NEW LIVE SHOWS, FOURTH HIT SINGLE
MARK ‘ONE OF THE BOYS’
ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
चोटी, शीर्ष 10 ‘Waking Up In Vegas is FOURTH Hit Single
And a Hit Video From Platinum-Plus Debut
(NEW YORK – June 24, 2009) The remarkable young career of Capitol Records breakthrough artist KATY PERRY notches up a milestone with unabated global momentum, at the one-year anniversary of the RIAA platinum-plus debut album ONE OF THE BOYS.
Having completed a sold-out world tour, Perry has confirmed new U.S. live dates in July, August and September. Perry also will be re-visiting the United Kingdom and Australia in the summer months.
At the same time, WAKING UP IN VEGAS, the fourth hit single from the massively-influential album has proven to be a late-inning घर run: a solid चोटी, शीर्ष 10 airplay hit on mainstream चोटी, शीर्ष 40 radio nationally, with No. 1 play at the टॉप रेटेड New York station WHTZ/Z-100; a No. 1 iTunes video download; and, amazingly, a चोटी, शीर्ष 10 iTunes single download, after a full year’s availability. The video was directed द्वारा एमटीवी VMA and Grammy Award winner Joseph Kahn, and co-starred Joel David Moore (Bones, House, Avatar).
The song, which was also performed live द्वारा Perry and her band in a rocket-fueled and much-talked about appearance in the final voting round of American Idol, has also renewed album sales, with ONE OF THE BOYS bulleting in the Billboard national album sales चोटी, शीर्ष 50, in its 52nd chart week, and also charting in the iTunes album चोटी, शीर्ष 50.
KATY PERRY is now visible on newsstands, on the covers of Seventeen (July issue) and Complex (summer issue), and is scheduled to appear in the लोकप्रिय outdoor संगीत कार्यक्रम series of NBC’s Today दिखाना on July 24th.
Praised in The New York Times as a “complex and durable” artist, Perry’s debut album on Capitol, ONE OF THE BOYS, is RIAA certified platinum for U.S. sales in excess of 1 million copies. It debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard चोटी, शीर्ष 200 in June, 2008. Her first single, the seven-week Billboard No. 1 “I Kissed a Girl,” is certified triple-platinum, its disarmingly frank and humorous lyric and trend-setting electronic rhythm marking it immediately among the most influential songs of हाल का years. “Hot N Cold” is also certified triple-platinum in the U.S., and the album has achieved सोना and platinum status in over a dozen international territories.
For और on music’s true “It Girl,” including photos, streaming video, and Katy’s blog, visit her official website www.katyperry.com, MySpace page www.myspace.com/katyperry and her personal blog at www.katyperryblog.com
KATY PERRY ON TOUR, SUMMER 2009
July 25 Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
July 26 Toronto, ONT @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 28 New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
July 30 Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata
August 2 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless
August 4 Irvine CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (With No Doubt)
August 29 Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
August 30 Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
September 4 Salem, या @ Oregon State Fair
September 5 Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot
The nicest singer around has also landed the शीर्षक of the sexiest woman of the year. It is quite a honourto get this शीर्षक as she has a lot of competition.
Katy replaced Olivia Wilde (House), who was the sexiest last साल With Hollywood beauties like Megan Fox, Zoe Saldana, रिहाना and Blake Lively as her competition, it is surprising that Katy won.
Some of the other women who were nominated as most sexy were: Leighton Meester, Ashley Greene and Taylor Swift.
