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Judith Perri (born August
19, 1986) is an American singer-songwriterand 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. On
May 10, 2011, Perri's "Jar of Hearts" was featured on Glee (Season
2, Episode 20 "Prom Queen"). Also,
on June 27, 2011, Perri's "Jar of Hearts" was featured on Switched at Birth (Season
1, Episode 4 "Dance Amongst Daggers"). One of her songs, "A Thousand Years", has been in the Twilight saga movie Breaking Dawn.
Early life
Perri grew
up in Bensalem, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia) with her
older brother, Nick Perri, who formerly played guitar
with Shinedown, Silvertide, Perry Farrelland Matt Sorum. Her father is from Italy. She attended Archbishop Ryan High School as
a member of the class of 2004. She
taught herself how to play guitar as a 16-year-old by watching a videotape of Shannon Hoon from the group Blind Melonperforming on VH1.
Early career
Perri moved
to Los Angeles on her 21st birthday. Later that year
she got 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.
2010–present: Lovestrong.
Perri's song
"Jar of Hearts" was featured on So You Think You Can Dance during the June 30, 2010 show. It was
featured in performance by Billy Bell and Kathryn McCormick. Perri's friend
Keltie Colleen passed the song to show choreographer Stacey Tookey; Perri and Colleen watched
the performance in the audience. 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. Within
a month, it sold more than 100,000 copies. Then, her music video for "Jar
of Hearts" landed on the VH1 top 20 music video countdown.
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 DancePerri signed a deal with Atlantic Records on July 21, 2010. Roadrunner Records continue to promote
"Jar of Hearts" on the radio. 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.
Perri's
debut album is titled 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 show "Disappeared."
Perri's
single, "A Thousand Years," appeared on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn's movie soundtrack.
On November
1, 2011 Perri appeared on ABC's Dancing With The Stars Results show to perform her song "Arms".
On 13 November 2011, she also performed "Jar of Hearts" on the BBC'sStrictly 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.
On 29th
January 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.
She will be
joining Jason Mraz in his tour across continental North
America in 2012. Perri also announced that she will be releasing her second
studio album in Spring 2013.
On 22nd
April 2012, Perri performed live on Australia's Dancing with the Stars.
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