Katy Perry Covers Billboard

Published: Saturday 24th Jul 2010 by Sam

Peep Pop starlet Katy Perry on the cover of the latest issue of Billboard magazine. The quirky 25 year old’s feature is accompanied by an insightful article (in which she talks her musical journey so far, new album ‘Teenage Dream’ and her team’s plan to make her an album’s artist, as opposed to a singles artist). Click here to read the article in its entirety.

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  1. matt July 24, 2010

    Katy Perry will never be an album’s artist, she will only be able to shift singles, as people are only interested in the song, not the artist, just ask rihanna!!

  2. Beysbetter July 24, 2010

    agreed. She is the white rihanna in terms of sales. But she actually has talent and a great voice.

  3. Ankka July 24, 2010

    new queen of pop????? hahahahahahahahahahahah !!! now that’s a good joke!

  4. TRUTH July 24, 2010

    Oh please stop the delusion people. Turning everything about Rihanna. Good Girl Gone Bad sold over 7.5 million worldwide, so the girl can push albums. Rated R still sold over 3 million worldwide when the era was written off from the start. And to say Katy Perry has more talent than Rihanna is just delusional. Damn, its okay to not like someone, but stop the LIES.

  5. Lewis92 July 24, 2010

    @TRUTH I totally agree with u. Katy is more talented than riri.

  6. GangsterA July 24, 2010

    ^^ he didnt say that any way katy looks nice and i think she will be an album artist not singles artits

  7. Soulful Roses July 24, 2010

    Me no likey the cover 🙁

  8. Kevin July 24, 2010

    WHO THE F*** GAVE THE OK TO CALL KATY PERRY THE NEW QUEEN OF POP!?

  9. SASHA July 24, 2010

    @truth i agree with u but Rated R has sold 2.3 million I lovwe to correct people

  10. Keesha July 24, 2010

    matt
    July 24, 2010 at 1:24 pm
    Katy Perry will never be an album’s artist, she will only be able to shift singles, as people are only interested in the song, not the artist, just ask rihanna!!
    ______________________________________________________________________
    Agreed! People are saying that Rihanna sold 7.5 million copies of GGGB but that was after she RERELEASED it, and the album still didn’t debut at #1. I mean if you are going to use album stats, at least get the facts straight. A person who is able to sell albums doesn’t have to rerelease it and add more songs on it for people to buy it.

  11. Keesha July 24, 2010

    Kevin
    July 24, 2010 at 3:53 pm
    WHO THE F*** GAVE THE OK TO CALL KATY PERRY THE NEW QUEEN OF POP!?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    Only on Billboard and Rolling Stone (i.e. Jay-Z is the king of America *rolls eyes*). ONLY. I guess they figure it will sell them more copies, I don’t know.

  12. Badd July 24, 2010

    The New Queen of pop ????
    That is SUCH an insult to Madonna.
    Katy Perry’s music is good…but she hasn’t really done anything.
    I find it hilarious how the music industry is.
    If they gave California Gurls a no. 1 spot.
    Then they definitely cheated GAGA out of Bad Romance.
    & If they give her a no. 1 for Teenage Dream
    they might as well have gave her one for Paparazzi.
    She’s a good artist with catchy songs, but…….

  13. Soulful Roses July 24, 2010

    New Queen of Pop? Somebody get my casket because I’m offically DEAD…

  14. right round July 24, 2010

    Good to know that her lebel thinks selling albums is important. I guess that’s how labels make their money from artists. I don’t think Katy’s album will have stellars sales IMO. QUEEN of POP?? oook.

    Rihanna is the ultimate singles artist : 7#1’s and 20 million+ digital sales… but LESS than 4 million ALBUMS sold in the US. it just doesn’t add up and I think that’s why she’s having major troubles with her tour here in the states.

  15. I {heart} music! July 24, 2010

    New Queen of Pop?????????? You gotta be kidding me! Delusion is a sickness I see!

  16. True Blue July 24, 2010

    New Queen of Pop? Didn’t know Madonna died…

  17. HERE FOR MIMI, BEE & RIRI July 24, 2010

    Im sick of dis overrated one hit wonder.
    another 1-2 hits and shes DONE.
    #realtalk

  18. jojo July 24, 2010

    How is she the new queen of pop
    wen bey,britney,gaga n riri r already in da queue

  19. KATY 4EVER July 24, 2010

    KATY PERRY DOES HAVE MORE TALENT THAN RIRI!! AND HER LAST ALBUM “ONE OF THE BOYS” SOLD 8 MILLION WORLD WIDE! AND IT IS IN THE TOP TEN ON ITUNES! AT #5!WHERE IS RIHANNA?? AND HER VIDEO FOR “CALFORNIA GURLS” IS #1 ON ITUNES! CALIFORNIA GURLS WAS #1 ON ITUNES BEFORE EMINEM AND TAIO CRUZ SONG CAME! BUT KATY IS #1 ON POP SONGS CHART AND THE RADIO CHARTS! IT BROKE POP AND RADIO RECORDS! IT WAS #1 FOR 6 WEEKS ON THE HOT 100! AND HER LAST SINGLE “I KISSED A GURL” WAS #1 ON THE HOT 100 FOR 7 WEEKS! CALIFORNIA GURLS IS STILL CLIMBING UP THE CHARTS! SINCE IT’S RELEASE IN JUNE! AND HER LATEST SINGLE “TEENAGE DREAM” IS #5 ON ITUNES IN IT’S RELEASE IN JUST LIKE 3 DAYS RELEASED JULY 22,2020! AND CALIFORNIA GURLS IS #3 ON ITUNES! IT STILL CLIMBING UP ITUNES CHARTS! AND HER ALBUM “ONE OF THE BOYS” IS CLIMBING UP ITUNES ALBUM CHARTS! I BET YOU ALL WHEN “TEENAGE DREAM” ALBUM RELEASES IT WILL BE #1 WORLD WIDE! KATY OWNS THIS SUMMER AND PROB THE SPRING,FALL AND WINTER!

  20. Badd July 24, 2010

    ^^ ….???
    But anywayss…
    Rihanna can’t be called the queen of pop because
    she’s completely a singles artist…i mean what else has she done ??
    & Beyonce can’t really be called the queen of pop
    because she not really pop….she’s like the next
    Tina Turner & she was really pop.
    & Katy’s album is randomly now at #5 on Itunes…
    because they’re selling the album for $6.99 as a special.
    It’s not anywhere on the Billboard 200.

  21. KATY 4EVER July 24, 2010

    @BADD ARE YOU RETARDED OR SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN’T READ!!! AND TINA TURNER WAS NEVER POP!!!! TINA TURNER DOES MOSTLY ROCK MUSIC!!!! THAT’S WHY PEOPLE CALL HER “THE QUEEN OF ROCK AND ROLL”!!! BEYONCE IS THE NEXT TINA TURNER YES! BUT BEYONCE’S MUSIC IS MOSTLY R&B NOT POP! & SO WHAT DOES SELLING THE ALBUM FOR 6.99 HAVE TO DO WITH KATY PERRY BEING AT #5 LADY GAG-A’S ALBUM THE FAME MONSTER IS LISTED AS A SPECIAL TOO,BUT IT’S NOT IN THE TOP TEN! THIS IS KATY PERRY’S TIME,THIS IS THE TIME FOR HER TO EARN BACK ALL THE SUCCESS THAT HAS BEEN LOST PREVIOUSLY DUE TO POST GAG-A AND RIRI AND BEY! NOW IT’S KATY’S TURN TO SHINE! I HOPE “TEENAGE DREAM GOES TO #1 ON ITUNES MUSIC,VIDEO,ALBUM! HOT 100,POP CHARTS,RADIO CHARTS,DIGITAL CHARTS,GOT 200,CLUB/DANCE CHARTS AND ELECTRONIC ALBUM CHARTS! GO KATY

  22. Really July 24, 2010

    Britney is the Queen of Pop. BTW, compare Perry and Ri’s accolades on wikepedia and you will see that they are similar but Ri has sold more albums. Katy’s last album only sold 1.2 million in the US. Ri has sold over 5 million albums in the US while Britney has sold over 32 milion.

  23. Shouw July 24, 2010

    No no
    Madonna is the queen of pop , Britney is the princess of pop
    and that’s it !

  24. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    @REALLY BRITNEY SOLD SO MANY RECORDS BECAUSE IT WAS 1999 AND THE EARLY 2000 WHEN ALBUM SOLD THAT MANY COPIES NOW IT’S HARD FOR ARTISTS TO SELL 1 MILLION BUT KATY PERRY SOLD 8 MILLION COPIES OF “ONE OF THE BOYS” AND LADY GAGA SOLD 10 MILLION OF “THE FAME”!!! IT’S OK! I BELIEVE KATY’S NEXT ALBUM WILL MAKE UP FOR ALL OF THAT LOST!!! KATY IS A GREAT ARTIST! AND HER LASTEST SINGLE “TEENAGE DREAM” IS THE BEST! I LOVE “CALIFORNIA GURL” BUT I LOVE “TEENAGE DREAM” NOW MORE! THEY ARE BOTH GREAT SINGLES! {{TEENAGE DREAM DUE IN AUGUST 24,2010}} I WILL GET 10 COPIES PLUS I WILL BE AT THE ALBUM SIGNING! I HOPE THIS ALBUM GOES TO #1 WORLD WIDE!!!

  25. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    MADONNA=250 MILLION RECORDS SOLD!! KYLE MINOGUE=63 MILLION RECORDS BRITNEY=85 MILLION RECORDS SOLD! GAGA=15 MILLION RECORDS SOLD! BEYONCE=OVER 35 MILLION ALBUMS AND SINGLES! RIHANNA=20 MILLION RECORDS SOLD! MADONNA IS THE QUEEN,BRITNEY IS THE PRINCESS!!

  26. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    VERY PRETTY COVER!

  27. Badd July 25, 2010

    ^^ ummm SIT DOWN.
    You’re ridiculous.
    Btw I meant to say wasn’t really pop for Tina Turner.
    But anywayss,,
    & when I was talking about Rihanna & Beyonce.
    I definitely wasn’t talking to you..so umm.
    STAY IN YOUR LANE.

    Lmaooo at she’s coming back to earn back success.
    You fail as a Katy stan.
    She IS only up there because it’s $6.99
    So GET OVER IT.
    Where is her album on the Billboard 200
    since it wasn’t because of the special & she’s
    “earning back her success” ??
    Exactly…lmao.

    Katy is completely a singles artist.
    so once again…GET OVER IT.
    & none of The Fame: Monsters are even on special.
    & she did not sell 8 million albums !!!
    so stop the lying just because your fav is WEAK.

    Lmaoo you wack stans kill me.
    It’s great that you hope all of those things for Katy.
    But it would be best if you got like RIhanna stans
    & aimed low for her….then you wouldn’t be
    disappointed when she isn’t up to par with what
    you expected & you’ll have alot more to say.
    Since clearly you have nothing good to say about
    her now. I mean even RIHANNA stans could drag
    you….you have nothing on Katy.

    But you’re right about one thing. She’s having so much
    success now because GAGA, RIhanna, & Beyonce
    aren’t here. But GAGA might release DITD in the U.S
    like she did in AUS…& they’re both coming out with
    new cd’s so…..yeah.

    smh.
    Go Katy…i guess.

  28. mishka July 25, 2010

    “Her team’s plan to make her an album artist” ? That’s it , people just put lyrics in her mouth and she…”sings”.

    After her breakthrough, I thought she was a kind of Lilly Allen but she’s just a radio artist like Rihanna. “Gotta hit #1 even if it’s crap”. A Billboard artist for sure.

  29. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    ^^^^ KATY IS ONLY UP THERE BECAUSE THE ALBUM IS 6.99 SO IS LADY GAGA BUT SHE IS NOT IN THE TOP TEN!!!! LADY GAGA BOTH THE FAME MONSTER AND THE FAME ARE ALBUMS UNDER $9!!!!! SO WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT B**** TELLING ME TO STAY IN MY LANE! I’LL GO WHERE EVER I F****** PLEASE! KAY DON’T TRY TO COME AT ME!!!!! AND YES KATY PERRY DID SELL 8 MILLION COPIES OF “ONE OF THE BOYS”!!!!! IF SHE DIDN’T SELL THIS THEN HOW MUCH DID SHE SELL! DON’T WORRY B**** KATY IS COMING FOR ALL OF THEM SHE IS MAKING THIS A COMPETITION! FIRST IT WAS ONLY GAGA ATOP OF THE CHARTS NOW IT’S KATY,EMINEM/RIRI,KE$HA,M.I.A,KYLIE MINOGUE ECT.! BUT KATY IS THE ONE RULING THE CHARTS NOW! AND SHE WILL BE FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS! WE THE FANS BUY HER SINGLES AND CD SO WE DICTATE WEATHER WE WANT HER SINGLE TO BE #1 OR 100! WE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE BUYING “TEENAGE DREAM” SINGLE AND ALBUM! ALSO “CALIFORNIA GURLS” SINGLE! KATY IS COMING FOR RIRI,GAGA,KE$HA,BEY AND MANY OTHERS!

  30. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    @MISHA ISN’T KE$HA’S SONGS ARE CRAPPY AND SOME OF BRITNEY SPEARS SONGS ARE CRAPPY TOO BUT PEOPLE STILL BUY IT! AND BRITNEY HAS SOLD 85 MILLION ALBUMS! SOME OF LADY GAGA’S SONGS ARE CRAPPY!!!{{RIHANNA IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTIST IN THE WORLD!}} KATY’S “ONE OF THE BOYS” SOLD 8 MILLION COPIES! BRITNEY IS COMING BACK OUT! ALONG WITH MADONNA,RIHANNA,GAGA, AND BEYONCE!!! KATY IS RULING THE CHARTS THIS SUMMER! WE THE FANS WILL MAKE HER A ALBUM ARTIST BY BUYING HER ALBUM! “TEENAGE DREAM AUGUST 24,2010”

  31. BENJAMIN July 25, 2010

    Again, whoever in charge of these magazine covers, titling these upcoming artists as the next this, or that, needs to be slapped into Neverary. Katy is JUST now getting true limelight, it is TOO EARLY for titles like this, especially how can you call Katy something like that when we have Gaga?

  32. Badd July 25, 2010

    ^^
    Don’t try to come at you ??
    Lmao…i just did. & what have you done…??
    Nothing.
    FALL BACK. & once again…STAY IN YOUR LANE.
    Katy isn’t coming for anyone…
    lmaooo that’s the funniest one yet.
    There’s nothing really good you can say about
    your fav except she has California Gurls.
    You say she’s ruling the charts ???
    Yet all she has is California Gurls as a #1.
    Which is now gone because of Em & Rihanna.
    Itunes charts is what ppl buy on Itunes…
    the Billboard Hot 100 & 200 are what counts
    & where ppl get all of their awards from.
    It doesn’t matter that she’s #5 on Itunes when
    she’s NOWHERE on the Billboard 200.
    Once again & that’s only because she’s selling
    her album now for $6.99. You can’t say SHYT
    about GAGA because both of her albums
    are not only on the 200 list but on six other charts
    & is topping even after being on there for
    almost TWO YEARS…lmao
    & she’s broken so many records…our list
    for GAGA can go on for days….Katy’s is 2 #1’s.
    The Fame: Monster is the only album under
    9.99…& they were ALWAYS like that because
    they only had 9 songs & was a re-release of
    The Fame….& can you prove that Katy sold 8 million WW ?
    Where did you get that number from.
    It sounds like you pulled it out of your ass.
    #YOU FAIL.
    Enough of the lying.
    Don’t be mad because your fav can’t top anybody.
    Katy isn’t coming for anyone.
    You get a BITCHPLEASE & a H** SIT DOWN !!

  33. Badd July 25, 2010

    @ Benjamin.:
    Thank youuu.

  34. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    @BADD OH PLEASE!!!! LIKE I GIVE A F***!! SHUT THE F*** UP B****!!! IF I KNEW YOU I WOULD F*** YOU UP SERIOUSLY!!!! TALKING S*** CAUSE YOU KNOW IT’S ON THE INTERNET NOT FACE TO FACE!!!! GET THE F*** OUTTA HERE!!!!! YOU THINK YOU BAD~BUT YOU ARE JUST PRETEND! I LIVE WHERE I HEAR GUN SHOTS IN THE NIGHT! BK B****!

  35. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    ^^^^^^^^^^^ AND YOU FAIL B**** MADONNA CAN TOP GAGA ANYDAY!!! MADONNA SOLD 250 MILLION RECORDS AND LASTED OVER 3 DECADES! SOMETHING LADY GAGA WILL NEVER DO AND BRITNEY SPEARS LASTED OVER A DECADE! SELLING 85 MILLION RECORDS SOLD WORLD WIDE AND KYLIE MINOGUE SOLD 63 MILLION WORLD WIDE SO ALL OF THESE ARTISTS BEAT GAGA! AND RIHANNA AND BEYONCE BOTH BEAT GAGA! BEYONCE IS THE TOP EARNING FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR WITH $83 MILLION! RIHANNA GGB SOLD OVER 7 MILLION! RIHANNA NOW HAS SOLD OVER 20 MILLION AND HAS 7#1’S!!!! SO FAR KATY PERRY HAS 3 POP #1’S AND 2 BILLBOARD #1’S! WHEN TEENAGE DREAM HIT’S #1 IT WILL BE HER 3RD BILLBOARD #1 AND HER 4TH POP #1!!!! “TEENAGE DREAM DID NOT DEBUT ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 YET! IF WAS RELEASED 3 DAYS AGO AND IT IS ALREADY ON ITUNES! ITUNES IS A MAJOR CHART YOU DUMBASS!! ITUNES IS FOR MUSIC DOWNLOADS AND DOWNLOAD SALES COUNT TOO!!! IF KATY PERRY RELEASES 5 SINGLE AND THEY ALL GO TO #1 SHE’S HAVE BILLBOARD #1’S CALIFORNA GURLS INCLUDED AND 8TH POP CHART #1’S!!!!! SHE’LL HAVE AS MUCH AS MUCH BILLBOARD HOT 100 #1’S A GAGA AND BEY AND MORE THAN ALL OF THEM ON THE POP CHARTS!!!!! MADONNA=QUEEN OF POP BRITNEY=PRINCESS OF POP! GAG-A= COPYCAT/S***/UNORIGINAL/W****/IMPERSONATOR/AVERAGE TALENT! SHUT THE F*** UP CAUSE YOU AIN’T BAD AND GO TO BED B****!!!!!

  36. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    @BADD YOU AND BENJAMIN PROB THE SAME PERSON!!!!!

  37. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    GAG-A SHOULD CALL YALL LITTLE LOSERS CAUSE YALL ON HER D*** 24/7 OF THE DAY!!!! LIKE SHE LOOK LIKE A DAMN MAN! KATY IS BEAUTIFUL! AND SHE IS LIVING MY “TEENAGE DREAM”!!! I LOVE YOU KATY!

  38. KATY 4EVER July 25, 2010

    @BADD GO KILL YOURSELF!!! MOTHER MONSTER SAID SO!!!! YOU HAVE NO BRAIN SHE IS CONTROLLING YOU LIKE LITTLE PUPPETS!!!! THAT’S WHY SHE CALLS YOU HER MONSTER CAUSE YOU ARE DELUSIONAL LOSERS!!!!!!!!!

  39. katyperry July 25, 2010

    katy looks beautiful~katy you are the best F*** THE HATERS!!!!!! ^^^ i agree she got them like her puppets!!

  40. EXPOSED July 25, 2010

    KATY PERRY IS JUST A F****** BARBIE DOLL. NOTHING MORE. I SEE HER DISAPPEARING PRETTY DAMN FAST. RUSSELL BRAND AND KETY WOULD JUST KILL THEMSELVES. SMFH.

  41. katyperry July 25, 2010

    ^^^^^^^^^why don’t you kiss yourself!!!!!kay done!!!! don’t be jealous of katy because of the success she is getting!!!!! smh HATER!!!!

  42. katyperry July 25, 2010

    @EXPOSED don’t be mad cause you don’t look like a barbie doll!!!! barbie dolls are pretty just like katy! she should have her own line of barbies!!!!

  43. iLaugh! July 25, 2010

    The new Queen of Pop, LMFAO.

    And I don’t think she’ll be a “albums artist” @ all!

  44. Badd July 25, 2010

    @ KatyPerry.:
    Umm what are ylou talking about ??
    Like really GO SIT DOWN.
    You must be a 12 year old child.
    Because this is ridiculous.
    Umm you fait.

    Anyone can top her…even RIHANNA.
    You sound REALLY retarted talking all of
    this barbie doll shyt & random lies.
    Katy hasn’t done SHYT to top ANYONE
    so fall back. you must be one of these PAID stans.
    Ridiculous.

    Idk why you’re even alkiong because Katy Perry hasn’t
    don’t anything. At least Rihanna stans can say that she
    has 7 #1’s & GAGA stans have a list.
    & madonna had nothing to do with this unles
    you were saying that Katy is NOT the new queen
    of pop…so sit down !!!!!!!!!!!!!.

    You have officially been SHUT DOWN.
    So hun,, next time,, speak when you’re spoken to
    & you won’t embarrass yourself like this.
    You once again get a BITCHPLEASE & a HOESITDOWN !

    NEXTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

  45. katyperry July 25, 2010

    how can you say she is not a album artist when she only had one album out??????? you should say that for rihanna or beyonce not katy perry! katy has only one album out!

  46. katyperry July 25, 2010

    @BADD SHUT THE F*** UP! B****!!!! WHO REALLY GIVES A S*** ABOUT YOU OPINION!!!!!! “OPINION ARE LIKE ASSHOLES EVERYBODY HAS ONE”!!!!! katy is on her way to breaking records!!! we katy perry fans will support her all the way!!! “teenage dream” the single and album will both be #1 on the charts!!

  47. katyperry July 26, 2010

    KATY PERRY HAS SOLD HAS SOLD OVER 11,487,000 DIGITAL SALES WORLDWIDE!!!!

  48. sss July 26, 2010

    lady gaga use ugliness to gain popularity

    katy perry use beauty to gain popularity

  49. Shaun December 6, 2010

    Kylie Minogue is better than all them t*** girls……. Katy “Queen of pop”, PLEASE…. When shes been around for 24 years like Kylie (THE QUEEN OF POP) Then lets all talk!!!! 🙂

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