One of the Boys

One of the Boys
One of the Boys
Studio album by Katy Perry
Released	June 17, 2008
Studio	Butch's old house (Los Feliz, California); Deathstar Studios (Los Angeles, California); Dr. Luke's Studios (New York City, New York); Legacy Recording Studios (New York City, New York); Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California); Rocket Carousel Studios (Los Angeles, California); Freshkills (New York City, New York); Rondor Studios (Los Angeles, California); Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California); The Compound (Los Feliz, California); UMPG Studios (Los Angeles, California); Aerowave Studios (Encino, California); Unstable Studios (Surrey); Monster Island (New York City, New York); The Earth's Core (Glasgow);
Genre	Pop rock; soft rock; power pop; pop-punk;
Length	43:36
Label	Capitol
Producer	Katy Perry; Greg Wells; Dr. Luke; Glen Ballard; Dave Stewart; Butch Walker; SAM and Sluggo; Ted Bruner;
Katy Perry chronology
Alternative cover
	Korean and Japanese reissue cover
Singles from One of the Boys
	"I Kissed a Girl"; Released: April 28, 2008; "Hot n Cold"; Released: September 9, 2008; "Thinking of You"; Released: January 12, 2009; "Waking Up in Vegas"; Released: April 21, 2009;

One of the Boys is the second studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on June 17, 2008, by Capitol Records. She collaborated on the album with producers Greg Wells, Dr. Luke, Dave Stewart, Max Martin, and Ted Bruner among others, and wrote most of the songs in collaboration with other producers and writers. Perry wrote its title track along with "Thinking of You" and "Mannequin" alone, with "Thinking of You" being written back in 2002. The extended play (EP) Ur So Gay (2007), containing her song of the same name (later released as a promotional single), was released before One of the Boys to generate interest in the singer and the then-upcoming album.

One of the Boys is Perry's first album under the stage name Katy Perry, following her debut Katy Hudson (2001), which was released under her real name on Red Hill Records. One of the Boys received mixed reception from critics, with some deeming it as being filled with "potential hits" and others criticizing the material they perceived to be weak. Commercially, it charted within the top ten in Argentina, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States. One of the Boys earned Perry two Grammy Award nominations, and has sold 7 million copies worldwide. It has been certified Diamond in multi-platinum in Australia, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The album's lead single and Perry's debut single,"I Kissed a Girl", became Perry's first US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single and the 1,000th number-one rock song on the chart. Its second single, "Hot n Cold", reached number three in the United States, while topping the charts in Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, and Austria, among others. The third single, "Thinking of You", reached the top-thirty in the US, while the fourth and final single, "Waking Up in Vegas", became a top ten hit and her third top ten hit overall. To further promote the album, Perry embarked on two concert tours: the 2008 Warped Tour and her first solo world tour, the Hello Katy Tour.

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