How much is Katy Perry worth?
| Net Worth: | $300 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Singer |
| Date of Birth: | October 25, 1984 (age 38) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) |
About Katy Perry
See the bouncy, cleavage-baring pop queen onstage and it’s outright surprising (or, perhaps, not surprising at all) to learn that she was born into a strict Christian family. The singer, who first first got noticed for “kissing a girl … and liking it,” is now a pop culture icon known for her eccentric prop and costume design and even more provocative lyrics.
Believe it or not the family Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson grew up in banned any non-Christian music and her parents being pastors meant moving around the country between churches and events. Katy Perry began as a singer in her parents’ ministry when she was just nine years old. Soon she was taking voice classes and with a desire to pursue a music career she took her GED and left school after her freshman year.
Katy was first interested in gospel music but she discovered commercial music through her friends. She started to train herself at the age of 9 and 4 years later, she was given her first guitar. From the very moment in which she started to sing, she was included into her parents’ ministry and she sang there until she was 17. Also, she was interested in dancing so she took some lessons on swing, Lindy Hop and Jitterbug.
Once she finished high school, she signed to Red Hill Records and even though she did a tour and received good comments for her talent, the album Katy Hudson did not sell more than 200 copies. After that, Katy decided to go for secular music and signed to Columbia Records. There, she was able to exploit her talent as a songwriter but her success was minor for the next few years.
It was in 2007 when she signed to Capitol that her musical career was finally found. With her second album One of the Boys, Katy reached fame. Despite all the controversy caused between religious and LGBT people, her single “I Kissed a Girl” was number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and it was a total hit on the radio.
After releasing that second album, she became internationally famous and won her first awards as Best New Act and International Female Solo Artist. Moreover, she was given the honor to host the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Katy Perry has surprised everyone with her fortune earning an estimated $135 million dollars in 2015 alone, at just 30 years old. From then on she has consistently been able to bank an average of an estimated $50 million dollars annually reaching a net worth as high as $300 million as of 2023.
The Prismatic World Tour earned her an estimated $2 million per show and she performed more than 100 shows. Katy was also sponsored by advertising brands such as Claire’s, Coty and Covergirl. Her merchandise and her album sales have also contributed to her enormous fortune. With 22 of her songs having achieved RIAA certification, and three studio albums becoming certified Platinum or multi-Platinum.
What’s more she also makes investments too. Like when she became the spokesperson and ambassador for Popchips and made an investment in the company. As well as investments in real estate, as well. She has invested in beautiful houses such as the one she bought in Beverly Hills for an estimated $19 million. The house is more than 5,000 square-feet and it is mostly surrounded by undeveloped land. It has five bedrooms and three fireplaces.
However, it is not the only house she has bought. Her other house cost an estimated $7.5 million also located in Beverly Hills and used as a house for her guests and family members.
One of the things that makes Katy Perry so successful is her great evolution as an artist and as a person. Since the moment she started in the world of music at nine to now, Katy has changed and matured a lot. She started as a little conservative girl who used to sing gospel music at her parents’ church and transformed into the sexy, versatile and open-minded current woman that we all see her as today.
Katy Perry was never afraid of taking risks in order to meet her goals. She went into many different music styles such as the gospel and secular, until she finally found the one that gave her all her success. And even though it was pop, she has also even tried some rock.
Apart from that, Katy never stops, she is always doing a lot to further her career; from being a businesswoman and doing her own merchandising to continuing with her music, she always comes with new surprise for everyone. It is her persistence and vision that have taken her so high, she never gave up regardless how many doors were closed on her way to fame, and now she reaps the rewards of her efforts.
Summing-Up
It’s difficult to count all the successes Katy has had and maybe, even more difficult to count all the times she’s recovered from the ups and downs of life. She did not reach fame from the very beginning. Katy had to wait and try for years in order to find what she was looking for. But it was all that time that she took advantage of to built on her own experiences, to learn more about what she likes to do (songwriting, for instance) and to think of different possibilities to keep trying without losing neither the focus nor the hope.
Her great fortune comes after her efforts, her good decisions at the time to invest money as an entrepreneur and her loyalty to her fans. Just as she said once to Forbes “people appreciate when you come, they know how hard it is” making reference to an exhausting tour between Australia and China that she did fulfilling her fans’ expectations.
