Katy Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, is a highly successful American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Recognized as one of the best-selling music artists globally with over 143 million units sold, she is a significant figure in pop music. Perry is also known for her distinctive 'camp' style, which has earned her the title 'Queen of Camp' from prominent publications like Vogue and Rolling Stone. Her influence extends beyond music into fashion and popular culture.
Since 1963 there has not been an all female space flight. The New Shepard program aims to launch the first all-female space flight since then with Katy Perry on board.
In 1995, Alanis Morissette released 'Jagged Little Pill'. Katy Perry cites Alanis Morissette and her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill as a significant musical inspiration.
Katy Perry credits the 1996 film The Craft for inspiring her song "Dark Horse".
During the 2008 Warped Tour, Katy Perry had a cast made of her breasts to raise money for the Keep A Breast Foundation.
In 2008, Flame released the song "Joyful Noise", which later became the center of a copyright lawsuit against Katy Perry's song "Dark Horse".
In February 2009, Katy Perry told Seventeen that her fashion style was "a bit of a concoction of different things" and stated she enjoyed humor in her clothing.
In June 2009, Katy Perry designed an item of clothing for H&M's "Fashion Against AIDS" campaign, which raises money for HIV/AIDS awareness projects.
From May 2010, Katy Perry spent a record-breaking 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.
In September 2010, Katy Perry helped build and design the Boys Hope/Girls Hope foundation shelter for youth in Baltimore, Maryland along with Raven-Symoné, Shaquille O'Neal, and the cast of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
In September 2010, Katy Perry was scheduled to appear on the 41st-season premiere of Sesame Street, but the segment was pulled due to criticism of her exposed cleavage. It was available online.
On October 23, 2010, Katy Perry married Russell Brand in a traditional Hindu ceremony near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan.
In November 2010, Katy Perry endorsed her first fragrance, Purr.
In November 2010, Katy Perry told Harper's Bazaar that she was proud of and satisfied with her figure.
In December 2010, Katy Perry played Moe Szyslak's girlfriend in The Simpsons' Christmas episode "The Fight Before Christmas".
In February 2011, Katy Perry embarked on her second tour, the California Dreams Tour, in support of Teenage Dream.
In February 2011, Katy Perry made a guest appearance on the How I Met Your Mother episode "Oh Honey", playing a woman known as Honey.
On February 16, 2011, "E.T." featuring Kanye West was released as the fourth single from Teenage Dream.
On July 29, 2011, Katy Perry made her film debut in The Smurfs as Smurfette.
Until September 2011, Katy Perry spent a record-breaking 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.
On September 23, 2011, Katy Perry performed on the opening day of the 2011 Rock in Rio festival along with Elton John and Rihanna.
On December 10, 2011, Katy Perry hosted Saturday Night Live with Robyn as the musical guest.
In December 2011, Katy Perry's second endorsed fragrance, Meow!, was released through Nordstrom department stores.
On December 30, 2011, Russell Brand announced that he and Katy Perry were divorcing after 14 months of marriage.
In 2011, Forbes ranked Katy Perry third on their "Top-Earning Women In Music" list with earnings of $44 million.
On January 5, 2012, Katy Perry was named the sixth best-selling digital artist in the United States, with sales of 37.6 million units according to Nielsen SoundScan.
In January 2012, Katy Perry won the People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Guest Star for her role in How I Met Your Mother.
In January 2012, Katy Perry's California Dreams Tour, which had started in February 2011, came to an end.
In March 2012, Katy Perry guest starred as Rikki, a prison security guard, on the Raising Hope episode "Single White Female Role Model".
In June 2012, Katy Perry expressed her hopes for LGBT equality, commenting "hopefully, we will look back at this moment and think like we do now concerning [other] civil rights issues. We'll just shake our heads in disbelief, saying, 'Thank God we've evolved.' That would be my prayer for the future."
In June 2012, Katy Perry initially planned to have "darker elements" in Prism, following the end of her marriage.
In June 2012, The Sims 3: Katy Perry's Sweet Treats, a stuff pack featuring Perry-inspired content, was released.
On July 5, 2012, Katy Perry's autobiographical documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me was released to theaters through Paramount Pictures.
In August 2012, Katy Perry began a relationship with singer John Mayer, after her marriage with Russell Brand had ended.
In September 2012, Billboard dubbed Katy Perry the "Woman of the Year".
In November 2012, Katy Perry began work on her fourth album, Prism, expressing her vision for the album's direction and tone.
In December 2012, Katy Perry was awarded the Trevor Hero Award by The Trevor Project for her work and activism on behalf of LGBT youth.
In 2012, Forbes ranked Katy Perry fifth on their "Top-Earning Women In Music" list with $45 million in earnings.
In 2012, Katy Perry expressed admiration for Madonna's ability to reinvent herself and stated that she wants to evolve like Madonna.
In April 2013, Katy Perry appeared in a video clip for the "Chime for Change" campaign that aimed to spread female empowerment.
In April 2013, Katy Perry joined UNICEF to assist children in Madagascar with education and nutrition.
On July 31, 2013, Katy Perry reprised her role as Smurfette in The Smurfs 2, which was released in theaters.
On August 10, 2013, "Roar" was released as the lead single from Prism and was promoted at the MTV Video Music Awards.
On August 12, 2013, Katy Perry recorded and co-wrote a duet with John Mayer titled "Who You Love" for his album Paradise Valley.
In August 2013, Katy Perry criticized Tony Abbott, the then-leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, for his opposition to gay marriage, stating she couldn't give him her vote.
In August 2013, Katy Perry's third fragrance, Killer Queen, was released through Coty.
On October 16, 2013, "Unconditionally" was released as the second single from Prism and peaked at number 14 in the United States.
On October 18, 2013, Prism was released and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
On October 23, 2013, Katy Perry hosted and performed at the We Can Survive concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. The concert's profits were donated to Young Survival Coalition.
In November 2013, Katy Perry surpassed Justin Bieber as the most followed person on Twitter.
On December 3, 2013, Katy Perry was officially named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, "with a special focus on engaging young people in the agency's work to improve the lives of the world's most vulnerable children and adolescents."
In 2013, Katy Perry ranked seventh on the Forbes list for "Top-Earning Women In Music" with earnings of $39 million.
In 2013, Katy Perry was declared the Top Global Female Recording Artist of 2013 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
In 2013, Men's Health readers voted Katy Perry the "sexiest woman of 2013".
In 2013, The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) ranked Katy Perry fifth on the list of Top Global Recording Artists of 2013.
In 2013, The New York Times labeled Katy Perry "the most potent pop star of the day", noting that her hits are relatable with a hint of experimentation.
In January 2014, Katy Perry became a guest curator of Madonna's Art for Freedom initiative.
In February 2014, Katy Perry ended her relationship with John Mayer.
In March 2014, Katy Perry made a guest appearance playing herself in the episode "Blisteritos Presents Dad Academy Graduation Congraduritos Red Carpet Viewing Party" of the Kroll Show.
On March 29, 2014, Katy Perry helped raise $2.4 million for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles along with other celebrities.
In April 2014, Katy Perry publicly supported Marianne Williamson in her campaign for California's 33rd congressional district by attending a political press event.
In May 2014, Katy Perry's third headlining tour, the Prismatic World Tour, began.
In May 2014, a portrait of Katy Perry by painter Mark Ryden was featured in his exhibition "The Gay 90s" at the Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles.
In June 2014, Katy Perry teamed up with Staples Inc. for a project entitled "Make Roar Happen" which donated $1 million to DonorsChoose, an organization that supports teachers and funds classroom resources in public schools.
On June 17, 2014, Katy Perry announced that she had founded her own record label under Capitol Records, titled Metamorphosis Music (later renamed Unsub Records).
On June 26, 2014, Katy Perry 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.
On November 23, 2014, the NFL announced that Katy Perry would perform at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show.
In 2014, "Birthday" and "This Is How We Do" were released as the fourth and fifth singles from Prism.
In 2014, Katy Perry ranked fifth on the Forbes list for "Top-Earning Women In Music" with $40 million in earnings.
On February 1, 2015, Katy Perry performed at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show with Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott as special guests. The performance garnered 118.5 million viewers in the United States.
In March 2015, Katy Perry appeared in Brand: A Second Coming, a documentary following her ex-husband Russell Brand, and released a concert film titled Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour through Epix.
In June 2015, Katy Perry made a cameo appearance in the music video for Madonna's song "Bitch I'm Madonna".
In June 2015, Katy Perry's music video for "Dark Horse" became the first video by a female artist to reach 1 billion views on Vevo.
As of August 2015, the album Prism, which was released in October 2013, had sold 4 million copies.
In September 2015, Katy Perry appeared in the documentaries Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show and Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer.
On September 27, 2015, Katy Perry performed at the 2015 Rock in Rio festival.
In October 2015, Katy Perry's Prismatic World Tour concluded.
On November 23, 2015, Katy Perry starred in H&M's holiday advertising campaign, writing and recording a song titled "Every Day Is a Holiday".
In December 2015, Katy Perry released a mobile app titled Katy Perry Pop through Glu Mobile.
In 2015, Forbes ranked Katy Perry number one on their "Top-Earning Women In Music" list and the "World's Highest-Paid Musicians" list, declaring her the highest-earning female celebrity, placing her at number 3 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
In 2015, Katy Perry won the Guinness World Record for most Twitter followers.
In February 2016, Katy Perry appeared as herself in the film Zoolander 2.
In March 2016, Katy Perry performed alongside Elton John at a fundraising concert for Hillary Clinton in New York City and spoke and performed at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in support of Clinton.
In May 2016, Katy Perry worked with UNICEF to improve child care quality in Vietnam, hoping to "break the cycle of poverty and drastically improve children's health, education and well-being".
Following the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June 2016, Katy Perry and nearly 200 other artists and executives in music signed an open letter organized by Billboard addressed to United States Congress demanding increased gun control in the United States.
In June 2016, Katy Perry started writing songs for her new album.
In August 2016, Katy Perry discussed her approach to her fifth album, expressing a desire to create material "that connects and relates and inspires". She mentioned experimenting with different producers, collaborators, and styles, and conveyed that she was "not rushing" the album's creation.
In November 2016, Katy Perry endorsed Kamala Harris in the United States Senate election in California and organized a fundraiser for Harris at her home in Los Angeles.
In 2016, Forbes estimated Katy Perry's net worth at $125 million and ranked her number six on their list of "Highest-Paid Women in Music" with earnings of $41 million.
On February 10, 2017, Katy Perry released "Chained to the Rhythm" featuring Skip Marley as the lead single from her upcoming album. The song quickly gained popularity, reaching number one in Hungary and number four in the United States. It also broke Spotify's record at the time for the most streams in a single day for a female artist, with over three million streams.
In February 2017, Katy Perry launched her shoe line, Katy Perry Collections. The shoes became available on the brand's website and at retailers like Dillard's and Walmart.
On February 26, 2017, Katy Perry served as a co-chair for the 25th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party, a fundraiser for HIV/AIDS healthcare.
On June 4, 2017, Katy Perry performed at the One Love Manchester benefit concert for the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
On June 9, 2017, Katy Perry released her album 'Witness', which debuted at number one in the United States despite mixed reviews. To accompany the album release, she broadcasted herself on YouTube for four days with a live stream titled Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide.
On June 15, 2017, Calvin Harris released the song "Feels" from his album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, which featured Katy Perry, Big Sean, and Pharrell Williams. The song went on to reach number one in the United Kingdom.
In June 2017, Katy Perry became the first person to gain 100 million followers on Twitter.
In September 2017, Katy Perry embarked on Witness: The Tour to promote her album. The tour continued until August 2018.
During the 2017 launch of her shoe collection, Katy Perry Collections, she discussed her early style and how shoes can be a conversation starter.
In 2017, Katy Perry became the first artist to have three songs receive Diamond certifications from the RIAA with "Dark Horse", "Firework", and "Roar".
In 2017, Katy Perry received a Nation Equality Award from Human Rights Campaign for "using her powerful voice and international platform to speak out for LGBTQ equality".
In June 2017, Time magazine listed Katy Perry among its "25 Most Influential People on the Internet", writing that her live-stream for Witness was "blazing a trail".
In March 2018, Katy Perry announced Witness: Coming Home, a benefit concert that was held in her hometown of Santa Barbara on May 19, 2018.
In March 2018, Katy Perry began her role as a judge on the sixteenth season of American Idol, for which she was reportedly paid a $25-million salary.
In August 2018, Katy Perry concluded her Witness: The Tour, which had begun in September 2017.
On November 2, 2018, Katy Perry's cover of the Dear Evan Hansen song "Waving Through a Window" was released as part of the deluxe edition of the cast recording. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the show's creators, requested Perry to cover the song to promote the musical's national tour.
In 2018, Katy Perry topped the Forbes "Highest-Paid Women in Music" listing and ranked at number four on the "Highest-Paid Female Celebrities" list, with earnings of $83 million.
On February 14, 2019, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom got engaged after beginning their relationship in early 2016.
In June 2019, Katy Perry made an appearance in the music video for Taylor Swift's song "You Need to Calm Down".
In 2019, Katy Perry was placed at number four on the Forbes "Highest-Paid Women in Music" listings, with $57.5 million.
In March 2020, Katy Perry released her single "Never Worn White", and in the accompanying music video, she revealed that she was expecting her first child with Orlando Bloom.
On May 15, 2020, Katy Perry released "Daisies" as the lead single from her sixth album, Smile.
On August 28, 2020, Katy Perry released her album, 'Smile', which received mixed reviews and debuted at number five in the United States. Two days prior to the album's release, she gave birth to her daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom.
In November 2020, Katy Perry released the Tiësto remix of "Resilient" featuring Aitana.
In December 2020, Katy Perry released the single "Not the End of the World", which featured a music video in which Zooey Deschanel impersonated Perry.
In 2020, Katy Perry supported Joe Biden and Kamala Harris during the United States presidential election, praising Harris's experience and Biden's decision to choose her as his running mate.
On January 20, 2021, Katy Perry performed "Firework" at the Celebrating America concert during the inauguration of Joe Biden.
In April 2021, Katy Perry released the Bruno Martini remix of "Cry About It Later" featuring Luísa Sonza.
In September 2021, Variety honored Katy Perry in their "Power of Women" issue, where she discussed her career, motherhood, and philanthropy. She attended the Variety 2021 "Power of Women" dinner as a nominee.
On December 29, 2021, Katy Perry began her concert residency named Play at Resorts World Las Vegas. The show's themes were inspired by Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Pee-wee's Playhouse, and Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
All Spotify streams of Katy Perry's 2021 cover of "All You Need Is Love" will generate $1 in donations for the charity Baby2Baby.
In an Out interview in 2021, Katy Perry was heralded as a "gay icon" with "I Kissed a Girl" being called a "bonafide queer anthem".
In January 2022, Katy Perry and Morgan McLachlan established De Soi, a company which produces and sells non-alcoholic apéritifs, intending to create a beverage that "would mellow the mind, minus the buzz".
On April 1, 2022, Katy Perry and Thomas Rhett released a country pop duet titled "Where We Started" for his album of the same name.
On June 8, 2022, Katy Perry was awarded the Key to Las Vegas, and the same day was marked as Katy Perry Day.
In August 2022, Katy Perry collaborated with Apple Inc., starring in advertisements for their GarageBand music software where users could have "Remix Sessions" featuring her song, "Harleys in Hawaii". She expressed excitement about the opportunity to remix the song.
In 2022, Elle dubbed Katy Perry as "the kitsch-loving pop star renowned for her uniquely experimental style", while Vogue described her style as "synonymous with outrageous, eye-catching ensembles that lean towards the theatrical".
In 2022, Katy Perry faced criticism for posting a picture of herself voting for conservative candidate Rick Caruso in the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election.
In 2022, the Official Charts Company named Katy Perry "one of the last decade's most reliable and successful hitmakers".
In May 2023, Katy Perry performed at the Coronation Concert of Charles III at Windsor Castle.
During September 2023, Forbes surmised that Katy Perry had a net worth of $340 million.
On November 4, 2023, Katy Perry concluded her Play concert residency at Resorts World Las Vegas. The residency grossed $46.4 million over its run.
During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in February 2024, Katy Perry announced her exit from American Idol following the conclusion of the twenty-second season, citing a desire to release new music.
On July 11, 2024, Katy Perry released "Woman's World", the first single from her upcoming seventh album.
On December 20, 2024, Katy Perry released '1432', the deluxe edition of her album '143'. This version included four additional tracks and was described by Perry as "an early holiday gift" for her fans.
During the 2024 United States presidential election, Katy Perry endorsed Kamala Harris for office, highlighting Harris's advocacy for vulnerable populations, the voiceless, and women's rights.
In May 2024, Katy Perry was included on Forbes' list of "America's Richest Self-Made Women", with a net worth of $350 million.
On February 27, 2025, it was announced that Katy Perry would be part of the crew for Blue Origin's eleventh flight to space under the New Shepard program.
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