(which featured Kanye
West), and "Last Friday
Night (T.G.I.F.)." This
success had few precedents:
she was the first female artist
ever to achieve such a run of
number ones and the first
artist since Michael
Jackson to have so many
singles from an individual
album reach the pole
position. In 2012, the album
was expanded as Teenage
Dream: The Complete
Confection, which contained
a new single in "Part of Me,"
which also topped the charts.
During this entire
cycle, Perry was a constant
pop culture presence,
undergoing an international
tour, appearing in cameos all
over television, courting mild
social media controversies,
creating fragrances, and
filming the
documentary Katy Perry:
Part of Me, which appeared
in theaters in July 2012.
JOY FEELINGS
As the Teenage
Dream juggernaut wrapped
up, Katy Perry turned her
attention to recording her
third album. Appearing in
October
2013, Prism signaled a more
mature Katy Perry,
something that was apparent
from its motivating first
single,
"Roar." Prism received a lift
from its third single "Dark
Horse," which became her
ninth number one
("Unconditionally" didn't
crack the Top 10), and it was
followed by "Birthday" and
"This Is How We Do," both
released as she supported the
album with an international
tour. The highlight of that
tour was her appearance at
the half-time show for Super
Bowl XLIX, where she
performed with Missy
Elliott and Lenny Kravitz.