Perry gained worldwide fame with the release of his album One of the Boys in 2008, which resulted in three songs from the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100, " I Kissed A Girl ," " Hot N 'Cold " and " Waking Up In Vegas '. Perry promoted him to his first tour called Hello Katy Tour. In 2010, released the studio album Teenage Dream which topped the Billboard 200, and spawned six number one singles - ' California Gurls ',' Teenage Dream ',' Firework ',' ET ',' Last Friday Night ( TGIF ) ',' the One that Got Away , "" part Of Me "and" Wide Awake "- the latter two are part of the re -release of Teenage Dream , which tied Michael Jackson 's record of having such an amount of singles in maximum position on the U.S. list and becomes the first woman in history to have this achievement .
He then started his second tour called California Dreams Tour, with the purpose of promoting his next studio album and which raised nearly $ 60 million worldwide .The October 22, 2013 , Perry released her third album, Prism, which debuted at number # 1 in sales in the United States and several other countries. From the album can extract the Roar simple - that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 - Unconditionally , that position in the Top 20 and Dark Horse, which garnered quick success , even before being released as official single .Perry is the only artist to stay more than 52 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100, and has since increased this figure to 69 non-consecutive weeks . In 2011 , MTV named Artist of the Year . Since 2012 , Perry has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards . He has sold over 48 million digital tracks in the United States and more than 11 million albums worldwide .
He also served on the jury of American Idol and The X Factor . She has released fragrances called Purr , Meow ! and Killer Queen . She lent her voice to the animated Smurfette in The Smurfs (2011) and The Smurfs 2 (2013 ) character . The October 23, 2010 , Perry married British comedian Russell Brand in Rajasthan (India ) , and divorced in December 2011.
Katy Perry was born with the name of Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California. It is the second daughter of two evangelical pastors, it has a two years older sister named Angela and a brother four years younger named David. His mother, Mary Hudson, who is evangelical (born Mary Perry) grew up in Southern California, Katy's father, Keith Hudson, was an actor in the Western United States in the 1960s Costa. Katy is the maternal niece Eleanor Perry, who was a writer, and Frank Perry, who was a film director, film producer and screenwriter. Katy has Portuguese, German, Irish and English descent.
