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Christina Perri (born 19.8.1986)
Christina Perri is a Philadelphia-born songwriter and musician. Her career breakthrough came with the popularity of her song 'Jar of Hearts'.

Childhood: Christina Perri was raised in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, along with her brother Nick Perri, who was a guitarist in the bands Shinedown and Silvertide and with Perry Farrell.

Christina taught herself how to play guitar, mainly by watching tapes of Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon. She attended Archbishop Ryan High School.

Music Career: Christina Perri moved to Los Angeles on the day that she turned 21. She married, but divorced her husband 18 months later and moved back to Philadelphia. During this period, she wrote 'Jar of Hearts', which would become a hit for her. When she returned to Los Angeles, she spent her days working as a waitress at Melrose Café and spent the evenings recording music.

'Jar of Hearts' was first featured on the US TV talent show So You Think You Can Dance in June 2010. This came about after one of Christina's friends had passed the song to the choreographer Stacey Tookey. Both Christina and her friend were in the audience watching the performance. Following its use in the show, the track sold 48,000 digital copies, debuting at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100. Within a month, it had sold over 100,000.

Perri then recorded a video for the track, which ended up in the VH1 Top 20 music video countdown. Her live TV debut came in July on CBS' The Early Show. As a result of the attention she had attracted, as well as her online sales, Christina Perri signed a deal with Atlantic Records in July 2010, whilst Roadrunner Records continued to promote 'Jar of Hearts' on US radio.

Christina Perri continued to make a number of high profile TV appearances, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Conan.

In November 2010, Perri released an EP entitled The Ocean Way Sessions, featuring the tracks 'Bang Bang Bang', 'Black & Blue', 'Daydream' and 'Tragedy', as well 'Jar of Hearts'.

The debut full-length album from Christina Perri, entitled lovestrong, was released in May 2011.The lead single from the album, 'Arms' was released on March 15 2011 and she performed on The Late Show with David Letterman in support of its release.

Another track from Perri, 'A Thousand Years' appeared on the soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. Perri is a self-confessed fan of the novel and movie trilogy. In January 2012, she announced that the song had been certified Gold, meaning it had sold 500,000 copies or more.

She performed 'Arms' on the November 1st results show for ABC's Dancing with the Stars. That month, she also performed 'Jar of Hearts' on Strictly Come Dancing.

Christina Perri's image has led to her being featured in tattoo magazine, such as Inked. She has 38 tattoos in total and says that she has been getting tattooed since the age of 15. Her family were reportedly unhappy with them at first but now that she has found success in her music career, they think they are 'cute'.



Biography by Contactmusic.com

Demi Lovato Reveals ‘Confident’ Album’s Track List With Help From 12 Celebrity Friends


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Demi Lovato revealed her upcoming album’s track list on Twitter on Wednesday (26th August). Lovato called on a number of her celebrity friends to help her reveal the tracks and, in addition to Lovato’s original tweet, another 12 well-known faces each tweeted the name of a track.

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Mariah Hanson and Christina Perri - Club Skirts Presents The Dinah Shore weekend 2015 at Palm Springs Convention Center - Palm Springs, California, United States - Friday 3rd April 2015

Mariah Hanson and Christina Perri
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Pirates, Mermaids, Neverland: Everyone's Favourite Adventure Story Returns With 'Pan' [Trailer + Pictures]


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An extraordinary re-telling of a time-honoured fairy story, Peter Pan is set to hit the big screen once again in 'Pan'; a tale of how this young boy who never grows up discovered his remarkable powers in the first place.

Hugh Jackman in Pan
Hugh Jackman is the fearsome Blackbeard

Ever wondered how Peter Pan became known as Peter Pan in the first place? 'Pan' reveals his lonely beginnings in an orphanage and how he is desperately searching for his mother having only a letter and a strange metal pendant to remember her by. Soon he finds himself kidnapped by brutal flying pirates led by Blackbeard and taken to Neverland - a world of fairies and mermaids, and the place where he befriends a young James Hook who wasn't always so evil himself.

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Christina Perri - Demi Lovato's support act Christina Perri gives a live performance at the American Airlines Arena as part of the Demi Lovato World Tour 2014 - Miami, Florida, United States - Sunday 14th September 2014

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Christina Perri Releases Second Single 'Burning Gold' Released In The Uk 9th June 2014

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Christina Perri Releases Second Single 'Burning Gold' Released In The UK 9th June 2014

Christina Perri Looks To 'Head Or Heart' For Another Album Success


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Christina Perri is on the verge of releasing her second album 'Head or Heart' as well as her new single 'Human'. Christina caught up with us to talk about her career, her music and her phobias. 

The new album has been described as being 'bigger and better where it should be' and it further shows her honesty as an artist: 'Emotionally this is still 100% me', she insists. 'I have no idea how to close off, I don't know how to lie or pretend.'

Christina Perri at the 2013 GRAMMY Awards
Christina Perri says new album is '100% me'

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Christina Perri - Interview


Interview with Christina Perri January 2014

Christina Perri's success has come in a phenomenally short amount of time.  In only three years, the Philadelphian has gone from struggling barista in Beverly Hills aiming for a music career, to an Atlantic Records signee about to release her second studio album 'Head or Heart'. 

After her first album,'Lovestrong', led Perri to an unforeseen success selling forty-eight thousand copies in the first week and peaking at #17 on the Hot Spot list, Perri is excited to share her second album with the world, and discuss her upcoming tour. 

Contactmusic: Hi Christina, How are you?
Christina Perri: Hey, I'm good thank you, man!

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Christina Perri Confirms Second Album In Progress?


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Christina Perri has taken to Twitter to reveal that she could be back in the studio recording a second album with the simple hashtag #albumtwo.

The 'Jar of Hearts' hitmaker could be set to release a follow-up to her 2011 debut album 'Lovestrong' which became a top ten hit in both the UK and US Album Charts. Today (July 12th 2013) she posted a photo of herself on Instagram donning headphones in a recording studio with the caption, 'beat box 101 #albumtwo', and reaffirmed the suggestion with a further Tweet reading  simply, 'whoa. #albumtwo'. So if the prospect of a second album isn't exciting enough, we're possibly going to be hearing a new 'beat-boxing' side to her music... well maybe not. 

Christina hit the charts back in 2010 with 'Jar of Hearts' after the single was played on Fox's 'So You Think You Can Dance'. It was certified platinum and reached number 4 in the UK charts, while another of her singles, 'A Thousand Years', also did well after it featured on the soundtrack to teen vampire flick 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1'. Her last release was 'Distance' featuring Jason Mraz in March 2012, so we're definitely glad to see her back in the studio after more than a year!

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Tom Hamilton, Steven Tyler, Dr. Steven Zeitels, Christina Perri and Joe Buck - 'Raise Your Voice' Benefit at Beverly Hills Hotel Beverly Hills California United States Thursday 24th January 2013

Tom Hamilton, Steven Tyler, Dr. Steven Zeitels, Christina Perri and Joe Buck

Stocking Fillers: Best Christmas Songs Of 2012


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Stocking Fillers: Best Christmas Songs of 2012

 

Many consider Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' the last true Christmas song to be released; it's hard to believe that was back in 1994! Since then, there's been a sputtering of jovial Christmas releases, but nothing that seems to stand the test of time. 2012 has actually delivered a handful of relatively acceptable additions - both cover of classic tracks and original tracks. Here are a few of the tracks you might be hearing more of over Christmas. 

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Christina Perri Thursday 8th November 2012 'Adopt The Arts' fundraiser for LAUSD elementary schools held at the Peninsula Hotel

Christina Perri

Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. Soundtrack Listing Finally Announced


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The tracklisting for Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has finally been announced, via Yahoo and amongst the highlights of this latest instalment are Green Day, Passion Pit and Ellie Goulding. Green Day, obviously are a pretty big coup for the compilers of the soundtrack (Summit Entertainment release the album in collaboration with Chop Shop Records and Atlantic Records) and the band’s bass player Mike Dirnt spoke to Yahoo! about contributing their track ‘The Forgotten’ and said “When we were asked to be part of the 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' soundtrack, we readily agreed because the films are an insane cultural phenomenon, and we have always been impressed with the way the 'Twilight' soundtracks are so carefully curated.”

Ellie Goulding’s track will draw attention to the soundtrack too, not only because it’s an exclusive track but because it’s the first track that she’s released, to have been produced by her new boyfriend Skrillex. Following in the vein of slightly kooky female artists, St. Vincent and Feist have both contributed a track; both will undoubtedly make an excellent accompaniment to the dark, moody atmosphere of the Twilight movie.

Coming from a slightly more mainstream angle, Christina Perri returns with ‘A Thousand Years (Part Two)’. Naturally, it’s a follow on from her theme to the first installment of Breaking Dawn and Perri was almost a dead cert to be included on this final musical bow. She’s such a fan of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga that she has the word ‘Bitten’ tattooed on her, in the Twilight font. She told Yahoo! “I am so honored and excited to be involved again in this final film and soundtrack.” She revealed that part two of the track will be different but hasn’t yet said how and the tracks are yet to be released. “It's not the same [as the original]... you'll just have to wait and see how,” she teased.

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Christina Perri Friday 27th April 2012 arriving at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport

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Christina Perri, Lovestrong Album Review


It isn't common for an unsigned artist to be invited to a prime time television show to perform, but that is exactly what happened to Christina Perri as she appeared on 'So You Think You Can Dance' in America. The performance resulted in a record deal that replaced her role as a café manager and the rest, as they say, is history for the 25 year old.

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Video - Christina Perri Turns Photographer In New York City


Christina Perri and her band arriving for a taping of The Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in Manhattan. Sporting a long black dress with matching boots, Christina posed for the waiting press pack before meeting fans who had queued to catch a glimpse of the singer.

The Philadelphia-born artist even helped some fans get the perfect photo - grabbing their phones and cameras to take the pictures herself. She later performed a rendition of new song 'Arms' on Letterman
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Christina Perri

Date of birth

19th August, 1986

Occupation

Musician

Sex

Female

Height

1.67




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