The Brighton Dome presented Katy Perry before Fame - Were You There?

Beyoncé is undoubtedly a goddess. Lady Gaga is an artist and a half. But after logging her eighth number-one single, Katy Perry might be the biggest pop star of her generation. She’s also the only one who has performed at The Brighton Dome.

And a few polls revealed that Katy Perry is at the top of the favourites…

She’s not the singer with the most excitement. She doesn't have fan armies that set up countdown
clocks to the announcement of her next song, she isn't the first choice to cover an issue of Vogue, and her music and tricks don't dominate water-cooler conversation. She's popular, but not with-it. She makes music that everyone sings along to, but not many people. She dresses in bright costumes and embraces an over-the-top persona, but still reads as dim and normal.

It’s appropriate that Perry’s latest smash is titled “Roar.” Though she’s been around for over six years, the song is almost a second coming out. She’s been quiet and very successful this past decade, but now she’s roaring.

She’s music’s biggest pop star.

Start of Katy Perry’s Career at The Brighton Dome

In 2007, Katy Perry debuted her first single, “I Kissed a Girl,” a PG-13 bubblegum pop track. The song was branded a “lipgloss lesbian” anthem by critics. Others dismissed it as faux provocation masking as pop. Just a few years later, still at the beginning of her career, Perry performed at the Brighton Dome in Brighton, East Sussex. With the review from the Guardian that stated “Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Thursday
The US kiddie pop favourite brings the likes of I Kissed A Girl and UR So Gay. Mild controversy follows half-heartedly in her wake. Great tunes, though.”

These days Perry is filling up arenas such as the o2 Arena, London and rumoured to perform within the LA super bowl halftime show.

“I Kissed a Girl” spent seven weeks at number one. Quickly silencing the one-hit wonder theorists, her follow-up, “Hot n Cold,” had a long residency in the Top 10, peaking at number three. In 2010, she released her sophomore album, Teenage Dream. Five consecutive singles from the album went to number one “California Gurls,” “Teenage Dream,” “Firework,” “E.T.,” and “Last Friday Night.” A sixth, “The One That Got Away,” settled for number three, while two bonus singles off of a luxurious edition of the album “Part of Me” and “Wide Awake” charted at one and two, respectively.

Up To Date Perry Impact

Beyoncé, the deserving recipient of the title, the Greatest Performer of Her Time, only has five number one singles, and hasn’t had one since 2008’s “Single Ladies.” In fact, not one song off her last album, 4, charted higher than 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the same amount of time that Katy Perry has racked up eight number ones, Lady Gaga has only achieved three.

Both Gaga and Perry released their new singles, “Applause” and “Roar” on the same day. “Applause” peaked at number four and has already fallen two spots to number six. “Roar” logged an increase in digital sales over the past week after its release.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_Perry
http://www.katyperry.com/
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http://brightonfestival.org/your_visit/festival_venues/brighton_dome_concert_hall/