Katy Perry has been selected by Billboard magazine to receive their Woman of the Year for 2012.
Katy Perry. image by Ros O'Gorman.
The award will be presented on November 30 at their annual Women in Music event at the Capitale in New York.
Bill Werde, Billboard’s editorial director, said “Katy Perry broke into the industry not even five years ago, and has already accomplished more than most artists can hope for in an entire career. We are thrilled to celebrate these incredible achievements and her amazing past 12 months by honoring her with the Billboard Woman of the Year Award. With what seems like a never-ending supply of record-breaking, chart-topping hits, coupled with her unique and fresh style, Katy Perry is hands-down one of the most exciting and inspiring artists in the industry today.”
To see what Perry has done, consider that since 2008, she has had eleven top ten hits, seven of which reached number 1, coming from two studio albums:
Singles
I Kissed a Girl (2008/#1)
Hot n Cold (2008/#3)
Thinking of You (2009/#29)
Waking Up in Vegas (2009/#9)
California Girls (featuring Snoop Dogg) (2010/#1)
Teenage Dream (2010/#1)
Firework (2010/#1)
E.T. (featuring Kanye West) (2011/#1)
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (2011/#1)
The One That Got Away (2011/#3)
Part of Me (2012/#1)
Wide Awake (2012/#2)
Albums
One of the Boys (2008/#9)
Teenage Dream (2010/#1)
