Name: Christina Perri
Age: 25
Age: 25
Date of Birth: 19.08.1986
Birth Place: Philadelphia
Perri grew up in Pennsylvania with her older brother Nick, who has played guitar with numerous bands such as Shinedown and Perry Farrell. She taught herself how to play guitar at the age of 16 with the help of a video of an artist playing guitar live.
At the age of 21, Perri moved to Los Angeles, where she got married. It was here that she started to write and produce her own music and videos. Unfortunatly, 18 months after her marriage she got divorced. It was this life change that inspired her to write the song 'Jar of Hearts', her most famous song and the song we have chosen for our video. Perri then moved back to Philadelphia before once again returning to L.A.
Her fame began when 'Jar of Hearts' was played on the American version of So You Think You Can Dance. The song was played on the show after one of Perri's friends had passed a copy of the song to the shows choreographer. After its playing, the song sold 48,000 copies, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 63 and number 28 on Billboards Hot Digital Songs. Within a month the song had sold over 100,000 copies. Once the video was released the song placed in VH1's top 20 music video countdown show.
The song went on to be played on more primetime shows in the US which led to Perri being signed by Atlantic Records. She released her debut album 'Lovestrong' in May 2011. Perri released her next single 'Arms' which has also been played in many American television shows. Perri's third single 'A Thousand Years' was used as a single for the film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 which made Perri's name recognisable in many countries as well as gaining fans from the vast amount of fans of the film series.
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