards the end of the recording sessions and evinced, albeit as a playful hope rather than a serious expectation, the chart position to be achieved by a big star. Although Fry—at the band's insistence—was credited as "executive producer", publicly he insisted that "the band themselves really produced these records". Fry recalled how Ardent, one of the first recording studios to use
31062-431: Was deemed as a highlight on Teenage Dream by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic . Michael Cragg of musicOMH praised the song, "First single California Gurls is brilliant, brattish fun, Perry sounding sweet and coy on the verses before that huge chorus erupts". Edna Gundersen of USA Today said that the track is "an effervescent toast to summer fun." In a negative review, Greg Kot of Chicago Tribune dismissed
31248-428: Was doing at the time. She began training at age nine and was incorporated into her parents' ministry, singing in church from ages nine to 17. At 13, Perry was given her first guitar for her birthday, 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. Her brother David described her as
31434-732: Was inspired by a passage in the book On the Road by Jack Kerouac in which the author compares people who are full of life to fireworks that shoot across the sky and make people watch in awe. Her second concert tour, the California Dreams Tour, was reminiscent of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . 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 . When I am in between records, sometimes I doubt myself. I'll be like "Did I just get lucky, or did I mass-manipulate
31620-415: Was just an amazing record. Being a three-piece really opened things up for me in terms of playing drums. Drums take on a different role in a three-piece band, so it was a lot of fun. [...] Radio City was really more spontaneous, and the performances were pretty close to live performances." Although uncredited, Bell contributed to the writing of some of the album's songs, including "O My Soul" and "Back of
31806-462: Was killed when he struck a lamp post after hitting the curb a hundred feet before. A blood test found that he was not drunk at the time, and no drugs were found on him other than a bottle of vitamins. Bell is believed to have either fallen asleep at the wheel or become distracted. Big Star returned in 1993 with a new lineup when guitarist Jon Auer and bassist Ken Stringfellow joined Chilton and Stephens. Auer and Stringfellow remained members of
31992-668: Was largely influenced by Madonna: Truth or Dare . She admires Madonna's ability to reinvent herself, saying "I want to evolve like Madonna". Perry names Björk as an influence, particularly admiring her "willingness to always be taking chances". Other artists who Perry has cited as influences include Stevie Nicks , ABBA , the Cardigans , Whitney Houston , Cyndi Lauper , Ace of Base , 3OH!3 , CeCe Peniston , C+C Music Factory , Black Box , Crystal Waters , Mariah Carey , Heart , Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon , Imogen Heap , Rufus Wainwright , Pink , and Gwen Stefani . "Firework"
32178-450: Was met in part: "It's here – in the jangly longing and ice-wall harmonies of 'Lady Sweet'" — however, Fricke found that the successful songs were interleaved with "the eccentric R&B and demo-quality glam rock that have made Chilton's solo records a mixed blessing," and that "'A Whole New Thing' starts out like old T.Rex , then goes nowhere special." Warming nevertheless to "the rough sunshine" of "Best Chance", Fricke concluded, " In Space
32364-424: Was ready led to the end of their marriage and that he never spoke to her again after sending a text message that he was divorcing her, while Brand asserted that he divorced her due to her commercial success and reluctance to engage in activism. She was initially distraught over their divorce and said that she contemplated suicide. Since they married without a prenuptial agreement , he was eligible to claim half of
32550-528: Was released as the lead single from Prism on August 10, 2013. It was promoted at the MTV Video Music Awards and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. " Unconditionally " followed as the second single from Prism on October 16, 2013, and peaked at number 14 in the United States. Prism was released on October 18, 2013, and has sold 4 million copies as of August 2015. It received favorable reviews from critics and debuted at number one on
32736-420: Was released in 2009 after the release of One of the Boys . Perry was dropped from Columbia in 2006 as Fingerprints neared completion. After the label dropped her, she worked at an independent A&R company, Taxi Music. Perry had minor success prior to her breakthrough. 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
32922-528: Was released in February 1974 and, like #1 Record , received excellent reviews. Record reported, "The sound is stimulating, the musicianship superb, and the result is tight and rollickingly rhythmic." Billboard judged it "a highly commercial set". Rolling Stone ' s Bud Scoppa, then with Phonograph Record , affirmed, "Alex Chilton has now emerged as a major talent, and he'll be heard from again". Cashbox called it "a collection of excellent material that hopefully will break this deserving band in
33108-475: Was released in theaters on July 31, 2013. Like its predecessor, The Smurfs 2 was a financial success but was panned by critics. In March 2014, she made a guest appearance playing herself in the episode "Blisteritos Presents Dad Academy Graduation Congraduritos Red Carpet Viewing Party" of the Kroll Show . Killer Queen was released as her third fragrance in August 2013 through Coty In January 2014, she became
33294-522: Was released on August 28, 2020. Two days before its distribution, she gave birth to a daughter named Daisy Dove Bloom. The album received mixed reviews, and debuted at number five in the United States. Perry further promoted the album with four compilation EPs: Camp Katy , Empowered , Scorpio SZN , and Cosmic Energy . These EPs were followed by the single " Not the End of the World " in December 2020, which had
33480-430: Was released on September 20. She described it as "super high energy, it's super summer, it's very high BPM" and "just full of so much joy, so much love, so much light". 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. On September 11, Perry received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at
33666-533: Was released online in September 2010. The music video pays tribute to women who love gaming , manga , and science fiction . The video reached 1 million views in its first week online and stirred controversy over its sexy portrayal of geek girls. Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry ,
33852-401: Was scheduled to appear on the 41st-season premiere of Sesame Street . After her scene was uploaded to YouTube, viewers criticized Perry's exposed cleavage . Four days before the scheduled airing, Sesame Workshop announced that the segment would not air on television, but would still be available to watch online. Perry subsequently mocked the controversy on Saturday Night Live , where she
34038-474: Was signed as a solo artist. 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. 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 &
34224-473: Was syrup and Jerry Lee was pretty much gone, and the rockabilly thing was sort of over so I didn't get really caught up in the rock scene until the Beatles came along". Chilton took up electric guitar at 13, playing along with Beatles songs, later saying, "I really loved the mid-sixties British pop music [...] all two and a half minutes or three minutes long, really appealing songs. So I've always aspired to that same format, that's what I like. Not to mention
34410-438: Was taken from the Beach Boys' song. After the song was leaked online, Capitol Records decided to release it early, and it was posted on Perry's official website, and the radio date was moved up from May 25, 2010, to May 7, 2010. "California Gurls" is composed in styles of disco-pop , funk-pop and bubblegum pop while bearing influence of new wave music and electropop within its composition. Musicnotes published this song in
34596-477: Was the headliner of Super Bowl XLIX halftime show and "California Gurls" was part of the performance. On May 27, 2017, Perry performed the song at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Hull. The German cover band The Baseballs covered the song. It is included on their album Strings 'n' Stripes . The Hub has released a promo for the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic . Entitled "Equestria Girls", it
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