NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Warner/ Chappell Music) - Warner/Chappell Music, the global music publishing arm of Warner
Music Group Corp., announced a worldwide publishing agreement with singer/songwriter Katy Perry. Under the agreement, Warner/Chappell
Music will administer Perry's catalog of work and her future compositions including her latest album, One of the Boys, which was released on June 17, 2008 and debuted at No. 9 on Billboard's Top Album charts.
Hailed by Blender magazine as "the next big thing," Perry's current single from One of the Boys, "I Kissed a Girl," has sold more than 1.7 million digital downloads (according to Nielsen SoundScan) and is No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, Hot Digital Song and Hot Digital Tracks charts for the fifth consecutive week and No. 1 on the Hot Ringmaster charts. In addition, One of the Boys is currently No. 4 on the Alternative Album charts.
In making the announcement, Glen Brunman, Executive Vice President and Head of Creative (U.S.) for Warner/Chappell Music, said, "Katy is a tremendously gifted artist who has her fingers on the pulse of pop culture. We recognized her talent early on and we are thrilled that she is now enjoying great success with her new album. We're delighted that she has chosen to make Warner/Chappell her home and we envision a long and accomplished career for her as a songwriter for her own recording efforts as well as a writer who will provide exciting songs for a wide array of other distinguished artists."
For One of the Boys, Perry collaborated with an array of noted producers and musicians, including Greg Wells, who has worked with Timbaland and Natasha Beddingfield; Dr. Luke, who has partnered with Kelly Clarkson and Avril Lavigne; and Butch Walker, who has worked with Pink and The Donnas.
Additionally, Perry's songs have appeared on a number of films, film soundtracks and television shows including "Fingerprints" (Baby Mama), "Simple" (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), "Self Inflicted" and "Thinking of You" (MTV's hit TV series The Hills) and "Fingerprints" (Oxygen Network's reality series Girls).
Perry is currently appearing on the Vans Warped Tour as it travels throughout North America.
