Katy Perry
She first gained recognition with the release of her first mainstream album,One of the Boys in 2008, which spawned three Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs "I Kissed A Girl", "Hot n Cold" and "Waking Up In Vegas". Perry supported the album with her Hello Katy Tour. In2010, Perry released her third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010), which topped the Billboard 200 chart, and spawned five number one singles "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T." and"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". Teenage Dreambecame the first and so far only album (after Michael Jackson's Bad) to do so, and Perry became the first female in history to achieve this milestone. Sheembarked on theCalifornia Dreams Tour, which grossed nearly $60 million worldwide. Perry re-released the album under the name of Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection on March 26, 2012, and there-release has already spawned the number-one single "Part of Me" and top two single "Wide Awake".
Perry is the only artist to spend over 52 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the BillboardHot 100, and hassince extended this to 69 weeks. As of 2012, Perry has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year (Teenage Dream) and Record of the Year ("Firework"). She was named 2011's"Artist of the Year" by MTV. She has sold 37.6 million digital tracks in the United States and 11 million albums worldwide, and sold over 74.6 million digital tracks worldwide. Perry was a guest...
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