things you didn't know about Katy Perry Katy Perry is just her stage name her
real name is Catherine Elizabeth Hudson she changed it to her mom's made a name
to avoid conflicts and issues with the actress Kate Hudson the 34 year old
singer was born in Santa Barbara California on October 25th 1984 she
still spends time in her home town to write songs while she's there hence her
song California Girls she said I make a lot of music there
because it's only an hour away from LA at the right times and energy level is
so drastically different people priorities Community Connection number26
Teenage Dream Katy came out with her album Teenage Dream in 2011 which a lot
of people will argue that it's her best album she's made so far five singles on
the album reached at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 List and shockingly
the only other artist to do that is Michael Jackson with his 1987 album bad
number 25 MTV Katy grew up in a strict Christian
family and had a pretty sheltered childhood so strict and under control
that her parents never let her watch MTV they banned it from her and her siblings
her parents said they weren't allowed to watch that channel in their house and to
think she's now all over the same channel that she was banned from
watching as a teen is pretty crazy number 24 American Idol so I'm sure just
about everybody out there knows about American Idol and most people if given
the chance to be on the show wouldn't pass up the opportunity but when the
producers of the show offered Katy Perry 20 million dollars to be one of the
judges on the show for the 12th season she declined even with a huge amount of
money like that she turned them down she said people have reached out to me about
the possibility of being involved and it's not right for me right now
number 23 a Christian for those who don't know Katy Perry didn't start off
singing pop music when she was younger she actually saying Christian songs and
performed at church and Christian events so her first album wasn't actually
released in 2008 but back in 2001 it was a Christian pop album called Katy Hudson
after her real name the album was released by red hill records she was on
track to become a gospel singer her mom even took her to Nashville when she was
13 years old to record a gospel album it didn't take long before Katy realized
she wanted to take a different path growing up in a strict family home and
being a preacher's daughter in Santa Barbara she wasn't always supportive of
her dream of being a pop singer Katy told Vogue magazine
me grant was our Madonna we knew about Madonna and Marilyn Manson in my family
because we picketed their concerts number 22 black sheep despite what her
family thought when Katy Perry was 17 years old she moved to Los Angeles
California to pursue a career in the music business
she really rose to fame and gained lots of recognition when her hit I kissed a
girl came out in 2008 the song generated lots of controversies because it was
about two females being together she told Vogue that when she was growing
up she wasn't allowed to interact with gay people so making her first hit song
about not being straight was a brave and bold move she always described herself
as being the black sheep of the family the one who never fit in but even though
she doesn't stick to the religious belief she was raised on she still keeps
in contact with her parents and siblings number 21 Queen a big inspiration for
Katy Perry and her music was Queen she has always said that the song Killer
Queen is a song that made her want to sing pop music she said the very first
time she ever heard the song her world froze it had such a big impact on her
that in 2013 she named her first fragrance Killer Queen to pay respect to
the song that gave her the determination to get to the point that she's at today
number 20 Russell Brand on October 23rd 2010 Katy Perry got married to British
actor and comedian Russell Brand they tied the knot in India while they were
on vacation there so it seems like the wedding was a spur-of-the-moment kind of
thing the wedding ceremony was done in the traditional Indian way but
unfortunately it didn't work out and they both filed for a divorce just 14
months after the wedding Katy hinted at the reason why it ended
and it had to do with wanting a family and Russell being too controlling when
she would go on tour that it caused issues between them and with Katy being
on the road a lot and spending so much time apart it just wasn't working out
she would also invite him to come with her on tour and he wouldn't go with her
Russell ultimately told Katie that he wanted a divorce via text message
Katy told Vogue let's just say I haven't heard from him since he texted me saying
he was divorcing me on December 31st 2011 number 19 hair colour we've all
seen the numerous crazy hair colors Katy Perry has tried out from green blue pink
purple but do you know what her natural hair colour is it's actually a light
brown color hard to picture Katy with a natural hair color isn't it
number 18 fragrance as many of you know Katy Perry loves her cat so much so that
she named her brand of perfume / and at in a cat shaped bottle the design of the
bottle is supposed to resemble her own pet cat if that's not real love for your
pet then I don't know what is number 17 Barbie I think we can all agree that
Katy Perry looks like a real-life Barbie even the executives of Barbie contacted
her and asked if she would like to make her own doll that looks like her and of
course she said yes number 16 paparazzi when Katy is on stage are performing or
on the red carpet she's known to wear extravagant outfits and clothing but in
real everyday life she often wears the same adidas black tracksuit when she's
out and about so the paparazzi don't hound her for photos being in the same
clothes all the time makes the photos less interesting and worth less than if
she was in a bikini on the beach or a fancy outfit going out to dinner
number 15 childhood crush when Katy Perry was a kid her teen crush was
Jonathan Taylor Thomas who was on the 90s television show home improvement and
as she's gotten older it doesn't seem like that crush went away because she
tweeted in 2009 where in the world is Jonathan Taylor Thomas
I loved UJ TT I wonder if he ever saw that tweet number 14 Grammy
despite Katy Perry having 13 Grammy Award nominations she's never won one
but she doesn't seem too bummed about it she said before that she doesn't think
awards matter all that much she told the New York Times all the award shows are
fake all the awards that I've won are fake number 13 high school when she was
15 years old she dropped out of high school to focus on singing but she says
it's now a decision she regrets and she wishes she finished high school and
enjoyed her teen years she told Yahoo in 2014 I'm kind of bum at this stage that
I didn't have a great education because I could really use that these days well
even without a high school diploma she's doing better than most number 12
Orlando as most of us have noticed Katy doesn't stay single for very long
besides Russell Brand she's had high-profile relationships with other
celebrities such as Travis McCoy John Mayer and Orlando Bloom Katy and Orlando
hit it off in 2016 at a Golden Globes after-party even though they seemed all
smiles at the party their rep said that the two were taking time apart just two
days later the two started drifting apart when Orlando spent weeks in China
filming a movie he was working on they ended up breaking it off a year later in
February 2017 the couple that was inseparable at first started to realize
they are better off friends than lovers other than the two of them being bad at
long since Orlando also has a son to take
care of and wasn't really ready for something serious at the time it wasn't
a bitter breakup both of them have shown their love for each other on social
media and after all of that they ended up getting back together and are
currently dating each other again and made their first red carpet appearance
together on September 26 2018 number 11 charts as of 2011 Katy became
the first woman to have five songs from one album reached number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 List all five songs were from her teenage dream album and
she is the second artist to achieve this on her behind Michael Jackson now I bet
Katy agrees that's better than winning a Grammy Award
number 10 Sesame Street in 2012 Katy Perry recorded a duet with Elmo for the
children's show Sesame Street but her segment never aired it was said that the
parents felt Katy's outfit was too revealing and inappropriate for kids to
see and so the producers took her song out of the episode number 9 songwriter
kitty is not only a successful singer and performer but she has also written
songs for other popular artists as well including a Nicki Minaj Selena Gomez and
Britney Spears she wrote the song get on your knees by Nicki Minaj featuring
ariana grande she also wrote Black Widow which is sung by Iggy Azalea featuring
Rita Ora rock God by Selena Gomez and the scene and passenger by Britney
Spears number 8 tattoos Katy has multiple tattoos
she has ones that represent every tour that she's done she also has a cherry
blossom and a peppermint and a strawberry on her ankles and a Jesus
tattoo on her wrist she even brought a tattoo artist with her on tour and let
him work on her tour for the dancers and crew number 7 Scarlett Johansson it's
been said that the inspiration behind Katy's song I kissed a girl was actress
Scarlett Johansson but Katie put rumors to rest and revealed that the song was
inspired by a girl she met when she was just 17 Perry also claims that she's
never even kissed Scarlett before and apparently Miley Cyrus thinks the song
is written about her sounds like both of them might have a girl crush on Katy
we'll let you decide number 6 favorite food unlike a lot of
celebrities and models Katy Perry loves to eat and isn't afraid to do so in
front of the camera she adores Asian food and some of her favorite meals are
crispy beef Chinese chicken salad and yellowtail sashimi her favorite thing to
snack on is Ritz crackers according to her American Idol Co star Luke Bryan
anyway and also claims to have the recipe for
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that she's an amusement-park junkie and like many of us her favorite Park is
Disneyland so it's not too surprising that she is a member of the Disney's
exclusive club 33 which is a VIP only Club and restaurant in Disneyland and
who says only kids dress up to go to Disneyland because katie is a true
Disney fan she has dressed up as Cinderella Minnie Mouse and Snow White
in the past number four nuns at one point Katie had plans to convert a
combination to a home but it ended up in a legal battle with the nuns who owned
the property in the past the nun said that it would be a sin to sell the
property to Katie but of course money talks
and in 2018 ended up reaching a settlement that was in her favor number
three first lady on Katie's 28th birthday she was lucky enough to have
lunch with the first lady at the time Michelle Obama
after performing at a rally for President Barack Obama talk about a
birthday she'll never forget she tweeted now my birthday is complete with a
picture of the two of them smiling with their arms around each other
number two Twitter Katy Perry became the first person to have reached 100 million
followers on Twitter in June 2017 even beating out Justin Bieber barack obama
and donald trump number one one love despite growing up in a strict religious
household katie is a big supporter of gay rights and let's face it you can't
write a song about kissing another girl and not stand up for gay rights she
voted no for Prop 8 which was an amendment in California that said
marriage is to be between a man and a woman and also supported Obama to
legalize gay marriage nice work Katie today's comment comes
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