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• Katy Perry, whose real name is Katy Hudson, is a singer and songwriter from California. Her musical debut was a 2001 Christian rock album. On June 10, 2008, she released One of the Boys on Capitol Records. The single "I Kissed a Girl" rose to the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 within a few weeks. It was later nominated for a Grammy for Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.Billboard.com: Discography - Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl" Billboard.com: Katy Perry Still Top 'Girl' on Hot 100 (July 11, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Second single from One of the Boys
  2. Length: 3:01
  3. Genre: Pop
  4. Produced by: Dr. Luke
  5. June 2008: "I Kissed a Girl" became 1,000th number one hit song of the rock eraBillboard.com: Katy Perry Scores 1,000th No. 1 Hit of Rock Era (June 26, 2008)
  6. July 2008: Song spent several weeks at number one on Billboard Hot 100 singles chartBillboard.com: Katy Perry Still Top 'Girl' on Hot 100 (July 11, 2008)
  7. "I Kissed a Girl" topped the charts in 20 countriesMTV.com: Katy Perry Bio
  8. Perry performed the song on the July 10, 2008 episode of So You Think You Can DanceEW.com: So You Think You Can Dance: Do the Rate Thing (July 11, 2008)
  9. Was the fourth-best-selling digital track of 2008Pop & Hiss: Grammys spread the virtual love with Katy Perry (January 6, 2009)
  10. It sold a total of 2.6 million downloadsPop & Hiss: Grammys spread the virtual love with Katy Perry (January 6, 2009)
  11. Received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal PerformancePop & Hiss: Grammys spread the virtual love with Katy Perry (January 6, 2009)

• I Kissed a Girl Reviews

  "Lead single "I Kissed a Girl" features a throbbing beat and an infectious, bi-curious hook, but its self-satisfied, in-your-face posturing rings phony in comparison to the expertly constructed ambiguities of "Justify My Love" or practically anything in the first decade of Ani DiFranco's catalogue; it's like a tween version of DiFranco's tortured bisexual confession "Light of Some Kind." "I Kissed a Girl" isn't problematic because it promotes homosexuality, but because its appropriation of the gay lifestyle exists for the sole purpose of garnering attention—both from Perry's boyfriend and her audience."Slant: Katy Perry One of the Boys (June 15, 2008) — Sal Cinquemani, Slant MagazineSlant: Katy Perry One of the Boys (June 15, 2008)

  "On the New Wave-y club single "I Kissed a Girl" — a vanilla recounting of her chick-on-chick exploits — she sounds like the type who makes out with her BFF just to get a dude's attention. And when she's not acting out, she's a total snooze."Rolling Stone: Katy Perry One of the Boys (June 26, 2008) — Nicole Frehsee, Rolling Stone

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