Overview
Katy Perry is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and also a television show judge. She is best known for her songs including Teenage Dream, I Kissed a Girl, Firework, The One That Got Away and Roar.
As of 2020, Katy Perry is estimated to have a net worth of $330 million.
Katy Perry’s Net Worth
| NET WORTH: | $330 MILLION |
| AGE: | 36 |
| DATE OF BIRTH: | 25 OCTOBER 1984 |
| NATIONALITY: | AMERICAN |
| PROFESSION: | SINGER-SONGWRITER, ACTRESS, BUSINESSWOMAN, TV JUDGE |
| SOURCE OF WEALTH: | MUSIC, TELEVISION, MOVIES |
Early Life
Katy Perry (real name Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson) was born on the 25th of October 1948 in Santa Barbara, California. She is of English, Irish, German and Portuguese ancestry.
Katy is also the niece of a film director Frank Perry. She moved a lot as a child because her parents were going around setting up churches. She attended several schools including Paradise Valley Christian School.
Katy already began training at the age of 9 and entered her parents’ ministry to sing in church until she turned 17. She received her first guitar when she was 13 and started performing the songs that she wrote.
As a teen, Katy did all sorts of things including skateboarding, rollerskating and surfing.
Career
Katy Perry signed with Red Hill Records first and later debuted her studio album titled Katy Hudson in 2001, but it wasn’t that successful. She later moved to LA to try out secular music after Red Hill Records stopped operations.
Katy Perry then worked with Glen Ballard, Max Martin and Dr. Luke. She also adopted the name “Katy Perry” as her stage name. She was initially dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records.
Road to fame
However, she signed a contract with Capitol Records later in 2007. She became famous after her second album titled One of the Boys was released. Her singles I Kissed a Girl and Hot n Cold were both really successful, and trended worldwide.
She later released her third album in 2010 titled Teenage Dream. It was Katy’s first time having a record top the US Billboard Hot 200. Her singles Teenage Dream, Firework, E.T (featuring Kanye West), California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) and Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F) all peaked at the top of the Billboard 100.
She was the first female artist to have five singles in an album reach no. 1 in the US, and the overall second after the late Michael Jackson’s album titled Bad.
Katy continued to release more songs including Part of Me and Wide Awake. In 2013, she released another album titled Prism which also topped the US charts. Her singles Roar and Dark Horse both went over 1 billion views on VEVO. As of 2020, her music video Roar exceeded 3 billion views on YouTube.
Katy Perry has been nominated and won many awards over the years including five American Music Awards and a Brit Award. She was also in Forbes‘ highest-earning women in music for 9 years.
Apart from music, Katy also acted in movies including The Smurfs (1 & 2), Zoolander 2 (directed by Ben Stiller) and Katy Perry: Part of Me, among others.
She has also joined American Idol as a judge.
Highlights
Here are some of the highlights of her career.
- She has been nominated for at least 309 award categories over the years, including in Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and Brit Award.
- Katy has won 104 awards, including in the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and so on.
- She also has four Guinness World Records.
- Katy has been listed as one of the highest earning female singers for many years.
- Her music videos have achieved billions of views on YouTube.
Interesting Facts about Katy Perry
- She once studied Italian Opera when she was younger.
- Katy Perry has written or co-written songs for Kelly Clarkson, Selena Gomez and Ashley Tisdale.
- She apparently takes a lot of vitamins a day, more than 20 pills.
- Katy celebrated her 28th birthday having lunch with the former First Lady, Michelle Obama.
What contributed to Katy Perry’s wealth
Katy Perry’s wealth can be attributed to her huge success in the music industry. Her songs have succeeded and topped the charts in the US, among other countries.
She also made money from her concert tours and album sales.
As of 2020, she is estimated to be worth around $330 million.
Ref: Wikipedia, Celebrity Net Worth
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