Teenage Dream

For other uses, see Teenage Dream (disambiguation).
Teenage Dream
The album cover depicts Katy Perry lying naked on clouds of cotton candy.
Digital, digipak and LP cover
Studio album by
Katy Perry
ReleasedAugust 24, 2010
Studio
GenrePop
Length46:44
LabelCapitol
Producer
Katy Perry chronology
MTV Unplugged
(2009) 		Teenage Dream
(2010) 		Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection
(2012)
Singles from Teenage Dream
  1. "California Gurls"
    Released: May 7, 2010
  2. "Teenage Dream"
    Released: July 23, 2010
  3. "Firework"
    Released: October 26, 2010
  4. "E.T."
    Released: February 16, 2011
  5. "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
    Released: June 6, 2011
  6. "The One That Got Away"
    Released: September 30, 2011

Teenage Dream is the third studio album by American singer Katy Perry.[1] It was released on August 24, 2010, through Capitol Records. Primarily a pop record,[1] Teenage Dream also contains elements of disco, electronic, rock, funk, house, Hi-NRG, and hip hop, that revolve around young love, partying, self-empowerment, and personal growth. Perry co-wrote the album, and worked with a number of producers such as Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Stargate and Greg Wells.

With "California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg), "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", Teenage Dream is the second album in history to have five number-one singles (after Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad) to top the US Billboard Hot 100, and the first by a woman to achieve this milestone. Its sixth single, "The One That Got Away", peaked at number three on that chart. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 192,000 copies in its first week. The album was later certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined album sales, track sales, on-demand audio and video streams equivalent of ten million album-sale units. The album has gone onto sell 3.1 million copies in the United States, and charted within the Top 40 of the Billboard 200 year-end chart three years in a row.[2] The album also sold 1.3 million copies in the United Kingdom, where it was certified six times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Upon its release, Teenage Dream received mixed reviews from music critics, who complimented its production, themes, and Perry's vocal ability while criticism was largely focused on the lack of focus and image, and vulnerability on the album. However, retrospective reviews have praised the album, ranking it on multiple decade-end best albums lists.[3] Billboard named Teenage Dream "one of the defining LPs from a new golden age in mega-pop" and The A.V. Club called the album "pop perfection".[4][5] The album and its singles earned Perry seven Grammy Award nominations including Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Record of the Year.

It also won International Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2011. All six of the aforementioned singles, in addition to two from its 2012 reissue Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, have sold over two million digital downloads each in the US, setting a record in the digital era for the most multi-Platinum singles from one album, breaking the previous record of Fergie's debut album, The Dutchess (2006), which had five multi-Platinum songs.[6] When "E.T." and “Teenage Dream” certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Perry became the first artist to have four Diamond-certified singles from same album in the country, the others being "Firework" and "California Gurls”. To promote the album, Perry embarked on the California Dreams Tour from 2011 to 2012.[7]

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  3. ^ "Katy Perry Says She "Crashed" After Her 2017 Breakup With Orlando Bloom and the "Witness" Album". Glamour. June 29, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  4. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (August 26, 2021). "How Katy Perry and Her "Dream" Team Tied Michael Jackson's Single-Album Hot 100 Record in 2011". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Ten years later, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream remains pop perfection". The A.V. Club. August 24, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "Week Ending February 12, 2012. Songs: Luv For Madonna – Chart Watch". New.music.yahoo.com. February 16, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  7. ^ "Katy Perry announces North American "California Dreams" tour on Facebook Live interview". New York Daily News. January 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.