“Swish Swish” Featuring Nicki Minaj Is Out Today
Album features current single Bon Appétit and platinum smash Chained To The Rhythm
Katy Perry’s new album, Witness (EMI Music Australia), is now available for pre-order everywhere. Fans who pre-order the digital album will instantly receive “Swish Swish” featuring Nicki Minaj plus the Platinum-certified hit “Chained to the Rhythm” featuring Skip Marley and Katy’s new single, “Bon Appétit” featuring Migos. Pre-order WitnessHERE.
This evening, Katy will be the lead talk guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and tomorrow, May 20, she will perform as musical guest on the season finale of “Saturday Night Live.” She’ll also appear on CBS’“The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017,” which will air on Monday, May 22.
Tickets for the U.S. dates of WITNESS: The Tour go on sale to the general public on Monday, May 22, with the Canadian dates on sale May 26.
The North American run will include two New York City shows – October 2 at Madison Square Garden and October 11 at Barclays Center – plus an evening at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on November 7. For itinerary visit http://katyperry.com. Katy will be partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to donate tickets to club members and volunteers. Additionally, fans can earn free tickets by joining Global Citizen and taking action to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America. $1 per every ticket sold will also be donated to Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
“Bon Appétit”, which features Atlanta-based hip-hop trio Migos, was co-written by Katy, Max Martin, Shellback, Oscar Holter, Ferras Alqaisi and Migos. “Bon Appétit” was #1 Most Added at Australian Radio in it’s first week. The song is now available everywhere for streaming and download.
“Chained to the Rhythm,” the first single from Witness, has now been certified Platinum in Australia and the U.S. and brings up Katy’s sixteenth Platinum or Multi-Platinum single in Australia. It reached #1 on both the Australian and U.K. airplay charts
Spotify streams of the song exceeded three million on the first day, setting an all-time record for the best first day of streaming of a single track by a female artist in Spotify history. Audio/visual streams of the single surpassed 500 million worldwide in the first 10 weeks of release.
Katy made her EMI Music debut with 2008’s One of the Boys after signing to the label in 2007. She cemented her status as a global superstar with the follow-up album, Teenage Dream (2010). PRISM, her 2013 album, debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in 100 countries and has sold more than 12.5 million adjusted albums worldwide. With the singles “Firework” and “Dark Horse” each surpassing the 10 million threshold including song sales and streams, Katy is the first female artist to earn two RIAA Digital Single Diamond Awards. In her 10 years with Capitol, she has racked up a cumulative 18+ billion streams alongside worldwide sales of more than 40+ million adjusted albums and 125+ million tracks. She is the most-followed person globally on Twitter. Katy played to a total of two million people on the sold-out, 151-date Prismatic World Tour and headlined the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, which set a record as the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show ever.
