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Katy Perry Is Leaving ‘American Idol,’ Hints at New Music


"I want to go see the world and maybe bring new music," Katy Perry says.

Sources told Billboard that Litmus paid $225 million for Perry’s stake in the master recording royalties and music publishing rights to her five albums released between 2008 and 2020 — One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, PRISM, Witness and Smile. Perry remains the first woman and only second artist ever (after Michael Jackson) to send five songs from the same album to the summit of the Hot 100, which she did with 2010’s Teenage Dream(“California Gurls,” “Firework,” “E.T.,” “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F. During her late-night TV stint, Perry also discusses Usher’s Super Bowl performance (“he was awesome”), singing at King Charles’ Coronation, and lodging at Windsor Castle (her mother tagged along.

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