KATY PERRY’S NEW STUDIO ALBUM, 143, IS OUT TODAY
KATY HEADLINES ROCK IN RIO TONIGHT – VIEW LIVESTREAM HERE
ALBUM INCLUDES COLLABORATIONS WITH 21 SAVAGE, DOECHII, KIM PETRAS AND JID
Photo credit: Jack Bridgland
Katy Perry’s 143, her sixth studio album, was released today via Capitol Records. As she approached the project, Katy envisioned a bold, exuberant, celebratory dance-pop album with the symbolic 143 numerical expression of love as a throughline message. The result is a sexy, fearless, return to form for the multifaceted musician. Jam packed with the empowering, sexy and provocative pop anthems fans have come to love, 143 is an album with a lot of heart – and a lot of BPM. Download / stream HERE.
Tonight, the global pop superstar will celebrate the album’s release by playing a sold-out headline show for over 100,000 fans at Rock in Rio in Brazil – Katy’s first performance at the Rio de Janeiro festival since 2015. Tune in for Katy’s performance LIVE from Rock In Rio, Friday, September 20, at 7:55 PM PT. Watch here: http://katy.to/RockInRioPR
Last week, Katy made an epic return to the MTV stage for the first time since 2017. The five-time VMA winner accepted the 2024 Video Vanguard Award and performed a show-stopping, career-spanning medley of her biggest hits, which included the debut television performances of two singles from 143 – “I’M HIS, HE’S MINE,” with a surprise appearance by Doechii, and “LIFETIMES.” View the medley HERE.
Shortly thereafter, Katy dropped the official video for “I’M HIS, HE’S MINE.” View HERE. Billboard said, “If you’re still wiping the steam off your screen from Katy Perry’s NSFW debut performance of ‘I’m His, He’s Mine’ with Doechii during her career-spanning medley at this week’s 2024 VMAs, buckle up because the official video is just as provocative.” PEOPLE observed, “Katy Perry left no crumbs in her performance for the ‘I’m His, He’s Mine’ music video.” Uproxx marveled, “From daredevil like stunts to full-on PDA, Katy Perry and Doechii hold nothing back.” 143 also includes features by 21 Savage, Kim Petras and JID. See below for track listing.
With a cumulative 115 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 70 million adjusted albums and 143 million tracks, Katy is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. She’s one of only five recording artists in RIAA history to gain entry to the elite 100 Million Certified Songs club. With 143, she launches an exciting new era in her record-breaking pop career.
Track Listing – 143
- WOMAN’S WORLD
- GIMME GIMME (feat. 21 Savage)
- GORGEOUS (feat. Kim Petras)
- I’M HIS, HE’S MINE (feat. Doechii)
- CRUSH
- LIFETIMES
- ALL THE LOVE
- NIRVANA
- ARTIFICIAL (feat. JID)
- TRUTH
- WONDER
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ABOUT KATY PERRY:
Since Katy Perry’s Capitol Records debut in 2008 with One of the Boys, she has racked up a cumulative 115 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 70 million adjusted albums and 143 million tracks. The biggest-selling female artist in Capitol history, Katy is one of only twelve artists in history to have surpassed 100 million certified units with their solo single releases – and the first-ever Capitol Records recording artist to achieve the elite status of having 10 million RIAA-certified units for a single in 2015. She was also the first artist in RIAA history to earn three RIAA Diamond singles – for “Firework,” “Dark Horse” and “Roar.” Since then, she’s added a few more to her collection with “California Gurls” (feat. Snoop Dogg), “E.T”, and both “Teenage Dream” the SINGLE AND ALBUM going DIAMOND. Katy now has six singles and one album for a total of SEVEN Diamond-certified titles.
Now certified 3x Platinum, One of the Boys contained the hits “I Kissed A Girl” (6x Platinum) and “Hot N Cold” (8x Platinum). Katy’s second studio album, Diamond-certified Teenage Dream (2010), produced massive hits “Firework” and “California Gurls,” in addition to “E.T.” and “Teenage Dream” (single), which have each reached Diamond (10x Platinum).
The 5x Platinum PRISM followed in 2013. When the official videos for “Dark Horse” and the 15x Platinum, “Roar” each surpassed three billion views, Katy became the first female artist to reach this milestone. “Roar” has just crossed the four billion view mark, while “Dark Horse” recently crossed the one billion threshold on Spotify, where Katy boasts an impressive 57 million+ monthly listeners with over 30 million followers.
2017’s Witness contained the 2x Platinum “Chained to the Rhythm” (feat. Skip Marley) plus the Platinum hits “Bon Appétit” (feat. Migos) and “Swish Swish” (feat. Nicki Minaj). “Never Really Over,” off her latest album SMILE, is certified Platinum and was the biggest streaming launch of Katy’s musical career. The album also includes the Gold-certified singles “Daisies” and “Harleys in Hawaii.” SMILE has sold over 2.5 million adjusted albums, with over 4 billion combined streams to date.
Aside from being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Katy is an active advocate of many philanthropic causes. In 2013, Katy was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and has used her powerful voice to ensure every child’s right to health, education, equality, and protection. Katy has also been a champion for LGBTQ+ equality, and has received numerous awards for her work, including the Trevor Project’s Hero Award in 2012, the Human Rights Campaign’s National Equality Award in 2017, amfAR’s Award of Courage in 2018, and Variety’s Power of Women distinction in 2021 for her work with her own foundation, the Firework Foundation, whose mission is to empower children from underserved communities by igniting their inner light through the arts.
Katy has similarly focused her entrepreneurial flair towards her eponymous shoe line, Katy Perry Collections, as well as for selective companies working to improve health and wellness. She sits on the Board of Bragg, makers of the celebrated Apple Cider Vinegar, has been an early backer of Impossible Foods, the plant-based meat producer, and is an active investor in Apeel Sciences, a company focused on plant-derived shelf-life extension technology for fresh produce that improves quality and reduces food waste, and Samsara, an enviro-tech company creating infinite recycling to end plastic pollution. Most recently, Katy co-founded De Soi, a line of sparkling ready-to-drink non-alcoholic apéritifs with natural adaptogens, in partnership with AMASS, maker of clean botanics.
Katy has just wrapped her critically acclaimed Las Vegas residency, PLAY. When “American Idol” returned to the air in 2018, Katy joined as a judge. She just completed her seventh, and final, consecutive season on the show.
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