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Katy Perry arrived on the pop
scene in 2008 when it was very
much in need of a wake-up call.
Five short years later she is a
certified megastar and is being
talked of as the new Madonna,
a girl who has the entertainment
world firmly at her feet.
But Katy is very much in touch
with the internet generation,
using social media to keep close
to her fans. The past few years
have brought many triumphs
with eight Grammy nominations,
a smash hit movie, and two
platinum albums, not to mention
hit singles, but also personal
anguish. Her marriage to British
actor Russell Brand hit the rocks
within months, leading to a great
deal of less-than-welcome media
coverage. There’s no doubt
Katy’s religious upbringing helped
her keep her feet firmly planted
on the ground.
Katy Perry is the only artist
to spend over 52 consecutive
weeks in the Top 10 of the
Hot 100 and was named 2012
Woman of the Year by music-
business magazine
Billboard
. The
big question is whether she can,
like Madonna, reinvent herself
periodically and sustain a lifetime
career. Can she become a brand
(with no capital B), write songs for
others, and take her own music in
an evermore-fascinating direction?
In short, will this Teenage Dream
who became a California Gurl
grow up and take her fans with
her for the ride?
This fact-packed publication
charts Katy’s past, investigates
her present, and speculates on
her equally fascinating future.
Intro
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