Christina Perri

Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986) [1] [2]  is an American  singer-songwriter and  musician from  Philadelphia. Her song " Jar of Hearts" charted in the United States after it was featured on the  Fox television show  So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. Rolling Stone named her the "Band of the Week" on October 26, 2010. [3]  On May 10, 2011, Perri's "Jar of Hearts" was featured in the " Prom Night" episode of Fox musical series  Glee; [4] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> the following month, it was featured in the episode "Dance Amongst Daggers" of  ABC Family<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> drama  Switched at Birth<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">. Perri recorded the song " A Thousand Years<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">" for the film  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> (2011) and it appears on the  accompanying soundtrack<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">. Christina grew up in  Bensalem, Pennsylvania<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> (a suburb of Philadelphia) with her older brother,  Nick Perri<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">, who formerly played guitar with  Shinedown<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">,  Silvertide<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">,  Perry Farrell<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> and  Matt Sorum<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-usat_5-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[5] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> Her father is from Italy <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[6] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> and mother from Poland. <sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> She attended  Nazareth Academy High School<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> but transferred to  Archbishop Ryan High School<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> to graduate as a member of the class of 2004. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[7] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> She taught herself how to play guitar as a 16-year-old by watching a videotape of  Shannon Hoon<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> from the group  Blind Melon<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> performing on  VH1<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">. ==Career<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> == ===Early career<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> ===

<p style="line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Perri moved to Los Angeles, California on her 21st birthday. Later that year she married and began to produce music videos. She divorced 18 months later and moved back to Philadelphia by the end of 2009; during this time she wrote "Jar of Hearts". She moved back to Los Angeles, waitressing at the Melrose Cafe during the day and recording at night.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RollingStoneBandOfTheWeek_3-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-yahoo_8-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8] ===2010–present: lovestrong<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> ===

<p style="line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Perri's song "Jar of Hearts" was featured on So You Think You Can Dance during the June 30, 2010 show.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UsMagazine_9-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  It was featured in performance by Billy Bell and Kathryn McCormick.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BB_10-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  Perri's friend Keltie Colleen passed the song to show choreographer Stacey Tookey; Perri and Colleen watched the performance in the audience.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UsMagazine_9-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] Following its exposure on the show, "Jar of Hearts" sold 48,000 digital copies, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 at #63 and reaching #28 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BB_10-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  Within a month, it sold more than 100,000 copies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-yahoo_8-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  Then, her music video for "Jar of Hearts" landed on the VH1 top 20 music video countdown.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Shortly after, Perri made her debut on national day time and prime time television, performing the song live on the July 10, 2010 episode of The Early Show on CBS as well as the July 15, 2010 episode of So You Think You Can Dance<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-yahoo_8-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  Perri signed a deal with Atlantic Records on July 21, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bill_11-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  Roadrunner Records continue to promote "Jar of Hearts" on the radio.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  Perri appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 29, 2010 and Conan on December 7, 2010 where she played "Jar of Hearts." In addition, "Jar of Hearts" was on the show Pretty Little Liars. "Arms" was also in the ABC Family movie Teen Spirit. Perri recorded an EP named The Ocean Way Sessions that was released on November 9, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13] <p style="line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Perri's debut album is titled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovestrong. lovestrong.]'' and was released on May 10, 2011. It follows the release of "Arms", its lead single, released on March 15. She appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, playing her song "Arms". "Arms" was used in the August 26, 2011 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful and has also been used in TV spots for the Fall 2011 season of Investigation Discovery's showDisappeared.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Perri's single, "A Thousand Years", appeared on the soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">On November 1, 2011 Perri appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars Results show to perform her song "Arms". On November 13, 2011, she also performed "Jar of Hearts" on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing results show. On February 19, she performed "Jar of Hearts" in the pre-fight buildup to Vitali Klitschko vs. Derek Chisora World Heavyweight Championship boxing contest in Munich.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">On January 29, 2012, Perri performed "Jar of Hearts" live on UK ITV's Dancing on Ice show, with Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in a specially choreographed routine.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">On April 22, 2012, Perri performed live on Australia's Dancing with the Stars.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Perri also announced in San Juan, Puerto Rico during her Lovestrong Tour that she will be releasing her second studio album in Spring 2013; also in San Juan she sang new song "Run" for the first time, which will be included on the new album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  In addition, in late 2012 she will be opening for Jason Mraz's concert series tour, "Love Is a Four Letter Word" across continental North America in 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">On August 1, 2012, she announced via Facebook that she would be releasing a Christmas EP titled A Very Merry Perri Christmas and that the EP would be released on October 16, 2012. On December 12, Perri performed "Something About December", an original Christmas song from this album, on Today.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  On May 14, 2013, she received the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Music,_Inc. BMI] award for her song A Thousand Years at the 61st annual BMI Pop Awards held in Beverly Hills, California.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.190340042114258px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Perri is involved with the non-profit organization To Write Love on Her Arms.