Prior to ending her relationship with Mayer in 2014, she recorded and co-wrote a duet with him titled „Who You Love” for his album Paradise Valley. Perry’s third headlining tour, the Prismatic World Tour, began in May 2014 and concluded in October 2015. 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.

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Perry later recalled a story about how a friend of hers played „You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette, which influenced her songwriting and singing. But, as she notes in her lyrics, pain wasn’t the only feeling she had during the relationship Tuuri referenced in the song. Her album One of the Boys (2008), featuring the hit “Hot N Cold,” sold more than three million copies in the United States. Later that year, with earnings of $530 million throughout the 2010s, the magazine also ranked her as the ninth-highest-earning musician of the decade.

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• Perry’s fifth studio album, Witness (2017), more introspective than her earlier work, was less well received.

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• Perry is among the wealthiest musical artists; during September 2023, Forbes surmised her net worth was $340 million.

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• But, as she notes in her lyrics, pain wasn’t the only feeling she had during the relationship referenced in the song.

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• It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks, making Teenage Dream the ninth album in history to produce four number one singles on the chart.
• Perry is known for her influence on pop music and her camp style, being dubbed the „Queen of Camp” by Vogue and Rolling Stone.
• Ballard then introduced her to Tim Devine, an A&R executive at Columbia Records, and she was signed as a solo artist.

In June 2015, her music video for „Dark Horse” became the first video by a female artist to reach 1 billion views on Vevo. The following month, her music video for „Roar” reached 1 billion views on Vevo, making her the first artist to have multiple videos with 1 billion views. During May 2024, it reached 4 billion views, making it the most viewed music video by a female artist on YouTube at that time. Outside of recording music, Perry appeared as herself in the film Zoolander 2, which was released in February 2016.

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• Perry released her first single with Capitol, „I Kissed a Girl”, on April 28, 2008, as the lead single from One of the Boys.

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• Transitioning from gospel music to secular music, Perry started working with producer Glen Ballard, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17.

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• 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.
• She also became the first artist to have three songs receive Diamond certifications from the RIAA in 2017 with „Dark Horse”, „Firework”, and „Roar”.
• One of the Boys, released on June 17, 2008, garnered mixed critical reviews and reached number nine on the U.S.

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• The song was the lead single from her third studio album, Teenage Dream, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in June.

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In 2010, she recalled that „Thinking of You” was one of the first songs she wrote after moving to Los Angeles. Perry identifies as a feminist, and appeared in April 2013 in a video clip for the „Chime for Change” campaign that aimed to spread female empowerment. In August 2019, Josh Kloss, Perry’s co-star in the „Teenage Dream” music video, accused her of sexual misconduct. She received a Guinness record for most Twitter followers, and became the first person to gain 100 million followers on the site in June 2017. Keith Caulfield of Billboard stated that Perry is „the rare celebrity who seems to have enormous popularity but genuine ground-level interaction with her adoring KatyCats”.

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It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks, making Teenage Dream the ninth album in history to produce four number one singles on the chart. For this record, she received an honorary American Music Award in November 2011 and another Guinness record. 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 the „Best Start on the U.S. Digital Chart by a Female Artist”, for digital single sales of over two million copies. One of the songs she had recorded for her album with Ballard, „Simple”, was featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

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In June 2019, Perry appeared in the music video of Taylor Swift’s „You Need to Calm Down”. The show’s creators Benj Pasek and Justin Paul had requested Perry to cover the song to promote the musical’s national tour. She also recorded the song „Immortal Flame” for the game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, and had a playable character modeled after her. 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.
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• Other artists who Perry has cited as influences include Stevie Nicks, ABBA, the Cardigans, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Ace of Base, 3OH!
• 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.
• She performed the tracks in front of her parents, who let her take vocal lessons like Angela was doing at the time.

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• Her brother David described her as a „tomboy” during her adolescence, which Perry talks about on her song „One of the Boys”.

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• Nevertheless, the combination of titillation and polished melodicism helped “I Kissed a Girl” become a number one hit in multiple countries, powering sales for her album One of the Boys (2008).

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• After serving as a guest judge on American Idol, Perry released „California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg on May 7, 2010.

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In addition, after Devine suggested that songwriting team the Matrix become a „real group”, she recorded an album, The Matrix, with them. She performed the tracks in front of her parents, who let her take vocal lessons like Angela was doing at the time. Perry primarily listened to gospel music, as secular music was generally discouraged in the family’s home.
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She made a greater splash several months later with the single “I Kissed a Girl,” an assertive ode to sexual curiosity backed by a hard-edged electro-pop beat. Nevertheless, the combination of titillation and polished melodicism helped “I Kissed a Girl” become a number one hit in multiple countries, powering sales for her album One of the Boys (2008). From May 2010 to September 2011, the singer spent a record-breaking 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.
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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. That September, a limited-edition Katy Perry doll was produced by Integrity Toys in response to her growing popularity. She hosted the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards in November and won the award for Best New Act. One of the Boys, released on June 17, 2008, garnered mixed critical reviews and reached number nine on the U.S. Later singles „Thinking of You” and „Waking Up in Vegas” were released in 2009 and reached the top 30 of the Hot 100.