Singers
Katy PerryKatherine Elizabeth Hudson (Katy Perry) was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. Katy Perry is a singer, songwriter, actress and an ambassador on one of the most popular companies of now, UNICEF. Katy, herself was once a Christian-genre singer and was only known at Santa Barbara. She signed at Columbia Records but been dropped but got hired at Capitol Records. In 2008, she released her first single I Kissed A Girl which got mixed reviews but became a successful hit. In the same year, she also released her second single Hot n Cold which got nominated for Best Female Video of the Year but lost to Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me. In 2010, she released 3 singles (California Girls, Teenage Dreams and Firework) that got nominated in the Grammy but lost to other singers. Also at the same year, she was one of the judges in American Idol. In 2011, a remixed version of E.T. became the 4th single off Teenage Dream, topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks. Teenage Dream became the ninth album to produce 4 number ones. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F) became a single and topped Number 1. She became the first female singer to achieve 5 number one singles at the same album and second after Michael Jackson's Bad. She married Russell Brand but got divorced after 14 months of marriage. In 2012, she ventured into business and made her first perfume, Purr and her second perfume, Meow. She was also named the Woman of the Year by Billboard. In 2013, she released Roar as the lead single from the album Prism. Unconditionally became the 2nd single. Prism was released at October 18 and got positive reviews. She also released her 3rd fragrance, Killer Queen. In 2014, Dark Horse was released as the 3rd single and the ninth number-one single from Katy Perry. Her music video made her the first female artist to have 1 billion views. Birthday and This is How We Do followed as the fourth and fifth single in the album and at the same year, she released her 4th fragrance, Royal Revolution In 2015, she headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show which was the most-watched performance of all time. In the same year, she was one of the cameos in Bitch I'm Madonna and in the same month, she released Mad Potion. In 2016, she appeared as herself in Zoo lander 2.
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Taylor SwiftTaylor Alanson Swift (Taylor Swift) is an American singer-songwriter. She was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania. She became interested in country music when she was around 9 years old and after watching a documentary about Faith Hill, Swift felt that she should go to Nashville to begin a country music career. She then signed a contract with RCA Records and begin to write songs. She also worked with Nathan Chapman for her debut album, but she then left RCA because she was afraid that the label wanted her to record the work when she was 18 years old. She released her third studio album, Speak Now, in 2010. It debuted at no.1 and sold over 1 million copies in the first week. Speak Now become second best-selling album of 2010. The lead single Mine debuted at no. 3 on Billboard Hot 100. Back to December, Mean, Ours, and Sparks Fly reached top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100. The Story of Us only reached no. 41 on Billboard Hot 100, making it the lowest charting single from Speak Now. She also announced the Speak Now Tour which began right after the release of Speak Now. Her first live album, Speak Now Live Album was released in late 2011. During late 2011 and early 2012, she released two singles from The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond, Safe and Sound and Eyes Open which both reached top thirteen on Billboard Hot 100. Eyes Open become highest peak for any Hunger Games trilogy soundtrack but was surpassed by The Hanging Tree by James Newton Howard featuring vocal from American actress, Jennifer Lawrence which the song peaked at no.12 on Billboard 200.Her first pop focused album, 1989 was release internationally on 27 October 2014 and sold 3.66 million on 2014 alone.1989 become best-selling of 2014 with only two month after release and beating Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack which sold 3.57 million of 2013-2014.It contains three number one singles on Billboard Hot 100; Bad Blood (Remix), Blank Space and Shake It Off. Two promotional singles were also released; Welcome to New York and Out of the Woods which both managed top fifty on Billboard Hot 100. For her efforts in creating 1989, Swift received many nominations and won many awards such as on Billboard Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, American Music Awards and I Heart Radio Music Awards 2016 winning Album of the Year and so far, Swift is the first artist to beat 25 by Adele(which fans speculate 25 will win over 1989) on single night award ceremony.1989 also won big in the 58th Grammy Awards by winning Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album.1989 also receive nomination again on 2016 Billboard Music Awards as Album Of The Year after received nomination on last year.
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