Katy Perry emerged the victor saleswise in this fall's so-called pop diva face-off that saw new albums released by herself, Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga, among many others.
Perry's latest, Prism, which details her phoenix-like rise from the sadness surrounding the end of her 14-month marriage to British comic Russell Brand (and eventually into a relationship with fellow musician John Mayer), holds the 2013 record for highest first-week sales by a female artist down south.
But that doesn't mean the raven-haired, blue-eyed beauty is above listening to her competition and even liking them in some cases.
"There's a lot of heavy attention on 'pop diva' right now and competition and none of us like that," said Perry. "But I'm a huge supporter of music. .. And, of course, I had pre-ordered (Lady Gaga's) album. I bought (newcomer) Sky Ferreira's album. I bought Miley's. I'm interested."
Her summation of Cyrus - the most outrageous of them all in terms of her TV performances - was delivered in typical blunt Perry style.
"Miley's really a sweet girl and she has got some big balls," said Perry. "She just doesn't care what anyone thinks.
But I'm friends with some of them. Some of them are not as friendly. Some of them are secret mean girls. Some of them are not cool. But I like to hang out with the unaffected genuine sweet girls in my industry."
Otherwise, Roar has become Perry's biggest-selling single of her career thus far and is even being used by NBC in its promos for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
I wonder who she's talking about
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