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Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Perry grew up with gospel music, and during her first year of high school she pursued a music career as Katy Hudson, releasing her first studio album called Katy Hudson which failed to chart. She recorded a solo album later, which was never released. After signing with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry.
She first gained recognition with the release of her first mainstream album, One of the Boys in 2008, which spawned three Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs—"I Kissed A Girl", "Hot n Cold" and "Waking Up In Vegas". Perry supported the album with her Hello Katy Tour. In 2010, her third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010), which topped the Billboard 200 chart, and spawned five number one singles—"California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"—Teenage Dream was the only album (after Michael Jackson's Bad)—to do so, and the first female in history to achieve this milestone. She embarked on the California Dreams Tour, which grossed nearly $60 million worldwide. Perry re-released the album under the name of Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection on March 26, 2012, and the re-release has already spawned the number-one single "Part of Me".
(Me) that's all I ever thought about
(Me) that's all I ever cared about
(Me) I turned my back on the love that I now cry for
(Me) I pushed aside what some men die for
(You) you wanted so little for yourself
(You) you wanted my love and nothing else
(You) you gave me my chance I just waited too long
(You) I never realized how much I loved you untill you've gone
(We) that's much a small and simple word
(We) you wanted to hear it but you never heard
(We) it would have meant so much to you then
(We) you might still be in love if it hadn't been for
(Me) what kind of a man would close the door
(Me) on the very thing that he searches for
(Me) I've been around but I've failed to see