New Artist Research - Christina Perri

Name: Christina Perri
Age: 25
Born: 19^th August 1986
Birthplace: Philadelphia

Christina Perri grew up in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, with her older brother, Nick, who formerly played guitar with Shinedown, Silvertide, Perry Farrell and Matt Sorum. She taught herself how to play guitar when she was 16 years old.

Perri moved to Los Angeles when she was 21 years old and later that year she got married and began to produce music videos. Unfortunately, she divorced 18 months later and moved back to Philadelphia by the end of 2009 and during this time she wrote "Jar of Hearts" where she eventually moved back to Los Angeles.

Perri's song "Jar of Hearts" was featured on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ during the 30^th June 2010 show. Following its exposure on the show, "Jar of Hearts" sold 48,000 digital copies, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 63 and reaching number 28 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs. Within a month, it had sold more than 100,000 copies. Then, her music video for "Jar of Hearts" landed on the VH1 top 20 music video countdown.

Perri's debut album is titled ‘Lovestrong’ and was released on 10^th May 2011. It follows the release of "Arms", its lead single, released on 15^th March. Her new single, "A Thousand Years" is to appear on ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’ movie soundtrack.