Katy Perry’s top selling single in the UK is the mighty Firework, which may have only fizzed its way to Number 3 in October 2010, but has shined brighter than all Katy’s other hits in the long run. The sparky track has sold almost 955,000 copies in the UK since its release three years ago, and is way ahead of the hit that comes in second – California Gurls, the lead single for the Teenage Dream album, itself a Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.
That unforgettable debut I Kissed A Girl has to settle for fourth place with 676,000 copies, just behind its follow-up single Hot N Cold. Only 400 copies separate them – can I Kissed A Girl smooch its way past to make it into the Top 3?
Katy’s collaboration with Colorado electropoppers 3OH!3 also did pretty well for Katy. Starstrukk is her most successful track as a featured artist, shifting 580,000 units and coming in at 5 on her list of big sellers. Another featured track makes the Top 10, with the Timbaland collaboration If We Meet Again selling 412,000 to make it to 9.
Big Katy tracks that just miss her Top 10 sellers include Wide Awake at 11 – it reached Number 9 in April 2012 and has sold 325,000 copies. Just behind it is the boohoo-worthy The One That Got Away, which is almost at the 325K mark.
Official Katy Perry Top 10
SONG - ARTIST - PEAK POSITION - YEAR
1 FIREWORK - KATY PERRY - 3 - 2010
2 CALIFORNIA GURLS - KATY PERRY FT SNOOP DOGG - 1 - 2010
3 HOT N COLD - KATY PERRY - 4 - 2008
4 I KISSED A GIRL - KATY PERRY - 1 - 2008
5 STARSTRUKK - 3OH3 FT KATY PERRY - 3 - 2009
6 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY - 2 - 2010
7 ET - KATY PERRY FT KANYE WEST - 3 - 2011
8 LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (TGIF) - KATY PERRY - 9 - 2011
9 IF WE EVER MEET AGAIN - TIMBALAND FT KATY PERRY - 3 - 2010
10 PART OF ME - KATY PERRY - 1 - 2012
