Katy Perry- One of the Boys

One of the Boys is Katy Perry second debut album, in this album she changed her style to mainstream pop and she changed her surname. The album was released on the 17th June 2008 on Capitol Records. The album earned Perry two Grammy Award nominations in 2009 and 2010, and has sold 5 million copies worldwide. The information about the album is from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_the_Boys_(Katy_Perry_album
Perry has stated that she had been working on the album since she was eighteen years old. Katy was influenced by artists and bands like Queen, The Beach Boys, Heart, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper and Alanis Morissette. All songs on the album were written by Perry - who was assisted by musicians Greg Wells, Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Cathy Dennis, Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson, Dave Katz, Sam Hollander, Ted Bruner, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard.
The album's lead single, "I Kissed a Girl" was released in early May and soared up the charts. "I Kissed a Girl" was a commercial success. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the 1000th chart-topper of the rock era. The song has since become a major worldwide hit, and along with the United States, it has topped the charts in more than 30 countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. It has sold over 3.8 million digital downloads in the U.S. as of June 2010.
The second single, "Hot n Cold", made it onto the chart after the album came out due to digital downloads. It was released in early September, and peaked at number 3 on the US charts, making it Perry's second consecutive top 5 single. On November 14, the song became Perry's first number 1 on radio airplay. It also became number one on the iTunes comprehensive charts. It is officially one of the ten best-selling digitally downloaded songs of all time. It has sold over 4.4 million digital downloads in the U.S. as of June 2010.
"Thinking of You" the penultimate single, which was originally planned to be the first single from the album, but was scrapped for "I Kissed a Girl" due to its surge in popularity. "Thinking of You" received a video in late April 2008, but the video was removed from YouTube and replaced by a new video after the single was re-released as the third international single from the album. Perry shot the second video with director Melina Matsoukas in the first week of December 2008. The video for the single was released on December 23. The track peaked at #14 on the iTunes comprehensive chart and peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of February 12, 2009 where it remained for the next two weeks before declining to #31 in its seventh week on the chart. It has sold 864,000 digital downloads in the U.S. as of August 4, 2010.
"Waking Up in Vegas" is the fourth and final single from the album. It went for radio adds on April 21 in the U.S. It was released to Australian radio on March 23, where it became the fourth most added song in its release week. Perry performed it on American Idol in May, resulting in a surge of sales for the song and propelling it all the way to number two on the iTunes comprehensive chart. The music video was shot by Joseph Kahn during March 2009 in Las Vegas and officially premiered on the iTunes store in the U.S. and Australia on April 28, 2009. The song has sold over 1.82 million digital downloads in the U.S. as of August 4, 2010.
The title track "One of the Boys" peaked at number #40 in Australia Singles Top 50 for five weeks until January 2009. "If You Can Afford Me" peaked at #28 in the Top 40 New Zealand, where it remained for three weeks.
The album received positive reviews from Billboard magazine who claimed, "not since Jagged Little Pill has a debut album been so packed with potential hits."However, there are more negative reviews such as NME who wrote that "Madonna and Perez Hilton may be fans, then, but if you’ve got even a passing interest in actually enjoying a record, don’t buy this one".

This is One of the Boys Track List:
1. One of the Boys
2. I Kissed a Girl
3. Waking Up in Vegas
4 Thinking of You
5. Mannequin
6. Ur So Gay
7. Hot n Cold
8. If You Can Afford Me
9. Lost
10. Self Inflicted
11. I'm Still Breathing
12. Fingerprints

This is the music video to Katy Perry- I kissed a girl which was her first single from the album and the aong reached number 1 in 30 countries.