With Katy Perry’s “Woman’s World” releasing this week and her album, ‘143,’ coming out in September, let’s rewind into how she took over the Billboard charts. In 2008 Katy debuted with “I Kissed A Girl.” She soon dominated the Hot 100 & Billboard 200 with back to back singles from ‘Teenage Dream’ & ‘Prism.’ Keep watching for more!
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00:00It's Katy's world and we're just living in it.
00:03Katy Perry has dropped her new single, Woman's World,
00:05and to celebrate, we're looking back at her impressive chart achievements.
00:09This is Billboard Explains Katy Perry's success on the Billboard charts.
00:14Katy Perry made her Billboard chart debut with I Kissed a Girl.
00:21The single kicked off her career in a huge way, spending seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
00:27And it was named the Song of the Summer for 2008.
00:30The song's momentum set her One of the Boys album up for success.
00:34It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 and spent 92 weeks on the chart.
00:38Katy also scored two more Hot 100 Top 10s from that album, Hot and Cold at No. 3,
00:43and Waking Up in Vegas reached No. 9.
00:46Next came her record-making 2010 sophomore album, Teenage Dream.
00:58It made history with five No. 1 singles on the Hot 100,
01:01California Girls with Snoop Dogg, the album's title track, Firework, ET featuring Kanye West,
01:07and last Friday night, TGIF.
01:17Teenage Dream was the first album by a woman with five No. 1 hits,
01:21and only the second by any artist tying Michael Jackson's Bad for the record.
01:26The album became Katy's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and is still on the chart at 380 weeks and counting.
01:33In total, Katy has nine No. 1 hits on the Hot 100, including Part of Me, Roar, and Dark Horse featuring Juicy J.
01:47After Teenage Dream, Katy's next two albums, Prism and Witness, both took the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200,
01:55while her latest release, 2020's Smile, debuted at No. 5.
02:04Will Woman's World be another Katy classic? We'll have to wait and find out.
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