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This article has been viewed enough times to make it onto the all-time Top 100 list. It has had 75 million views since December 2007.

This article has been viewed enough times in a single year to make it into the Top 50 Report annual list. This happened in 2011.

This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report 4 times. The weeks in which this happened: February 1 to 7, 2015 September 18 to 24, 2016 March 1 to 7, 2020 May 7 to 13, 2023

There’s many other pictures to pick but yet you choose the main picture that look awful. Change the picture! 2601:85:8201:AE50:3CFB:1BD:C691:634B (talk) 07:27, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This ^

If was any other person, that picture would never be picked. Teutonkahmun (talk) 16:54, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change "contralto voice range" to "mezzo-soprano voice range"' The source linked is an article inaccurately attributing Perry's voice type as a contralto when any musically trained/knowledged person can easily assert she is a mezzo soprano. 2601:300:477F:2470:F568:9D3B:E4AB:4909 (talk) 04:34, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: There are two cited sources that say it is contralto. If you want to change it you will need to find sources that say otherwise. RudolfRed (talk) 05:01, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

הראש (talk) 22:03, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done it's been added as a reasonable DAB. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 22:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In a cursory examination after being reverted of a content addition, I find out that this article is plainly speaking, non-neutral. It seems that the subject's public image section shuns the lacklustre reception of Perry's single "Woman's World", or her heavily critisised collaboration with producer Dr. Luke, which for some reason do not conform to Perry's public image, preferring instead to exclusively pander to the subject's reputation with positive cruft.--Asqueladd (talk) 14:58, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't say one song's reviews are fit for a "public image" section. If anywhere, this would be better for "Life and career" which discusses when the song came out. Same goes for investigation over a music video for "Lifetimes" (which is what you added), but I'm not sure how much on that would be worth adding here vs. the song's own page when there so far haven't been any legal charges. For what it's worth, other parts of page do discuss things like controversy over the lyrical themes of "I Kissed A Girl", having her Sesame Street segment pulled from broadcast, and some negative commentary on vocals. That being said, it's not like the article as a whole only focuses on "positive cruft". SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 15:21, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are hundreds of thousands of pictures of Katy Perry on the internet. Why have we chosen a low resolution video screenshot to represent her? Teutonkahmun (talk) 16:56, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can tell, it was the most recent non-copyrighted picture available at the time of insertion, but either way this is far from the lowest quality existing one. Feel free to list any suggestions you might have for a replacement that isn't copyrighted per WP:Image use policy. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 17:16, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]