Katy Perry Concert Tickets

About Katy Perry

Born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984, Katy Perry was raised in Santa Barbara, California by born again Pentecostal pastor parents. Throughout her childhood, Perry moved across the country with her parents, attending various religious schools and camps, including Paradise Valley Christian School in Arizona and Santa Barbara Christian School in California during her elementary years. She took an interest in music from an early age, and sang at her parent's church from the age of nine. For her 13^th birthday, she was given her first guitar, which she used to write and perform with. Growing up, Perry mainly listened to gospel music and, as secular music was frowned upon at home, she listened to pop by sneaking CDs from friends.

Career

1999-2006: Career beginnings

Having passed her GED in her freshman year, at the age of 15, Perry left Dos Pueblos High School to pursue a musical career. After a short-lived stint studying Italian opera at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, she caught the attention of rock artists Steve Thomas and Jennifer Knapp from Nashville, Tennessee, who invited her to move there to work on her writing and pursue her music career. Perry recorded a series of demos, before signing with Red Hill Records. She released her self-titled debut with the label, under the name Katy Hudson, in March 2001, embarking on a tour soon after. The album was a gospel record, that was critically acclaimed, but it was not a commercial success, and the label closed that December.

After her label ceased operations, Perry decided to transition to secular music, and 17, she moved to Los Angeles to work with producer Glen Ballard, writing under the name Kathryn Perry (Perry being her mother's maiden name), to avoid confusion with her previous work.

Perry signed with Ballard's record label Java, a subsidiary of The Island Def Jam Music Group, in 2004 and began work on a solo album. After Java was dropped and her record was shelved, Perry was introduced by Ballard to Tim Devine, an A&R executive at Columbia Records, who signed her as a solo artist. However, in 2006, despite having worked with several influential songwriters to produce an album, Perry was dropped from Columbia.

2007-2009: One of the Boys and breakthrough

After parting ways with Columbia, Perry's music was brought to Capitol Records, who signed her in 2007. She then set about working with producer Dr Luke, co-writing the songs "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" for her second album One of the Boys.

"I Kissed a Girl" was released in April 2008 and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for seven consecutive weeks. Two months later, she released One of the Boys, which debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum, launching two further top ten singles. The album also earned Perry two Grammy Award nominations.

In November 2008, Perry hosted the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, where she won the award for Best New Act. She also won the award for International Female Solo Artist at the 2009 Brit Awards, and returned to host the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2009, becoming the first person to host two consecutive ceremonies of the European awards.

November 2009 also saw the release of a live album titled MTV Unplugged, which featured acoustic performances of five tracks from One of the Boys as well as one new song, "Brick by Brick", and a cover of Fountains of Wayne's "Hackensack".

2010-2012: Teenage Dream

In 2010, Guinness World Records recognized Perry as the "Best Start on the U.S. Digital Chart by a Female Artist", for digital single sales of over two million copies.

In May 2010, Perry guest starred as a judge on American Idol, and released "California Gurls" featuring Snoop Dogg, which served as the lead single from her third studio album, Teenage Dream, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in June.

The album's title track was released in July and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September. The album itself was released in August 2010 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, eventually receiving triple-platinum certification and appearing on the Top 40 of the Billboard 200 year-end chart three years in a row. Teenage Dream is the second album in history to produce five number-one singles, the first by a woman to achieve this milestone and the third album in history to produce eight top five hits, as well as setting a record in the digital era for the most multi-platinum singles from one album. The album and its singles earned Perry seven Grammy Award nominations including Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Record of the Year, also winning International Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2011.

From 2011 to January 2012, she embarked on the California Dreams Tour, in support of Teenage Dream, which won her the award for Best Live Act at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards.

In January 2012, Perry was named the sixth best-selling digital artist in the United States, and she became the first artist to have four songs sell over five million digital units. The following month she released "Part of Me", which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became her seventh single overall to top the chart. "Part of Me"appeared on a reissue of Teenage Dreams, titled Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, which was released in March and also contained the number two single "Wide Awake".

Perry's autobiographical documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me was released to theaters through Paramount Pictures in July 2012. She was also named as Billboard's Woman of the Year in 2012.

2013-2015: Prism and Super Bowl XLIX halftime show

In August 2013, "Roar" was released as the lead single from her fourth studio album, Prism. The song topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, New Zealand, Scotland, Slovenia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and was eventually certified diamond by the RIAA. It was also nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

Prism was released in October 2013 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, also peaking at number one in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It was the sixth best-selling album in the world in 2013, the best-selling album in the world in 2013 released by a woman, and earned Perry a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. The album's third single, "Dark Horse" featuring Juicy J, was released in December. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, as well as becoming her second song to be certified diamond by the RIAA.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) ranked Perry fifth on the list of Top Global Recording Artists of 2013.

Perry began her Prismatic World Tour in May 2014, which sold almost 2 million tickets and won her the award for "Top Package" at the 2014 Billboard Touring Awards. The following month, she was declared the Top Certified Digital Artist Ever by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and she announced that she had founded her own record label under Capitol Records, titled Metamorphosis Music (later renamed Unsub Records).

On February 1 2015, Perry delivered a critically acclaimed performance at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, which was later announced by the Guinness World Records as the most watched and highest rated show in Super Bowl history. She appeared in Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show, which followed her preparation for her Super Bowl performance, that September.

2016-present: Witness and American Idol

In July 2016, Perry released an anthem for NBC Sports's coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics titled "Rise", which reached number one in Australia and number 11 in the United States.

The following February, she released "Chained to the Rhythm" featuring Skip Marley, the lead single from her fifth studio album, Witness. The single reached number four in the US and was streamed over three million times on Spotify within 24 hours, breaking their record at the time for the highest first-day streaming for a single track by a female artist.

Witness was released in June 2017 and became her third album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. She accompanied the album's release by appearing on YouTube for four days with a live-stream titled Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide, which concluded with a live concert on June 12. Witness: The Tour, began in September 2017 and ended in August 2018.

In Mrch 2018, Perry was signed up to appear as a judge in the revival of American Idol.