

Her 2010 followup album “Teenage Dream” made history with five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: the title track, “California Gurls,” “Firework,” “E.T.” and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).” That made Perry the first female artists ever to score five number-one hits off of one album, and the first artist of any gender since Michael Jackson accomplished that feat for “Bad.” And she was the first artist to have three diamond singles - that’s 10-times platinum or more - as “Firework,” “Dark Horse” and “Roar” all achieved that distinction. “Hot n Cold” followed shortly thereafter, and though it didn’t quite reach number-one, it sold even better and went eight-times platinum.Īnd she outdid that too. That catchy, cheeky song could have defined her career, but it turned out not even to be her biggest hit off that album. She made a name for herself with the provocative single “I Kissed a Girl,” her ode to bi-curiosity and cherry ChapStick.

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Since then she has recorded dozens of singles and topped the charts numerous times. Katy Perry got her start under her birth name Katy Hudson with a self-titled debut album in 2001, but she didn’t really break out until she took on her new moniker and released her breakthrough “One of the Boys” in 2008.
