Katy Perry Bio

Katy Perry

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson , most commonly known by her stage name - Katy Perry , was born on the 25th of October 1984 .Her proud parents are Mr.Keith Hudson and Mrs.Mary Perry. Katy Perry was born somewhere near Santa Barbara in California and grew up there for a large amount of her childhood before swapping over to LA .Having limited the enjoyment of the mainstream pop music during her childhood , she found it in her self to pursue a career in gospel music.  

Getting into the business
When she was a teenager she released her studio debut album , (Katy Hudson).Later on she recorded a mix collaborative album with The Matrix and then ,not long after, a solo album which she worked hard on with Glen Ballard . Which -unfortunately- never was released.

Fame 
In April of 2007 , she signed a singing /recording contract with the famous, Capitol Records.She rose to her fame with the release of her hit single -"I Kissed a Girl ",followed by her 2nd album ,One Of The Boys in 2008 which was along the genre of pop rock.

Katy's music videos portray her to be a classical feminine girly girly. This image has attracted many young teenage girls.

The most watched videos on youtube 2012

Gangman Style "PSY"
this video reached over 1 billion views on youtube.

The most watched videos on youtube 2012

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe"
357 million views

The most watched videos on youtube 2012

3. Justin Bieber "Boyfriend"
189 million views on youtube

The most watched videos on youtube 2012

4. One Direction "One Thing"
183 million views

The most watched videos on youtube 2012

5. Rihanna "Where Have You Been"
reached 149 million views

The most watched videos on youtube 2012

6. One Direction "live while we're young"
123 million views

The most watched videos on youtube 2012

7. Katy Perry "Part Of Me"
118 million views

The most watched videos 2012

8. Katy Perry "Wide Awake"
 with 107 million views

The most watched videos 2012

9. Nicki Minaj's "Starships"
with 98 million views

The Most watched music videos of 2012

10.  Taylor Swift " We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
     This made a magnificent 95 million views

a successful music promotion

In order to know if a music video is successfull the following would be occurring;

- Firstly you would defintatly hear about the song by others so word of mouth.

-then you would also hear about it maybe on articles, or TV reports

- You would see how high their number of hits they have on YouTube.

- The music video would be a popular thing on TV and on music channels.

- The song would be on the top charts of the season.

Popular Videos of 2013/14

1. Miley Cyrus-  Wrecking Ball

2. Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop

3. Will.i.am ft Britney Spears - Scream and Shout

4. Rihanna - Diamonds

5. Katy Perry - Roar 

6. P!nk -Just Give Me A Reason ft Nate Ruess

7. Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines ft T.I Pharrel

8. Rihanna - Stay ft Mikky Ekko

9. Naughty Boy - La La La ft Sam Smith

10. One Direction - Kiss You