Katy Perry Biography

Fast Facts

• Received the 2016 UNICEF Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award for her charitable work with children
• Was the first female artist to release an album that generated five number one singles with the album "Teenage Dream․"
• Became the first artist to earn three RIAA Diamond Song Awards in 2017
• Is the niece of film director Frank Perry
• Married comic Russell Brand in 2010
• Was invited by rock veterans to improve her guitar playing and writing skills in Nashville, Tenn․, after they heard her singing at her church when she was 15
• Quote: "We're all unique․ That's why we all win and we all can exist․ People don't want just vanilla․ They want 31 flavors․"
• Quote: "The number one issue for me is equal rights, whether it's being able to be equal in love, or being treated equally whether you have ovaries or not․"
• Though her first album, released under the name Katy Hudson, was of gospel music, her later songs have been classified as electropop
• Wears colorful outfits and wigs often when she performs
• Named her cat Kitty Purry and made the feline her mascot for her "California Dreams" tour
• Had lunch with First Lady Michelle Obama on her 28th birthday