• Katy Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, CA
• She started singing at her parents’ church at age nine.
• In 2001, she released a gospel-rock album under the name Katy Hudon
• She dated Gym Class Heroes frontman, Travie McCoy while touring together on the Warped Tour. They broke up in 2008 and she wrote "Circle the Drain" about their break up due to McCoy's drug addiction.
• In 2010, Katy Perry filmed a performance of Hot N Cold with Elmo for
• Sesame Street, but four days before it was set to air, Sesame Workshop pulled it from the schedule because she had "too much cle****e"
• She married Russell in October 2010, in Indian with a traditional Hindu ceremony
• In July 2011, Katy Perry played the voice of Smurfette in the box office hit movie The Smurfs.
• She is known for her eccentric sense of style-- many of her costumes have been decorated with various fruits and desserts.
• Her second mainstream album Teenage Dream is only the second album to have five number one singles-- the first was Michael Jackson's Bad.
• With the release of her single ET, she became the first artist in history to spend 52 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200... and she stayed there for a total of 69.

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