Top 10 Celebrities with Finest and Fittest Physique 2013


10)  Katy Perry


Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth "Katy" Hudson was born on 25th October 1984. She better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, businesswoman, philanthropist, and actress. She was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. Having had very little exposure to mainstream pop music in her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teen and released her debut studio album, Katy Hudson, in March 2001. She also recorded a collaborative album with The Matrix and a solo album she worked on with Glen Ballard, the latter of which was never released.

In April 2007, Perry signed a recording contract with Capitol Records. She attracted media attention with the November 2007 online release of "Ur So Gay" and rose to prominence with the June 2008 release of her second album, One of the Boys, which produced the singles "I Kissed a Girl", "Hot n Cold", "Thinking of You", and "Waking Up in Vegas".

The project was further promoted through the Hello Katy Tour. In November 2009, she released a live album titled MTV Unplugged, which features performances of several tracks from One of the Boys. Perry's third record, Teenage Dream, was released in August 2010 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". In doing so, it became the first album recorded by a female artist in history to produce five number-one hits, and the second album overall after Michael Jackson's August 1987 album Bad. Perry embarked on the California Dreams Tour following its release. In March 2012, Teenage Dream was re-released as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection and produced the number-one single "Part of Me". She released her fourth album, Prism, in October 2013. It was preceded by singles "Roar" and "Unconditionally". She will embark on the Prismatic World Tour to promote the album in May 2014.

Perry has received numerous awards and nominations, including eleven Grammy nominations and Billboard dubbed her as 2012's Woman of the Year. She remains the only artist to spend 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100. Perry is also the third best selling digital singles artist in US according to RIAA. She has ventured into celebrity endorsement and released fragrances Purr, Meow, and Killer Queen. In July 2011, she made her film debut voicing Smurfette in The Smurfs. Billboard ranked Perry at number fourteen on their 2011 list of top moneymakers, grossing more than $11 million. In July 2012, she released her 3D autobiographical documentary film, Katy Perry: Part of Me, which concentrated on her life as a touring artist and the breakdown of her one-year marriage to English actor/comedian Russell Brand. As of November 2013, Perry had sold over 11 million albums and 81 million singles worldwide and her singles are some of the best-selling worldwide.

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born in Santa Barbara, California, to Pentecostal pastors Maurice Keith Hudson (born June 13, 1947) and Mary Christine Perry (born December 16, 1947). She has a younger brother named David, whose stage name is Hudson, (born August 11, 1988) and an older sister named Angela (born December 7, 1982). Keith is of English descent while Mary is of 1/8 Irish, 3/8 Portuguese, 1/4 English, and 1/4 German descent. Through Mary, she is a half-niece of film director Frank Joseph Perry, Jr. (August 21, 1930 � August 29, 1995).

As a child, Perry attended religious schools and camps. She was incorporated into her parents' ministry and sang in churches between the ages of nine and sixteen. She grew up listening to gospel music, and in an interview she said, "Growing up I wasn't really allowed to listen to a whole lot of what my mom would call, secular music," She learned how to dance in a recreation building in Santa Barbara. She was taught by seasoned dancers and began with swing, Lindy Hop, and jitterbug. Perry initially started singing "because she was at that point in her childhood where she was copycatting her sister and everything she would do." Growing up, she often took cassette tapes her sister Angela practiced with and rehearsed the songs and performed them in front of their parents. They suggested she take vocal coaching. She took the opportunity and began taking lessons at the age of nine and continued until she was sixteen.

Perry told Billboard in Fall 2012 about Prism: "I know exactly the record I want to make next. I know the artwork, the coloring and the tone..... I even know what type of tour I'm doing next. I'll be very pleased if the vision I have in my head becomes a reality". However, Perry mentioned that she did not want the album to be a "Teenage Dream 2.0", stating: "That would be silly. It's not of any interest for me to try and outdo myself at every corner. Eventually you just like pop, explode".

After taking time off from her professional career following the release of her autobiographical film, she began work on the album in November 2012 and finished in July 2013. Perry reprised her role as Smurfette in The Smurfs 2, which was released in theaters on July 31, 2013. Like its predecessor, it received many negative reviews from critics.
Killer Queen was released as her third fragrance in August 2013 through Coty, Inc. "Roar" made its debut as the lead single from Prism on August 10, 2013. Perry recorded and co-wrote a duet with John Mayer titled "Who You Love" for his album Paradise Valley. The album was released on August 20, 2013. She closed the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards with her first live performance of "Roar" on August 25, 2013 in a special performance under the Brooklyn Bridge.


Although Perry stated in a June 2012 interview with L'Uomo Vogue that she planned to have "darker elements" in Prism, she revealed to MTV that "there's not really any darkness on the record" during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, stating: The reason why I called this record Prism is because I actually finally let the light in and then I was able to create all these songs that were inspired by letting the light in and doing some self-reflection and just kind of working on myself. I felt very prismatic because of that I feel like now I get to show these songs off and share these songs with the listeners and it's almost like I get to beam the colors that I've experienced out from me.

Katy Perry On September 4, 2013, Billboard announced that "Roar" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. On September 30, 2013, she performed Prism tracks "Roar", "Dark Horse", "Walking on Air", and "By the Grace of God" at the iTunes Festival. She made a musical guest appearance with Bruce Willis on Saturday Night Live on October 12, 2013, performing "Roar" and "Walking on Air".

"Unconditionally" was released as the album's second single on October 16, 2013. The next day, Prism became available for streaming online. Prism was released in Ireland, Italy, Slovakia, and Slovenia on October 18, 2013, and was released worldwide on October 22, 2013. In the United States, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 286,000 copies in its first week.

The same day as its worldwide release, Perry performed her Prism tracks for the first time at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles. On November 10, 2013, she performed "Unconditionally" at the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards. She also opened the American Music Awards of 2013 on November 24, 2013 with a performance of Unconditionally" and performed the song on the season 10 finale of The X Factor on December 15, 2013. Two days later, "Dark Horse" was released as the album's third single. Perry will begin the Prismatic World Tour on May 7, 2014. It will begin at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland and feature Icona Pop. The first leg of the tour will also feature performances in Scotland and England. The tour will last through Fall 2015.

Rolling Stone ranked Perry 7th in its global Queen of Pop poll in July 2011. Perry placed at number one on the Maxim Hot 100 in 2010, with readers voting her the "most beautiful woman in the world". FHM Australia readers voted her the "sexiest woman of 2011" and Men's Health dubbed her the "sexiest woman of 2013". She is a sex symbol and is noted for her unconventional style of dress. It is often humorous, bright in color, reminiscent of different decades and often includes food-related themes, such as fruit and candy, an example being her trademark spinning peppermint swirl bra. Her transformation into an artist began with fashion and was inspired by American film actress Dominique Swain's portrayal in the 1997 film Lolita. She defines her fashion style as "a bit of a concoction of different things", and draws inspiration from pin-up and cartoons. Her fashion has caught the attention of designers. Perry lists her style icons as Gwen Stefani, Shirley Manson, Chlo� Sevigny, Daphne Guinness, Natalie Portman, and the fictional character Lolita.

In October 2008, a photo of her posing with a switchblade was criticized. The picture was defended as only an effort to give her a "sexy, harder edge". In September 2010, Perry filmed an appearance on Sesame Street, singing "Hot N Cold" alongside puppet character Elmo, but after complaints were made from parents who criticized her outfit for being too revealing the performance was axed from the show. Shortly afterwards, Perry appeared on Saturday Night Live and starred in a skit mocking the controversy.

Having been raised by two Pentecostal pastors, Perry confirmed in Katy Perry: Part of Me that she still keeps a religious connection with God, although is less devout than her parents. She described her relationship with God as "one-on-one". In an October 2013 interview with W Magazine, Perry said: "I try and keep my connection with G-O-D or with a power that's bigger than me. It's important - otherwise, you don't have any kind of accountability" and that "for me, accountability works".

In an early December 2013 interview with Toronto Star, she mentioned her views on God changed as she got older, saying "My God has changed over the years. Absolutely. I believe there's this 'bigger than me' thing that�s looking after me. I don't believe in like God as a really old guy with a beard on a gold throne" and that "I don't believe in heaven or hell as a destination. In fact, the terms of what I believe are still up for debate because I'm still on a journey and I don't even know if I'm going to get to my destination". In an interview with Marie Claire in December 2013, Perry mentioned that she does not label herself under any particular religion though has a "deep connection" with God. She also mentioned she finds spirituality through the writing of Eckhart Tolle and through Transcendental Meditation.

Perry is a gay activist. She confirmed that she voted no on Prop 8 (California's November 4, 2008, amendment that would legally define marriage as a union solely between a man and a woman). She dedicated the music video to her October 2010 single "Firework" to the It Gets Better Project.Through Twitter and by performing at his rallies, Perry supported President Barack Obama in his run for re-election in November 2012 due to his stance on same-sex marriage and believing in "equal rights for all". Perry was awarded the Trevor Hero Award from The Trevor Project for her work and activism on behalf of LGBT youth. Adam Shankman, speaking on behalf of The Trevor Project, said Perry received the award "not only for what she's done to inspire and empower us, but also her commitment to being a better, stronger ally for LGBT youth".

Perry has received 2 American Music Awards, 12 People's Choice Awards, and 4 MTV Video Music Awards. She has also been nominated for 11 Grammy Awards.

 


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Dated 25  December 2013