Christina Perri
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- Lovestrong (2011)
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Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986)
is an American singer-songwriter and musician
from Philadelphia. Her song "Jar
of Hearts" charted in the United States after it was featured on
the Fox television show So
You Think You Can Dance in 2010. Rolling
Stone named her the "Band of the Week" on October 26, 2010.
On May 10, 2011, Perri's "Jar of Hearts" was featured on Glee (Season 2, Episode 20 "Prom Queen").
Also, on June 27, 2011, Perri's "Jar of Hearts" was featured on Switched at Birth (Season
1, Episode 4 "Dance Amongst Daggers"). One of her songs, "A Thousand Years", has been in the Twilight saga movie
Breaking Dawn.
Early life
Perri grew up in Bensalem,
Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia) with her older brother, Nick
Perri, who formerly played guitar with Shinedown,
Silvertide,
Perry Farrell and Matt
Sorum.
Her father is from Italy.
She attended Archbishop Ryan High School as a
member of the class of 2004.
She taught herself how to play guitar as a 16-year-old by watching a
videotape of Shannon Hoon from the group Blind
Melon performing on VH1.
Career
Early career
Perri moved to Los Angeles on her 21st birthday. Later that
year she got married and began to produce music videos. She divorced 18
months later and moved back to Philadelphia by the end of 2009; during
this time she wrote "Jar
of Hearts". She moved back to Los Angeles, waitressing at the
Melrose Cafe during the day and recording at night.
2010–present: Lovestrong.
Perri's song "Jar of Hearts" was featured on So
You Think You Can Dance during the June 30, 2010 show.
It was featured in performance by Billy Bell and Kathryn McCormick.
Perri's friend Keltie Colleen passed the song to show choreographer Stacey
Tookey; Perri and Colleen watched the performance in the audience.
Following its exposure on the show, "Jar of Hearts" sold 48,000 digital
copies, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 at #63 and reaching #28 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs.Within a month, it sold more than 100,000 copies.
Then, her music video for "Jar of Hearts" landed on the VH1 top 20
music video countdown.
Shortly after, Perri made her debut on national day time and prime
time television, performing the song live on the July 10, 2010 episode
of The Early Show on CBS as well as
the July 15, 2010 episode of So You Think
You Can Dance
Perri signed a deal with Atlantic Records on July 21, 2010.
Roadrunner Records continue to promote "Jar of Hearts" on the radio.
Perri appeared on the Tonight Show with
Jay Leno on July 29, 2010 and Conan on December 7, 2010 where she played "Jar of
Hearts." In addition, "Jar of Hearts" was on the show Pretty Little Liars. "Arms" was also in the ABC Family
movie Teen Spirit. Perri recorded an EP
named The Ocean Way Sessions that was
released on November 9, 2010.
Perri's debut album is titled lovestrong. and was released on May 10,
2011. It follows the release of "Arms",
its lead single, released on March 15. She appeared on Late Show with David Letterman,
playing her song "Arms." "Arms" was used in the August 26, 2011 episode
of The Bold and the Beautiful
and has also been used in TV spots for the Fall 2011 season of
Investigation Discovery's show "Disappeared."
Perri's single, "A Thousand Years,"
appeared on The Twilight Saga: Breaking
Dawn's movie soundtrack.
On November 1, 2011 Perri appeared on ABC's Dancing With The
Stars Results show to perform her song "Arms". On 13 November
2011, she also performed "Jar of Hearts" on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing results
show. On February 19, she performed "Jar of Hearts" in the pre-fight
buildup to Vitali Klitschko vs. Derek Chisora World Heavyweight Championship
boxing contest in Munich.
On 29th January 2012, Perri performed Jar of Hearts live on UK ITV's Dancing on Ice show, with Jayne
Torvill and Christopher Dean in a specially
choreographed routine.
She will be joining Jason Mraz in his tour across continental North
America in 2012. Perri also announced that she will be releasing her
second studio album in Spring 2013.
On 22nd April 2012, Perri performed live on Australia's Dancing with the
Stars.
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