After signing on with
Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released her first
Internet single, "
Ur So Gay", that November, which garnered attention but did not chart. She rose to fame with her second single "
I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, which topped international charts. Perry's first mainstream album,
One of the Boys, followed later that year and was eventually announced to be the thirty-third best selling album of 2008 worldwide It was accredited platinum
certification by the Recording Industry Association of America; "I Kissed a Girl" and her second single "
Hot n Cold" both received multi-platinum certifications. Perry was ranked the 97th Artist of the 2000–10 decade by
Billboard.
She became known for wearing unconventional style of dress, often combining bold colors and vintage fashion. Her next album,
Teenage Dream, was released on August 24, 2010 in the United States and Canada. It was released August 30, 2010 worldwide and debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200.
Perry was incorporated into her parents' ministry
she sang in their church from ages 9 to 17
She grew up listening to
gospel music and was not allowed to listen to what her mother called
secular music.
Perry attended Christian schools and camps.
As a child, Perry learned how to dance in a recreation building in Santa Barbara. She was taught by seasoned dancers and began with
swing,
Lindy Hop, and
jitterbug. She took her
GED after her freshman year at
Dos Pueblos High School and decided to leave school to pursue a career in music.
[15] Perry initially started singing "because I was at that point in my childhood where I was copycatting my sister and everything she did." Her sister practiced with cassette tapes, and Perry took the tapes herself when her sister was not around. She rehearsed the songs and performed it to her parents, who suggested she should take voice lessons. She grabbed the opportunity and began taking lessons at age nine to 16. She enrolled in at the
Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and studied
Italian opera for a short time.
Perry is known for her unconventional style of dress.
It is often humorous, bright in color, and reminiscent of different decades, and she frequently uses fruit-shaped accessories, mainly
watermelon, as part of her outfits Having learned dancing at an early age, she fancied about having her own style. Perry's transformation into an artist began with fashion, inspired by American film actress
Dominique Swain's portrayal in
1997 film adaptation of the novel
Lolita. She defines her fashion style as "a bit of a concoction of different things"
Johnny Wujek, Perry's stylist, described her style, upon meeting her for the first time, as "very colorful and vintage" Her fashion has caught the attention of designers, who were giving her nearly as much attention as fans of her music.
In June 2008, a publicity photo that showed Perry posing with a was criticized The picture was defended as only an effort to give Perry a "sexy, harder edge".
The criticism leveled at her was mocked by Perry who subsequently posed with a spoon instead.
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