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Christina Perri

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Also known as Christina Judith Perri

American singer-songwriter

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Christina Perri is an American female singer-songwriter and musician. Her musical style encompasses pop, rock, alternative, and indie genres. She began her professional work period in 2008.

Her discography includes the albums *Lovestrong* and *Head or Heart*, along with their associated songbooks. She is also credited with the song "Thousand Years" from the *Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1*. Open Library records eleven works under her name, while Crossref lists five.

Perri has accumulated 6,900,000 social media followers. On Last.fm, she has 1,940,884 listeners and 28,949,675 playcounts. Her official website is christinaperri.com.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
11

Top works

  • Christina Perri - Lovestrong. (Songbook)
  • Thousand Years from the Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn, Part 1
  • Christina Perri - Lovestrong
  • Christina Perri - Head or Heart Songbook
  • Christina Perri - Head or Heart

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1986-08-19
alternativepopsinger-songwriter

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,940,884
Total plays
28,949,675

Tags

popfemale vocalistssinger-songwriterindierock

Christina Perri, born August 19, 1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. She initially rose to fame with her 2010 debut single "Jar of Hearts," which charted in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after being used in the popular television show, "So You Think You Can Dance." Perri grew up in Bensalem, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia) with her older brother, Nick Perri, who formerly played guitar with Shinedown, among other

via Last.fm · Christina Perri

Key facts

Born
Christina Judith Perri , ( 1986-08-19 ) August 19, 1986 (age 39) , Bensalem, Pennsylvania , U.S.
Occupations
Singer songwriter
Spouse
Paul Costabile ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2025 ) ​
Relatives
Nick Perri (brother)
Genres
Pop pop rock children's music
Instruments
Vocals guitar piano keyboards
Labels
Atlantic Elektra
Website
christinaperri .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Christina
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
music composing
Instrument
voice
Record label
Atlantic Records
Official website
www.christinaperri.com
Image
Christina Perri @ Hotel Cafe 07 15 2022 (52301451638) (cropped).jpg
Voice type
mezzo-soprano
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Commons category
Christina Perri
social media followers
6900000
date of birth
1986-08-19
start of work period
2008-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. After her debut single "Jar of Hearts" was featured on the television series So You Think You Can Dance in 2010, Perri signed with Atlantic Records and released her debut extended play, The Ocean Way Sessions. Her debut studio album, Lovestrong (2011), followed soon after and has since been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Perri also gained recognition for writing and recording "A Thousand Years", the love theme for the film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), which appears on the accompanying soundtrack. The song went on to sell over 10 million copies in the United States, being certified Diamond, and the official music video reached two billion views on YouTube in December 2021. She later released her second extended play, A Very Merry Perri Christmas (2012), followed by her second studio album, Head or Heart (2014). After recording the lullaby albums Songs for Carmella (2019) and Songs for Rosie (2021), Perri released her third pop and fifth overall studio album, A Lighter Shade of Blue (2022). In 2023, she released the albums Songs for Pixie and Songs for Christmas.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Christina Perri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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