| a sizeable leap up the standings for the california gurls singer katy perry, which is impressive when you consider her past year has included getting hitched to shakespearean-tongued swordsman russell brand. “i’ve got boobs and i’m not going to chop them off, so i guess people will always talk about them,” the 26-year-old has previously remarked. |
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| sexuality-wise, the jury’s out. she kissed a girl. she liked it. and then she faced a barrage of criticism from both stuffy conservatives and a (slightly more effeminate) backlash from the gay community. yet somehow, her place as one of pop’s hottest new faces already seems assured. debut album one of the boys has already sold a million copies and, with saucily-attired live performances regularly playing to sell-out crowds, her success shows no sign of slowing down. in short, she’s the 21st century’s britney spears. only with more musical attitude, a less conventional look and a healthier mental state. |
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| when katy perry wasn't shooting whipped cream out of her bra, distracting sesame street's elmo with her fantastic cleavage or single-handedly resurrecting the latex-dress industry, the california girl was busy achieving one of the most successful single years ever for a female pop star. perry's sophomore album, teenage dream, debuted at no. 1 on the billboard 200 and produced three colossal hits, including the inescapable snoop dogg-fueled summer anthem “california gurls.” her banner year continued as she married british rapscallion russell brand, became the second most-searched artist online (after justin bieber -- it’s hard to compete with a teenage heartthrob) and earned four grammy nominations, including an unexpected one for album of the year. this year, perry will make the inevita |
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