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At age 16, Perry released a [[Katy Hudson (album)|self-titled gospel album]] in March 2001 under her real name Katy Hudson, which failed to chart in any music market.[{{cite news|last=Nilles|first=Billy|title=When Katy Perry Was Katy Hudson: A Look Back at the Pop Star's Christian Album Debut 20 Years Later|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1245192/when-katy-perry-was-katy-hudson-a-look-back-at-the-pop-stars-christian-album-debut-20-years-later|work=[[E! News]]|access-date=November 4, 2025|date=March 6, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819181717/https://www.eonline.com/news/1245192/when-katy-perry-was-katy-hudson-a-look-back-at-the-pop-stars-christian-album-debut-20-years-later|archive-date=August 19, 2025}}] After signing with [[Capitol Records]] in April 2007, she released her second album, ''[[One of the Boys]]'', in June 2008.[{{cite magazine|last=Harding|first=Cortney|title=Katy Perry Kisses and Tells About Romancing Radio, Selling Songs and Getting Fans to Commit – to Her Album|date=September 13, 2009|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=145|issue=17|page=34|issn=0006-2510}}] Its singles "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" and "Hot n Cold" both topped charts in Austria, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland. The album peaked within the top ten in the US, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, and Switzerland, and has sold more than seven million copies worldwide.[{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1646527/katy-perry-fantasia-look-to-unseat-eminem-on-charts/|title=Katy Perry, Fantasia look to unseat Eminem on charts|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=August 26, 2010|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=August 29, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330100108/http://www.mtv.com/news/1646527/katy-perry-fantasia-look-to-unseat-eminem-on-charts/|archive-date=March 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}] Throughout 2009 and 2010, Perry was featured on two singles. The first was on [[Colorado]]-based band [[3OH!3]]'s song "[[Starstrukk]]", and the second was a collaboration with [[Timbaland]] on "[[If We Ever Meet Again]]", from his album ''[[Shock Value II]]''. Both singles reached the top ten in Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, while the latter topped the charts in New Zealand. Perry also performed for ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' and a [[MTV Unplugged (Katy Perry album)|live album of the performance]] was released in November 2009. |
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At age 16, Perry released a [[Katy Hudson (album)|self-titled gospel album]] in March 2001 under her real name Katy Hudson, which failed to chart in any music market.[{{cite news|last=Nilles|first=Billy|title=When Katy Perry Was Katy Hudson: A Look Back at the Pop Star's Christian Album Debut 20 Years Later|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1245192/when-katy-perry-was-katy-hudson-a-look-back-at-the-pop-stars-christian-album-debut-20-years-later|work=[[E! News]]|access-date=November 4, 2025|date=March 6, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819181717/https://www.eonline.com/news/1245192/when-katy-perry-was-katy-hudson-a-look-back-at-the-pop-stars-christian-album-debut-20-years-later|archive-date=August 19, 2025}}] After signing with [[Capitol Records]] in April 2007, she released her second album, ''[[One of the Boys]]'', in June 2008.[{{cite magazine|last=Harding|first=Cortney|title=Katy Perry Kisses and Tells About Romancing Radio, Selling Songs and Getting Fans to Commit – to Her Album|date=September 13, 2009|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=145|issue=17|page=34|issn=0006-2510}}] Its singles "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" and "Hot n Cold" both topped charts in Austria, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland. The album peaked within the top ten in the US, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, and Switzerland, and has sold more than seven million copies worldwide.[{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1646527/katy-perry-fantasia-look-to-unseat-eminem-on-charts/|title=Katy Perry, Fantasia look to unseat Eminem on charts|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=August 26, 2010|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=August 29, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330100108/http://www.mtv.com/news/1646527/katy-perry-fantasia-look-to-unseat-eminem-on-charts/|archive-date=March 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}] Throughout 2009 and 2010, Perry was featured on two singles. The first was on [[Colorado]]-based band [[3OH!3]]'s song "[[Starstrukk]]", and the second was a collaboration with [[Timbaland]] on "[[If We Ever Meet Again]]", from his album ''[[Shock Value II]]''. Both singles reached the top ten in Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, while the latter topped the charts in New Zealand. Perry also performed for ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' and a [[MTV Unplugged (Katy Perry album)|live album of the performance]] was released in November 2009. |
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Perry's third studio album ''[[Teenage Dream]]'' was released in August 2010 and topped the charts in the US, Australia, Austria, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, becoming Perry's highest-selling album to date.[{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/katy-perry-teenage-dream-album-influence-impact|last=O'Brien|first=Jon|title=How 'Teenage Dream' Crowned Katy Perry as Pop's Campiest Queen|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|date=August 25, 2025|access-date=August 29, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826141539/https://www.grammy.com/news/katy-perry-teenage-dream-album-influence-impact|archive-date=August 26, 2025|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.europe2.fr/musique/europe-2-classics-california-gurls-de-katy-perry-est-une-ode-a-la-cote-ouest-des-etats-unis-54375.html|title=Europe 2 Classics: California Gurls, de Katy Perry, est une ode à la côte ouest des États-Unis|publisher=[[Europe 2]]|date=September 21, 2021|language=fr|trans-title=Europe 2 Classics: California Gurls, by Katy Perry, is an ode to the West Coast of the United States|access-date=August 5, 2025|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250815200835/https://www.europe2.fr/musique/europe-2-classics-california-gurls-de-katy-perry-est-une-ode-a-la-cote-ouest-des-etats-unis-54375.html|archive-date=August 15, 2025|url-status=live}}] When its singles "California Gurls", "[[Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)|Teenage Dream]]", "Firework", "E.T.", and "[[Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)]]" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, she became the first woman and only the second artist after [[Michael Jackson]] to attain five number-one singles in the US from one album.[{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467467/katy-perrys-sixth-teenage-dream-single-will-be|title=Katy Perry's Sixth 'Teenage Dream' Single Will Be.....|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 19, 2011|date=September 14, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328201649/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467467/katy-perrys-sixth-teenage-dream-single-will-be|archive-date=March 28, 2013}}] The album was re-released in March 2012 as ''[[Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection]]''. Both of its singles, "[[Part of Me (Katy Perry song)|Part of Me]]" and "[[Wide Awake (Katy Perry song)|Wide Awake]]", charted at number one in Canada and New Zealand. Her fourth studio album ''[[Prism (Katy Perry album)|Prism]]'' was released in October 2013 and reached number one in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. It has sold more than eight million copies worldwide.[{{cite news|title=La californiana Katy Perry regresa a la Argentina para presentar su disco "Prism" en el hipódromo de Palermo|url=http://noticias.terra.com.ar/argentina/la-californiana-katy-perry-regresa-a-la-argentina-para-presentar-su-disco-prism-en-el-hipodromo-de-palermo,8fb6fda031562ae84034a97d233c9113pch06jkj.html|access-date=July 28, 2025|date=October 2, 2015|publisher=[[Terra (company)|Terra]]|language=es|trans-title=Californian Katy Perry returns to Argentina to present her album "Prism" at the Palermo racetrack|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004175225/http://noticias.terra.com.ar/argentina/la-californiana-katy-perry-regresa-a-la-argentina-para-presentar-su-disco-prism-en-el-hipodromo-de-palermo,8fb6fda031562ae84034a97d233c9113pch06jkj.html|archive-date=October 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}] The album's lead single, "[[Roar (song)|Roar]]", topped the charts in the US, Australia, Austria, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. The song has become the fourth most-certified single of all time in Australia and Perry's most-certified single in the US and the UK.[{{cite web|title=Artists with 22× Platinum or above certified singles|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|url=https://imgur.com/ynu4Kuc|access-date=September 30, 2025|date=September 23, 2025|via=[[Imgur]]}}] "[[Dark Horse (Katy Perry song)|Dark Horse]]", the third single from ''Prism'', peaked at number one in the US and Canada and became the second best-selling single worldwide in 2014, according to the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] (IFPI).[{{cite web|url=https://www.musikindustrie.de/fileadmin/bvmi/upload/06_Publikationen/RIN/RIN_2014_VOE_2015.pdf|title=Recording Industry in Numbers|year=2015|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|page=25|access-date=September 19, 2025|via=[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214003818/https://www.musikindustrie.de/fileadmin/bvmi/upload/06_Publikationen/RIN/RIN_2014_VOE_2015.pdf|archive-date=February 14, 2022|url-status=live}}] She subsequently released an anthem for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] titled "[[Rise (Katy Perry song)|Rise]]", which debuted at number one in Australia.[{{cite news|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-singles-katy-perry-rise-has-a-go-at-no-1-20160725|title=Australian Singles: Katy Perry 'Rise' Has a Go at No 1|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=July 25, 2016|access-date=October 8, 2025|publisher=[[Paul Cashmere|The Noise Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125195551/https://www.noise11.com/news/australian-singles-katy-perry-rise-has-a-go-at-no-1-20160725|archive-date=January 25, 2025|url-status=live}}] |
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Perry's third studio album ''[[Teenage Dream]]'' was released in August 2010 and topped the charts in the US, Australia, Austria, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, becoming Perry's highest-selling album to date.[{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/katy-perry-teenage-dream-album-influence-impact|last=O'Brien|first=Jon|title=How 'Teenage Dream' Crowned Katy Perry as Pop's Campiest Queen|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|date=August 25, 2025|access-date=August 29, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826141539/https://www.grammy.com/news/katy-perry-teenage-dream-album-influence-impact|archive-date=August 26, 2025|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.europe2.fr/musique/europe-2-classics-california-gurls-de-katy-perry-est-une-ode-a-la-cote-ouest-des-etats-unis-54375.html|title=Europe 2 Classics: California Gurls, de Katy Perry, est une ode à la côte ouest des États-Unis|publisher=[[Europe 2]]|date=September 21, 2021|language=fr|trans-title=Europe 2 Classics: California Gurls, by Katy Perry, is an ode to the West Coast of the United States|access-date=August 5, 2025|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250815200835/https://www.europe2.fr/musique/europe-2-classics-california-gurls-de-katy-perry-est-une-ode-a-la-cote-ouest-des-etats-unis-54375.html|archive-date=August 15, 2025|url-status=live}}] When its singles "California Gurls", "[[Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song)|Teenage Dream]]", "Firework", "E.T.", and "[[Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)]]" topped the Hot 100, she became the first woman and only the second artist after [[Michael Jackson]] to attain five number-one singles in the US from one album.[{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467467/katy-perrys-sixth-teenage-dream-single-will-be|title=Katy Perry's Sixth 'Teenage Dream' Single Will Be.....|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 19, 2011|date=September 14, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328201649/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467467/katy-perrys-sixth-teenage-dream-single-will-be|archive-date=March 28, 2013}}] The album was re-released in March 2012 as ''[[Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection]]''. Both of its singles, "[[Part of Me (Katy Perry song)|Part of Me]]" and "[[Wide Awake (Katy Perry song)|Wide Awake]]", charted at number one in Canada and New Zealand. Her fourth studio album ''[[Prism (Katy Perry album)|Prism]]'' was released in October 2013 and reached number one in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. It has sold more than eight million copies worldwide.[{{cite news|title=La californiana Katy Perry regresa a la Argentina para presentar su disco "Prism" en el hipódromo de Palermo|url=http://noticias.terra.com.ar/argentina/la-californiana-katy-perry-regresa-a-la-argentina-para-presentar-su-disco-prism-en-el-hipodromo-de-palermo,8fb6fda031562ae84034a97d233c9113pch06jkj.html|access-date=July 28, 2025|date=October 2, 2015|publisher=[[Terra (company)|Terra]]|language=es|trans-title=Californian Katy Perry returns to Argentina to present her album "Prism" at the Palermo racetrack|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004175225/http://noticias.terra.com.ar/argentina/la-californiana-katy-perry-regresa-a-la-argentina-para-presentar-su-disco-prism-en-el-hipodromo-de-palermo,8fb6fda031562ae84034a97d233c9113pch06jkj.html|archive-date=October 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}] The album's lead single, "[[Roar (song)|Roar]]", topped the charts in the US, Australia, Austria, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. The song has become the fourth most-certified single of all time in Australia and Perry's most-certified single in the US and the UK.[{{cite web|title=Artists with 22× Platinum or above certified singles|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|url=https://imgur.com/ynu4Kuc|access-date=September 30, 2025|date=September 23, 2025|via=[[Imgur]]}}] "[[Dark Horse (Katy Perry song)|Dark Horse]]", the third single from ''Prism'', peaked at number one in the US and Canada and became the second best-selling single worldwide in 2014, according to the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] (IFPI).[{{cite web|url=https://www.musikindustrie.de/fileadmin/bvmi/upload/06_Publikationen/RIN/RIN_2014_VOE_2015.pdf|title=Recording Industry in Numbers|year=2015|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|page=25|access-date=September 19, 2025|via=[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214003818/https://www.musikindustrie.de/fileadmin/bvmi/upload/06_Publikationen/RIN/RIN_2014_VOE_2015.pdf|archive-date=February 14, 2022|url-status=live}}] She subsequently released an anthem for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] titled "[[Rise (Katy Perry song)|Rise]]", which debuted at number one in Australia.[{{cite news|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-singles-katy-perry-rise-has-a-go-at-no-1-20160725|title=Australian Singles: Katy Perry 'Rise' Has a Go at No 1|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=July 25, 2016|access-date=October 8, 2025|publisher=[[Paul Cashmere|The Noise Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125195551/https://www.noise11.com/news/australian-singles-katy-perry-rise-has-a-go-at-no-1-20160725|archive-date=January 25, 2025|url-status=live}}] |
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Perry's fifth album ''[[Witness (Katy Perry album)|Witness]]'' followed in June 2017. It topped the charts in the US and Canada. That year, she was also featured on [[Calvin Harris]]'s song "[[Feels (song)|Feels]]" from his album ''[[Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1]]'' along with [[Big Sean]] and [[Pharrell Williams]], which reached number one in the UK. In 2018, she released the [[Christmas music|Christmas]] single "[[Cozy Little Christmas]]". This was followed by the release of the collaborations "[[365 (Zedd and Katy Perry song)|365]]" (with [[Zedd]]) and "[[Con Calma#Remix version|Con Calma]]" (remix, with [[Daddy Yankee]] and [[Snow (singer)|Snow]]). Perry released the non-album singles "[[Never Really Over]]", "[[Small Talk (song)|Small Talk]]" and "[[Harleys in Hawaii]]" in 2019.[{{cite web|last=White|first=Jack|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perry-to-release-new-song-harleys-in-hawaii-in-the-very-near-future__26878/|title=Katy Perry to release new song Harleys in Hawaii "in the very near future"|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=November 4, 2025|archive-date=July 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717123822/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perry-to-release-new-song-harleys-in-hawaii-in-the-very-near-future__26878/|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|last=Sjodin|first=Craig|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/7/17/katy-perrys-not-making-a-record-but-plans-to-share-new-songs.html|title=Katy Perry's "not making a record" but plans to share new songs "in the very near future"|publisher=[[ABC News Radio]]|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=November 4, 2025|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418065417/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/7/17/katy-perrys-not-making-a-record-but-plans-to-share-new-songs.html|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perry-announces-new-single-daisies__29715/|last=White|first=Jack|title=Katy Perry announces new single Daisies|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=May 7, 2020|access-date=November 4, 2025|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515175048/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perry-announces-new-single-daisies__29715/|url-status=live}}] ''[[Smile (Katy Perry album)|Smile]]'' and ''[[143 (Katy Perry album)|143]]'' respectively followed as her sixth and seventh albums in August 2020 and September 2024. Both reached the top 10 of the album charts in the US, Australia, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, and the UK. |
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Perry's fifth album ''[[Witness (Katy Perry album)|Witness]]'' followed in June 2017. It topped the charts in the US and Canada. That year, she was also featured on [[Calvin Harris]]'s song "[[Feels (song)|Feels]]" from his album ''[[Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1]]'' along with [[Big Sean]] and [[Pharrell Williams]], which reached number one in the UK. In 2018, she released the [[Christmas music|Christmas]] single "[[Cozy Little Christmas]]". This was followed by the release of the collaborations "[[365 (Zedd and Katy Perry song)|365]]" (with [[Zedd]]) and "[[Con Calma#Remix version|Con Calma]]" (remix, with [[Daddy Yankee]] and [[Snow (singer)|Snow]]). Perry released the non-album singles "[[Never Really Over]]", "[[Small Talk (song)|Small Talk]]" and "[[Harleys in Hawaii]]" in 2019.[{{cite web|last=White|first=Jack|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perry-to-release-new-song-harleys-in-hawaii-in-the-very-near-future__26878/|title=Katy Perry to release new song Harleys in Hawaii "in the very near future"|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=November 4, 2025|archive-date=July 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717123822/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perry-to-release-new-song-harleys-in-hawaii-in-the-very-near-future__26878/|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|last=Sjodin|first=Craig|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/7/17/katy-perrys-not-making-a-record-but-plans-to-share-new-songs.html|title=Katy Perry's "not making a record" but plans to share new songs "in the very near future"|publisher=[[ABC News Radio]]|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=November 4, 2025|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418065417/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/7/17/katy-perrys-not-making-a-record-but-plans-to-share-new-songs.html|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perry-announces-new-single-daisies__29715/|last=White|first=Jack|title=Katy Perry announces new single Daisies|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=May 7, 2020|access-date=November 4, 2025|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515175048/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/katy-perry-announces-new-single-daisies__29715/|url-status=live}}] ''[[Smile (Katy Perry album)|Smile]]'' and ''[[143 (Katy Perry album)|143]]'' respectively followed as her sixth and seventh albums in August 2020 and September 2024. Both reached the top 10 of the album charts in the US, Australia, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, and the UK. |