Total Single sales:
LOUD: 20,160,000
Teenage Dream: 31,804,000
Total album sales
LOUD: 5.6 million
Teenage Dream: 4.6
Tour
LOUD: 90 million
Teenage Dream: 59 million
Katy Perry's
Most consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Hot 100 (69 weeks)
Only artist to have 4 #1 adult pop songs from one album, let alone 5.
Only artist to have 5 (let alone 6) #1s on the Mainstream Top 40 (Pop songs) from one album.
Only female artist have 5 #1s on the Hot 100 from one album.
Only one of two artists to have 5 #1s on the Hot 100 from one album.
Only artist to have 5 songs spend more than one week at #1 on the Hot 100 from one album.
Only artist to have 5 songs with writing credits (
) go to #1 from one album.
Only artist to have 5 songs top the Hot Digital Songs chart from one album.
Only artist to have 3 or more videos with 500k likes on VEVO,
Only artist to have all six singles from an album top VH1 Video Top 20 Countdown (US).
Artist with the most songs (4) that sold over 5 million in the US, also the first artist to have 3 (and 4) songs do that.
Artist with the most songs that sold over 4 million in the US.
Artist with the most songs that sold over 3 million in the US, as a solo artist.
Artist with the most #1s (7) on the Canadian Hot 100.
Artist with the most #1s on the Adult Top 40 (from one album and overall) and she had the shortest time frame of any other artist that previously had the most.
Broke the spin record with California Gurls, broke it again with ET, and broke it further with Last Friday Night (in fact 5 of the top 6 highest spins belongs to Katy Perry)
The only artist to have four different songs to be nominated at the VMAs.
Artist with most #1s from one album on the Dance Club chart (7)
Tied with Mariah Carey for most #1s as a female artist in New Zealand, 4th overall. She has the shortest career of the bunch.
Artist with the most consecutive #1s on the Pop songs chart.
The first artist to have five #1s on the Hot 100 this decade as a solo artist.
ET and California Gurls sold over 300,000 digital copies in a week four times, two of only four songs in history to do so. Katy is the only artist to do that with two songs.
Within seven weeks California Gurls sold over two million downloads, which is the second fastest pace (at the time?) to do so in digital history, fastest for a female artist.
Only artist to have 3 songs go to #1 on the Hot 100 in one calendar year for two consecutive years.
Only artist in digital history to top 300K in weekly sales with six different songs.
Teenage Dream set the record (at the time) for most added song in a week with 64 new stations and 14.9 million plays
Last Friday Night is the only 5th single or older that has sold over 3 milion*
Firework and ET are the only 5X Platinum singles that weren't lead singles or 2nd singles.*
*I'm not counting re-releases.
Other milestones:
Tied in 3rd place for most consecutive #1s on the hot 100.
Firework sold over 500k in one week, making it the 2nd highest weekly sale of a female artist, 4th overall (at the time).
In second place with 8 #1's on the Mainstream Top 40 (Pop songs)
ET went to #1 on the Rhythmic Airplay Chart (R&B), she is only one of three other pop stars to do that.
ET spent 7 weeks at the top of the Hot Digital Songs chart, the 2nd most for a female lead artist.
Tied 3-ways (with Britney and Eminem) for 2nd place of the artist with the most #1s on the Hot Digital Songs chart, and she did it in a much shorter time frame.
In 2nd place for most #1s (7) on the Hot Digital Songs chart
In 2nd place for most cumulative weeks at #1 (27) on the Hot Digital Songs chart. Also the artist with the shortest time frame.
The first four singles from Teenage Dream have been certified at least Gold in Germany. It's the first time the first 4 singles of an album reached (at least) Gold since Backstreet Boys' Backstreet Boys in 1995-1997 . Making Katy the only one this century (so far).
Rihanna's records
Only Gurl is the only lead single that went #1 after the 2nd single went #1
With S&M going #1, Rihanna has shortest time frame of scoring 10 #1s.
Most #1s on the Hot Digital Songs chart
Most cumulative weeks at #1 on the Hot Digital song chart
Tied in 7th place for most #1s on the Hot 100
In 6th place for most cumulative weeks at #1 on the Hot 100.
Do any Rihanna stans have other receipts?
Awards
LOUD
AMAs: 2 noms, 1 win
Billboard Awards: 23 noms, 2 wins, 11 pending
Brit Awards: 1 nom, 1 win
Echo Awards: 1 nom, 0 win
EMAs: 1 nom, 0 wins
Grammys: 4 noms, 1 win
Juno Awards: 1 nom
Los Premios: 0 noms
MTV Australia: 0 noms
MTV: Japan: 2 noms, 1 win
MTV Brazil: 0 noms
MuchMusic: 2 noms, 0 wins
KCA (
)
US: 0 noms
Mexico: 0 noms
Brazil: 0 noms
Australia: 0 noms
People's Choice Awards: 1 nom, 1 win
Teen Choice Awards(
): 1 nom
VMAs: 0 noms
World Music Awards: 1 nom, 0 wins
Total: 37 noms, 7 wins, 11 pending
Teenage Dream
AMAs: 7 noms, 1 win
Billboard: 21 noms, 2 wins, 9 pending
Brit: 3 noms, 1 win
Echo: 1 nom, 0 wins
EMAs: 10 noms, 2 wins
Grammys: 6 noms, 0 wins
Juno: 1 nom, 1 win,
Los Premios: 1 nom, 1 win
MTV Japan: 3 noms, 0 wins
MTV Australia: 1 nom, 1 win
MTV Brazil: 2 noms, 0 wins
MuchMusic: 3 noms, 0 wins
KCA (
)
US: 4 noms, 1 win
Mexico: 2 noms, 1 win
Brazil: 1 nom, no wins
Australia: 2 noms, 2 wins
People's Choice Awards: 10 noms, 6 wins
Teen Choice Awards(
) : 12 noms, 4 wins
VMAs: 13 noms, 3 wins
Total: 103 noms, 26 wins, 9 pending
Also, remember one is a 2nd album and the other is a 5th album.