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Katy Perry

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Chartbreaker: Taylor Swift and The Hunger Games top Adele and One Direction this week

    Lots of noise on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the past two weeks, and it hasn't been from Adele...for once. Last week, newcomers One Direction made history as the first British import with a number-one album debut -- neither the Spice Girls nor the Beatles had albums ever debut at number one in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Video: In Katy Perry's "Part Of Me," she joins the Marines after a break-up

    As if releasing "Part Of Me," the I'm-better-off-without-Russell-Brand single couldn't be autobiographical enough already, its accompanying video, which Katy Perry dropped late last week, really drives the message home. In the clip, Perry, who has become quite the character actress as of late -- she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Taylor Swift earned more than Adele and Katy Perry combined last year

    You don't want to screw with Taylor Swift. Virtually every confirmed -- or rumored -- romance she has ends up in lyrics to one of her songs. John Mayer? Check. Joe Jonas? Hell, yeah. Yet as much as it may hurt the doe-eyed Swift and her good intentions, having her heart broken -- much like Adele -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Chartbreaker: Adele beats Michael Jackson's record and eyes Prince's Purple Rain next

    Yet another big week for Adele, who continues to dominate the charts. With a ninth consecutive week at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, the 22nd week overall, Adele's second album, 21 recently supplanted The Bodyguard soundtrack in the record books and now the album has is closing in on Prince ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Happy birthday, Rihanna. "Turn Up the Music," but no "Birthday Cake" for you, Chris Brown!

    Update: Chris Brown's "Turn Up the Music" remix featuring Rhianna added below. Happy 24th birthday, Robyn Rihanna Fenty. We remember your first record, "Pon De Replay." Nice, disposable dancefloor pop. It was urban enough to get people dancing in high school, but not sexy enough to fertilize anythi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry fight for pop's best new song with "Starships" and "Part Of Me"

    Whose new single is better -- Nicki Minaj's "Starships" or Katy Perry's "Part Of Me"?​Both Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj used their Grammy performances on Sunday to premiere new singles from their forthcoming albums, Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, respecti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    The 54th Grammys: who will win (Adele) and who won't (Lady Gaga)

    From power pop to power ballads, rock anthems to rap staples, the nominees of the 54th Grammy Awards, which airs this Sunday night, sees no dearth of great music. There's little doubt that it will be Adele's night, but others, like Kanye West and Mumford & Sons, could win big too. Continue reading f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Nicki Minaj's "Stupid Hoe" takes aim at Gaga and other fellow pop stars

    Forget Lil Kim. At this point in her career, Nicki Minaj's only enemy is herself and "Super Bass." That track, which catapulted Minaj into a mainstream as cross-genre artist and onto the iPods of Taylor Swift fans everywhere, will be her "Lose Yourself" -- the song that defines Minaj's career until ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" gets the acoustic treatment

    As if Katy Perry's divorce news weren't bad enough, now there's an acoustic version of "The One That Got Away" to empathize with. Released yesterday, this rendition, drenched in piano and acoustic guitar, shows greater depth and emotes way more than the video ever could have. Had Perry released thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Top ten Backbeat posts of 2011

    By now, anyone who's ever blogged -- which is likely most of you reading this -- knows that the stories that took the most time, the really important ones, were often around the bottom when it came to traffic, pageviews, unique visitors, etc. Meanwhile, the ol' bacon Nativity scene is doing gang-bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Ten pop music moments that defined 2011

    With major comebacks and massive hits, 2011 was the year of the women, from Beyoncé to Miley Cyrus. Without singers like Adele, we wouldn't have songs to cry along with, and without Katy Perry, we wouldn't have any songs to hum at our nine to five. So what exactly were the biggest pop moments of 20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Katy Perry's charisma fizzles on Saturday Night Live guest host, plus a breakdown of the charts

    Katy Perry hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend.​For a pop star whose boobs were their own punch line on a previous appearance of Saturday Night Live, Katy Perry's hosting duties fell flat on Saturday. Instead of creating any memorable new characters -- á la Justin Timberlake -- the writer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    "Marry the Night," Lady Gaga's new video, registers eleven million views and counting

    Lady Gaga won't let a face full of cereal stop her from being the biggest pop star yet.​"Marry The Night," Lady Gaga's new video has racked up eleven million views and counting since debuting this past Friday. The most surprising part isn't how many views the clip has registered as much as the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    2012 Grammy Nominations: Kanye West and Adele clean up, Katy Perry earns pair of nods

    Grammy nominations for 2012 were announced last night during the Grammys Nomination Concert -- which was, oddly, just that: a concert, not a nominations show. Nominations in four major categories were announced, plus performances by major players in mainstream music like Lady Gaga, who performed twi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Madonna's new single leaks: Does it deserve any love? Plus a breakdown of this week's charts

    Madonna wants all your love, but does she deserve any of it?​It was a big week for female pop music. Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Madonna were all in the spotlight this week. Perry's new video for "The One That Got Away" garnerd hit six million YouTube views over the weekend. The song is her sixt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Could Katy Perry's new single break MJ's record, or merely be "The One That Got Away"?

    Katy Perry won't let another number-one single get away.​This Friday, on the magical, mystical date of 11/11/11, Katy Perry is planning to premiere the video for her sixth single, "The One That Got Away," from Teenage Dream, the album that keeps on producing hit singles. In an attempt to break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2011

    Labor Day: Let's recap the ten best concerts of the summer

    Summer's about sweating after dark.​From Lil Wayne's on-stage clowning and Katy Perry's cooing, to a perspiration-and-PBR soaked reunion of Planes Mistaken for Stars, and even those teenage, Danish punks Iceage melting the audience Rhinoceropolis, the summer of 2011 was as good as any for live ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Reader: "Will you morons in the media give it a rest already!"

    ​Nothing stirs the ire, it seems, quite as efficiently and effortlessly as devoting coverage to pop tarts like Katy Perry. In response to Cory Lamz's Poptimystic piece on Perry's recent chart success how it compares to Michael Jackson's previous chart-topping accomplishments, one rather passio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Could Katy Perry be as "Bad" as Michael Jackson? It's certainly looking that way

    Perry's "Friday Night" is the next "Dirty Diana"?​"Katy Perry breaks another record" -- how many times have we heard that this summer? Not enough, apparently. Perry, whose last two singles, "E.T." and "Firework" have both been certified 4x-platinum, may claim yet another chart record title wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Download Sole's Nuclear Winter Volume 2 with Pictureplane, Greencarpetedstairs and more

    ​Apparently it's the summer of Sole, because the dude is just not letting up. With Hello Cruel Worldjust released earlier this month, we missed the Nuclear Winter Volume 2 mix tape, which is available as a free download from Circle Into Square. All you need is an email address and you'll get a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    The Smurfs is this week's most ridiculous trailer

    ​It's a mildly fun fact that the original gimmick of the Smurfs -- created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo way back in the '50s -- was the "Smurf language", in which the small blue characters substitute that word for whatever verb, noun or adjective, depending on context. But it didn't really catch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Top Concert Photos of July, 2011

    Aaron ThackeraySoundgarden at Red Rocks​As this time of year generally tends to be, July was a heck of a month for concerts with Tech N9NE, The Avett Brothers, Soundgarden, Umphrey's McGee, Katy Perry and plenty more gracing the stages. We've got so many photos, it might be hard to sift throug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Review: Katy Perry at 1STBANK Center, 7/26/11

    Katy Perry last night at 1STBANK Center with Skeet Skeet and Robyn​KATY PERRY at 1STBANK CENTER | 07/26/11The crowd at Katy Perry last night was exactly as expected -- armies of sprayed and glittered bodies evoked every variation of Perry's persona over the last half-decade: girls from prescho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Five songs written by Katy Perry and recorded by someone else

    She rose to fame by kissing girls and liking it, and she kept her fame by spraying whipped cream out of her bra. Beyond the novelty, Katy Perry (due tonight at the 1STBANK Center) is an accomplished songwriter who shares a writing credit on hits like "Teenage Dream" and "Firework." And she also has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Tonight: Katy Perry at 1st Bank Center

    ​Katy Perry (performing tonight at 1STBANK Center with Robyn and DJ Skeet Skeet) truly needs no introduction. Whether you're seven or seventy, you known Perry's glossy image from somewhere in pop culture -- her music is everywhere, and she can be caught on everything from infomercials to MTV. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    The moonlight was not the highlight of the Moonlight Classic Bike Ride

    ​Everybody knows that, in this town, if you're riding your bike around during the day and you're not decked out in blaring, full-body lycra, you are doing it wrong. At night, though, all bets are off. This weekend, the Kaiser Permanente Moonlight Classic once again took off from the state Capi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Katy Perry's "Kathy" the latest rockstar alter-ego

    Is that you, Katy Perry?​It's no secret Katy Perry has a wicked sense of comedic timing. Remember when her Sesame Street appearance didn't air and she donned a skin-tight Elmo t-shirt and bounced around on Saturday Night Live as Maureen the sixteen-year-old who just hit puberty (and hard)? No ... More >>

  • Music

    May 26, 2011

    Why does Katy Perry hate carnations so much?

    Is that you, Katy Perry?​It's no secret Katy Perry has a wicked sense of comedic timing. Remember when her Sesame Street appearance didn't air and she donned a skin-tight Elmo t-shirt and bounced around on Saturday Night Live as Maureen the sixteen-year-old who just hit puberty (and hard)? No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Katy Perry tried to blow up Troy Tulowitzki's season with her shmucky fireworks

    Tulo's nightmare.​Troy Tulowitzki isn't known for his Aprils. Or rather, he is known for his Aprils. He's known for sucking in them. Over the past few years, the Colorado Rockies' $134 million Gold Glove-winning All-Star shortstop has looked like a Little Leaguer through the first month of th ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2010

    Our 55 favorite musical releases of 2010

    Tulo's nightmare.​Troy Tulowitzki isn't known for his Aprils. Or rather, he is known for his Aprils. He's known for sucking in them. Over the past few years, the Colorado Rockies' $134 million Gold Glove-winning All-Star shortstop has looked like a Little Leaguer through the first month of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    3OH!3 reflects on its first kiss and experiences "Double Vision" at Playboy's Beach House

    Just in case you're wondering what life is like for those affable 3OH!3 hooligans these days, well, let's just say it still seems charmed. Witness the pair rocking the Playboy Beach House, which appears to be stocked mostly with lovely ladies. Tough work if you can get it, eh? Talk about a teenage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Next Big Sound: Billboard's new "Social 50" chart powered by Boulder music startup

    ​In October, we profiled the Boulder start-up Next Big Sound, which seemed poised to shake the struggling music industry by using social media sites like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter to discover break-out bands. Now that Billboard has unveiled its new "Social 50" chart powered by Next Big Sou ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Yo Gabba Gabba!

    Sunday, November 7, 1STBANK Center, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Ever wonder what Bruno Mars' soul looks like?

    ​When Bruno Mars was picked up for suspicion of cocaine possession earlier this month in Las Vegas -- or "Busted for Booger Sugar" as TMZ reported, gross -- it wasn't the arrest that was so engaging, it was the mug shot. He looked downright giddy in his photo, almost creepy. Mars is currentl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    If Katy Perry's a bit much for Sesame Street, here's five other acts for PBS to avoid booking

    ​After being urged to withhold the airing of Katy Perry's appearance on Sesame Street, someone over at PBS clearly needs a guidebook of which musicians not to hire for the show. What were they expecting exactly? Did they miss the whole bit about her kissing a girl and liking it, or that whole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Katy Perry proves too hot for Sesame Street

    Katy Perry is inappropriate for children. That's the message that went out today when the Sesame Workshop, who produce the long-running Sesame Street, announced they'd be nixing the pop tart's already completed guest appearance with Elmo. The reason? The video caused an uproar when it was prerelea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Five artists begging to be riffed on by the new Beavis and Butthead

    ​We're sure you've heard by now that Beavis & Butthead, the staple of '90s-era MTV, is returning in a new series to help break up the monotony of the reality-show based programming choices on the network. While MTV hasn't yet officially confirmed what the NY Post reported two months ago, they ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2010

    Dave Aude at Beta

    ​We're sure you've heard by now that Beavis & Butthead, the staple of '90s-era MTV, is returning in a new series to help break up the monotony of the reality-show based programming choices on the network. While MTV hasn't yet officially confirmed what the NY Post reported two months ago, they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Top 10 weirdest musician movie roles

    ​It's not unusual for musicians to try out acting or vice-versa, but sometimes those roles take unusual turns. Now, with "I Kissed a Girl" songstress Katy Perry (who, interestingly, recently called Lady Gaga's new "Alejandro" video "blasphemous") gearing up to play Smurfette in the upcoming ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Hearsay Bits: Swollen Members tour bus munched, plus get all the 3OH!3 you Want today from Amazon.com for less than two bucks

    Dismembered: We're guessing that Swollen Members tour manager BJ smith and the three other crew guys he was traveling with earlier this week are no doubt breathing easy today after surviving a freak accident in Colorado Springs that could've been fatal. Smith and company were in the Springs makin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    3OH!3 premiers new remix of "Starstrukk" with Katy Perry

    ​Katy Perry annoyed the hell out of us when she first came out with that damn "I Kissed a Girl" song. It was as annoying as it was inescapable. As much as we hate to admit it, though, Perry has kind of worn on us -- probably because our better half plays the hell out of her latest single, "Waking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    3OH!3 and Katy Perry get all "Starstrukk" in New York

    ​So yesterday we posted some footage of the Fray crew pranking the Meese boys and vice versa. Seems this sort of tomfoolery is rite of passage on tour. Who knew? Evidently, while they were on the road with Katy Perry in Europe the members of the boy band known as 3OH!3 helped themselves to one of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Freaky Friday: Ukrainians love Katy Perry

    I learned this week that Katy Perry must just be huge in the Ukraine. I mean, why else would a Ukrainian polka band be performing her future classic "Hot'n'Cold" on TV? And would said clip make it to YouTube, so I can bring it to you? And what exactly does it mean that the band playing the tune is c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Soundbites: Cheap Girls, Bon Iver, Frank Turner, Papermoons and Lemuria

    Welcome to another edition of Sound Bites, our economy-sized album reviews. This week, Andy Thomas weighs in on five recent national releases from Bon Iver (pictured left), Cheap Girls, Frank Turner, Papermoons and Lemuria after the jump.

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Single File in Spin

    Just received a copy of Single File's new record, Common Struggles. Haven't had a chance to give it a real thorough listen yet, but from what we've heard thus far, it doesn't sound like a huge departure from the act's previous recordings. The hummable hooks the band built its name on are plentiful, ... More >>

  • Music

    February 5, 2009

    What's So Funny weighs in on this year's Grammy nominations

    Just received a copy of Single File's new record, Common Struggles. Haven't had a chance to give it a real thorough listen yet, but from what we've heard thus far, it doesn't sound like a huge departure from the act's previous recordings. The hummable hooks the band built its name on are plentiful, ... More >>

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    The Worst Lyrics of 2008

    Just received a copy of Single File's new record, Common Struggles. Haven't had a chance to give it a real thorough listen yet, but from what we've heard thus far, it doesn't sound like a huge departure from the act's previous recordings. The hummable hooks the band built its name on are plentiful, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Operation World Domination continues to be in full swing for 3OH!3

    All right, just when you thought things couldn't get any more redamndiculous for 3OH!3, they have. Following last week's appearance on Last Call with Carson Daly (clip posted after the jump), comes news that's likely to further stir the ire of naysayers. We've just learned that Nate and T-Pain hav ... More >>

  • Music

    July 10, 2008

    Katy Perry

    One of the Boys
    Capitol

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2008

    45 Second Reviews: Inhale Exhale, My Brightest Diamond, Katy Perry, Teddy Thompson

    One of the Boys
    Capitol

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