NARM Music Biz 2012 Awards Dinner Party

May 16th, 2012

Pop star Katy Perry has been named Artist of the Year at the NARM Music Awards.

The 27-year-old ‘Teenage Dream’ hitmaker was awarded for her succesful year in singing in Culver City, California, on Thursday, reported Contactmusic.

“Katy’s music was absolutely everywhere over the past year and her dominance of the singles charts is a nearly unprecedented accomplishment. She has unquestionably blossomed into a true global superstar and has earned this award in every sense of the word,” said NARM chairman Jim Donio.

Singer Lionel Richie was also the star of the night as he received the prestigious Chairman’s Award for Sustained Creative Achievement.


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Katy Perry ‘attracted to bad boy’

May 6th, 2012

Katy Perry’s new boyfriend is exactly her type because he has a “bad boy” side.

The American singer is thought to be dating Florence + The Machine guitarist Rob Ackroyd, after they were seen smooching at a recent music festival.

They are said to be very taken with each other, with Katy loving the two sides of Rob’s character. Katy is in the process of divorcing Russell Brand and has apparently told her friends that Rob is exactly what she needs at the moment

“He’s a super-lovely, sweet, romantic guy who will treat her like a princess. And after everything that happened with Russell, that’s just what she needs – but he’s also got this bad boy side and that’s exactly her type,” a source told Look magazine.

She’s also introduced him to her friends and they are all very happy for her. Rihanna was said to be particularly impressed.

“He’s a rocker in a band and a big fan of tattoos. Katy says that it’s really sexy that he’s in a band and they’ve worked with a lot of the same producers,” the insider added. “She’s already introduced him to her best friends, actress Shannon Woodward and Rihanna, who thoroughly approve.”

Perry Wraps New Video For Complete Confection Track

May 6th, 2012

Katy Perry has some news for her Katy Cats. She just wrapped up production on a brand-spankin’-new music video. The singer tweeted about the shoot, teasing that the video will play some part in her forthcoming 3-D big-screen spectacle “Katy Perry: Part of Me,” out in July.

“3rd long ass day of shooting … the new music video!!!!! #workinggirl,” she tweeted late Wednesday. “About to shoot one of the last scenes for the music video … I have to pick a costume from the Cali Dreams Tour, which would u pick? #KP3D.”

While she didn’t specify for which track she was shooting the video, when she sat down with MTV News in March, she noted that she did have a video concept in mind for her Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection track “Wide Awake.”

“I know exactly what that music video is. I know exactly who is directing it. I know the art direction, the people, the narrative,” she explained. “And I had that idea while I was writing the song.”

In the same interview, Perry talked about the dreamy breakup track. “Well, there were two songs that I had from Teenage Dream that I couldn’t put on, it was ‘Part of Me’ and ‘Dressing Up.’ And then I knew we were doing the re-release and so I was like, ‘I got to get in the studio,’ because I can’t wait eight months to be able to put out this feeling that I’m feeling right now,” she said. ” ‘Cause God knows, it would take eight months to do another record. I couldn’t do it on the fly, to set up records it takes time.

“So I was like, ‘I’m getting into studio.’ I had two days to write and I wrote it with my regular crew,” she said of working with Dr. Luke, Max Martin and Bonnie McKee for the song. “Then I had two days to record. It was literally … I submitted the lyrics before I submitted the music because it was by the hair of my chinny chin chin that I put that song on the record. But I have a film that’s coming out in the summer that’s like a concert documentary. Not only did I write the song because I needed to flush that out of my system, but I wrote it for the film as well.”

Perry Defends Her On Stage Concert Kiss

January 28th, 2012

Katy Perry quickly walks through LAX Airport after departing her international flight on Monday (January 23) in Los Angeles.

The 27-year-old singer (wearing an Artisan de Luxe hoodie and Miu Miu sunglasses) returned from Indonesia, where she gave her first post-divorce announcement concert. Katy and her ex Russell Brand announced their split in December.

At the concert, Katy kissed a boy on stage, which caused quite the stir on Twitter.

“Btw, I have *kissed* 1 boy, picked randomly out of the audience, on the cheek as a part of my show for all 125 tour dates. Simmer down now,” Katy said, defending her random kiss as nothing more than for show.

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