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Christina Perri

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Also known as Christina Judith Perri

American singer-songwriter

Film & TV

Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA

Christina Judith Perri 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.

Known for

  • Christmas with Delta in Hollywood2024
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest2019
  • The Masked Singer — Self - Guest2019
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self2014
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self - Musical Guest2003
  • ECHO-Verleihung — Self1992
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest1988

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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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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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