After duking it out with Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Rihanna in Rolling Stone Magazine‘s recent Queen of Pop competiton and charting a reasonable seventh place, Katy Perry had her revenge becoming MTV’s first ever Artist of the Year. Perry managed to edge out Adele for the honor based on the popularity of her five number one singles off Teenage Dream, an accomplishment that ties the record set by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. TouchÈ Adele.

This has been a great year for female artists in general. Lady GaGa dominated the mainstream with tour dates, videos, award nominations and the introduction of her alter ego Jo Calderone at the Grammys where she gave a whole monologue and sang a song dressed as a man. Who does that? Britney Spears came back from the dead, again, with another string of hits, a world tour with the rising queen of gansta pop Nicki Minaj and one of her best videos ever in the paparazzi-dodging, cop-fondling I Wanna Go. You couldn’t go online without running into Taylor Swift and her awards, failed romances and the seemingly endless Speak Now tour, and Rihanna continued her chart dominance with a strong follow up to the chart-dominating Loud. Once you’ve heard We Found Love you can’t get it out of your head. Beyonce resurfaced momentarily with a classic R&B album and the jaw-dropping moment when she unveiled the heir to the throne on live television.

With competition like this you’d have to be legend just to make it out of the gates, which is what Katy Perry is quickly becoming. Coming off a stellar year that featured a world tour, Grammy award nominations, a part in The Smurfs and a Saturday Night Live appearance (not to mention the hilarious Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) video) Perry dazzled audiences with her high energy performances and Candyland style, touring Japan after the disaster and hubby Russell Brand’s deportation, muscling through hundreds of shows and never missing a beat. You can understand why the first thing she did when she got hom was to take a cat nap with Kitty Purry. Perry along with the other touring queens are all taking a break over the New Year, leaving only 2012 Kelly Clarkson tour dates if you need a diva fix.

NEW YORK — Katy Perry is thanking her fans with a free concert in Los Angeles.

The pop singer will perform the free show on Nov. 23 at the Staples Center. Perry will also perform there on Nov. 22 as part of her “California Dreams” world tour. She made announcement Friday on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

Do you in LA? Click here and get more details about this concert.

Katy Perry performed her current single ‘The One That Got Away’ LIVE on ‘X-Factor’ a few minutes ago. She sounds soooo goood, we love it! Watch below:

Here’s the full concert of Katy rocking the World Stage of the ‘Rock in Rio’ music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil a few minutes ago! Scroll down to view pictures..

Katy has just performed on the first day of the Rock in Rio festival held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The concert was amaAAzing! Videos coming soon.. for now, check out some photos:

Check our two pictures of Katy and her crew rehearsing for ‘Rock in Rio’ tomorrow.

Do you remember when Katy was in Japan with her ‘California Dreams’ tour in May? During her stay there, she recorded an amazing performance from the smash hit ‘California Gurls’ on SMAP. You can now watch it on the player below:

International pop diva Katy Perry may perform in Jakarta during a teen music festival taking place in late May.

According to Berlian Entertainment‘s official Twitter account, the bubbly singer is one of the main performers set to rock the stage during the Jakarta International Teen Festival on May 28.

Posted earlier today, the tweet said: “Jakarta International Teen Festival 28 May 2011 with the line up: Katy Perry (USA) , Big Bang (Korea), 24herbs (HKG), Brown Eyed Girs (Korea) & 1 more to be announced soon… Stay tuned!”

A staff at the Berlian Entertainment confirmed Perry’s appearance but declined to give more details, saying their spokesman will announce it as soon as they return to the office. Berlian was also the group responsible for the Justin Bieber’s concert in Sentul, West Java, last weekend.

She’s also scheduled for a five-day trip to harajuku-haven Japan from May 22 to 26, visiting Nagoya, Tokyo and Osaka.

Source: The Jakarta Globe

Check our gallery for high quality images of Katy Perry and Kanye West performing their smash hit ‘E.T.’ on American Idol last night. Scroll down to watch the fantastic performance with a group of alien dancers!

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Katy Perry and Kanye West brought their intergalactic smash “E.T.” to “American Idol” earlier this evening. The pop princess, dressed in futuristic garb, fronted a group of alien dancers as she performed the hit, assuming an industrial throne before bringing out ‘Ye as a special guest. Spitting his verse, Yeezy posed next to Perry in a fur-lined leather jacket over a white tee and crisp jeans. Head to outer space with the dynamic duo’s performance.

Source: Rap-Up