Christina Perri
Christina Judith Perri is an American singer and songwriter. Perri gained recognition for writing and recording the love theme for the film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which went on to sell over 4 million copies in the United States. Her song \”Jar of Hearts\” was featured on the television series So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. Her debut studio album, Lovestrong, followed soon after and has since been certified platinum.
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Christina Judith Perri is an American singer and songwriter. Her song \”Jar of Hearts\” was featured on the television series So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. Her debut studio album, Lovestrong, followed soon after and has since been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Perri gained recognition for writing and recording the love theme for the film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which went on to sell over 4 million copies in the United States. She later released her second extended play, A Very Merry Perri Christmas, followed by her second studio album,. Perri was born in Bensalem, Pennsylvania and has an older brother, Nick Perri, who formerly played guitar with Shinedown, Silvertide, Perry Farrell and Matt Sorum and cousin Dominic Perri Her father is from Italy and her mother from Poland.
She graduated from Archbishop Ryan High School in 2004. She taught herself how to play guitar as a 16-year-old by watching a videotape of Shannon Hoon from the group Blind Melon performing on VH1. She attended college as a communication major for a year before dropping out to pursue a music career. She moved to Los Angeles on her 21st birthday to focus entirely on working on music. In July 2011, Perri embarked on her first world tour, the LovestRong Tour, which lasted for almost exactly a year and consisted of 71 dates. On August 1, 2012, she announced that she would be opening for Jason Mraz in North America.
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