Katy Perry's Teenage Dream — one of the most successful pop albums of all time — reaches 450 weeks on the Billboard 200 as ...

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With Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Stargate, and a still-rising young gun named Benny Blanco in her corner, Perry constructed a bulletproof, era-defining pop album – one that topped the Billboard 200 and is ...

Linda Perry might think that Katy Perry's album is crap, but the numbers tell another story. Katy already made chart history by tying Michael Jackson's record of five number one songs from an album.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In "Teenage Dream," Olivia is basically saying "I'm sorry that I couldn't always be your teenage dream," ...

Katy Perry spent more than her fair share of time in the spotlight recently, thanks to her trip to space via the Blue Origin NC-31 mission, but one older album from the star that earned her universal ...

It's fairly apparent that Katy Perry writes the majority of her material with her tongue in her cheek, and one eyebrow archly raised (little finger raised to pursed-lips = optional). So it's only fair ...

NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Singer Katy Perry wooed U.S. critics with her second major-label album release on Tuesday, packed with flirty, giggly pop songs, strong dance beats and plenty of ...

Billboard named Katy Perry its woman of the year, but the pop star thought her year was 2011. "I felt like my year was last year ... I thought my moment had passed," Perry said in an interview with ...

Katy Perry has insisted that her upcoming repackage album is a "bargain". The singer revealed that she decided to re-release her Teenage Dream album with bonus material to please her "hardcore fans". ...

It's quite a song title, too. If we take a trip down memory lane and look at Olivia's debut album Sour, the phrase "teenage dream" came up in her music before. In Sour's opening track "Brutal," one of ...