More often, critical reception ranged from mixed to negative reviews. Luke to Glen Ballard) keep the new-wave synth hooks hopping."
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But she hiccups quirkily enough, and myriad big-name producers (from Dr. The album received positive reviews from Billboard magazine who claimed, "not since Jagged Little Pill has a debut album been so packed with potential hits." Blender described the album as "Perry’s creative-writing-class punch lines don’t always justify her self-congratulatory drag-queen tone. The single was intended to be a buzz-single and introduction of Perry to the public.Īt Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 47, based on 18 reviews. She has said that lyrics are important to her and so there "will be lots of storytelling", some songs are meant to "make you cry, but there are others to make you dance and sing". When talking about the songs on the album Perry said that she released " Ur So Gay" as the first single because it "was meant to be an introduction and a background" and "the album will have a lot of the same characteristics". "Box" was considered to be a single for the album as the label had a keen interest on the song, but ultimately the song was never included in the album. The song " Breakout" was first recorded by Katy Perry the album, though it was never included for the album and was again passed on to Cyrus, on whose version Perry sings backing vocals. The only two songs from the sampler CD that weren't included in the final track listing were " Box" and " The Driveway", with the later being given to Miley Cyrus. Capitol created a 10-track sampler CD to promote Katy Perry within the industry for promotional means. According to Perry's A&R Chris Anokute they ended up with five new songs and then chose the six best songs from both of her shelved albums, (A) Katy Perry and Fingerprints, to compile the album. Perry then collaborated again with Greg Wells, who she'd also worked with on the Columbia album, creating the songs " Ur So Gay" and " Mannequin". Together with Max Martin they wrote and cut " I Kissed a Girl' and " Hot N Cold". Once signed to Capitol, label head Jason Flom started work on a new album by convincing Dr Luke to go back into the studio with Perry, with the two having already worked together on the abandoned Columbia sessions. Perry co-wrote every song on the album as well as writing 3 of the songs herself. Perry collaborated with notable producers Greg Wells, Lukasz Gottwald, Dave Stewart, Max Martin among others on the album. During this time Perry had "written between sixty-five and seventy songs". During the making of the album Perry went through many struggles such as being dropped from two record labels and having two canceled albums. Perry has stated that she had been working on the album since she was nineteen years old. The album has sold 7 million copies worldwide.
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One of the Boys received two Grammy nominations for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for " I Kissed a Girl" and " Hot N Cold". It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and also reached the top ten in countries such as Austria, Canada, Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The album debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200, with 47,000 copies sold in its first week.
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An EP, Ur So Gay, which contains the album's promotional single, " Ur So Gay", was released to generate interest on the singer and the then-upcoming album. The theme of the songs on the album are very different, and more pop, than Perry's first self-titled album, Katy Hudson. The album was first released on Jin the United States and Canada. One of the Boys is the second studio album, and the first mainstream album under the name of Katy Perry.