Katy Perry’s meteoric rise to fame has seen her achieve five American Music Awards, 14 People’s Choice Awards, three Guinness World Records and 68 million twitter followers and counting. Today (October 25) marks her 31st birthday and we have the Top 5 Songs by the sultry singer that should be on your playlist this week.

 

Katy Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson and started her singing journey as a gospel singer. The only artist since Michael Jackson to have five number one hits from the same album, she has been recently named in the top three of the latest Forbes rich list. The American singer, songwriter and actress rose to fame with her hit song I kissed the Girl inspired by Scarlett Johansson. From being the first celebrity brand ambassador of Moschino to starring in her own movie and launching her own perfume, the formidable artist has come a long way in her career.  Today we take a trip down memory lane and reminisce the top five Katy Perry songs that sealed her stardom.

 top five Katy Perry songs

 

  1. Firework

 

2. Roar

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3. Teenage Dream

 

4. Thinking of you

 

5. Hot N’ Cold

 

 

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