

Her Super Bowl halftime show performance is the most watched in history. In film, she released an autobiographical documentary titled Katy Perry: Part of Me in 2012, and voiced Smurfette in the 2011 film The Smurfs and its sequel in 2013. Perry is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 18 million albums and 125 million singles worldwide. Her estimated net worth as of 2016 is $125 million. She has been included in the annual Forbes lists of highest-earning women in music from 2011 to 2019. Billboard Hot 100 number one singles and has received various awards, including four Guinness World Records, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award. Her sixth studio album Smile followed in 2020. 2017's electropop Witness featured a political subtext and a theme of liberation. With the music videos for its chart-topping songs " Roar" and " Dark Horse", Perry became the first artist to have multiple videos reach one billion views on Vevo. Its follow-up record Prism (2013) was inspired by her divorce, and incorporates pop and dance along with themes of self-reflection, everyday life, and relationships. Billboard Hot 100 singles–" California Gurls", " Teenage Dream", " Firework", " E.T.", and " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" - a record tying her with Michael Jackson's Bad. The disco-influenced Teenage Dream (2010) spawned five chart-topping U.S.

She signed with Red Hill Records, and in 2001, released her debut studio album under her birth name: Katy Hudson. Three subsequent albums have topped the U.S. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born November 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge.As a child, Perry often sung in church, which led her to pursue a career in gospel music as a teenager. Perry rose to fame in 2008 with her second album, One of the Boys, a pop rock record containing the controversial U.S number one song " I Kissed a Girl" and " Hot n Cold". After adopting the stage name 'Katy Perry' and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager. All of the singles have been certified platinum or higher in the US, with "Roar" and "Dark Horse" each being certified Diamond.Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. The first and third singles both reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, while the second and fourth singles became top-twenty hits in the US. Prism features the singles " Roar", " Unconditionally", " Dark Horse" featuring American rapper Juicy J, " Birthday", and " This Is How We Do". The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 286,000 copies.


The songs "Roar" and "Birthday" are on the album. It was going to be much darker than her earlier material, though it became an upbeat, dance-inspired album. Prism is the fourth studio album by American pop singer-songwriter Katy Perry.
