Katy Perry was born in 1984. She started her singing career like many other musicians: she sang in a church choir. Since her family was very religious, her parents didn't let her listen to the kind of music she wanted. Her parents preferred when she listened to gospel music. Katy decided to leave high school very early because she wanted to become a professional musician. When she was 15 years old, some Nashville veteran musicians heard her sing in the church. They decided to help her move to Nashville, master the art of songwriting and learn to play the guitar. Soon she started recording demos. However, her breakthrough didn't come easily because after being signed to then dropped by Red Hill and Columbia Records, Katy was waiting to find another label. That's when she worked for the independent A&R company, TAXI Music as a screener.
In 2007, she was signed to the newly created Capitol Music group. She started collaborating with the writer-producer Dr. Luke (aka Lukasz Gottwald) and they wrote the smash hits I Kissed a Girl and Hot n Cold together. Her album, One of the Boys was released in 2008.
In 2010, Katy released her second mainstream studio album, Teenage Dream. The following singles were released from this album: California Gurls, Teenage Dream (the song), Firework, E.T and Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).
Katy is involved in writing her songs. Immediately when she learned to play the guitar, she started writing and submitting songs to her producers then continue working on them together. Katy has a very unique, quirky style of songwriting. She says that she likes to write mainly about important, specific moments in her life.
Katy Perry has mentioned Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper and Freddie Mercury as some of her biggest musical influences.
Her most important releases include:
▪ One of the Boys
(I Kissed a Girl, Hot n Cold)
▪ Teenage Dream
(California Gurls, Teenage Dream, Firework, E.T., Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.))
(I Kissed a Girl, Hot n Cold)▪ Teenage Dream
(California Gurls, Teenage Dream, Firework, E.T., Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.))
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