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143 (2024)

Where the lyrics of 143 take you, and where it was really made.

Perry's seventh album is named after an angel number she says she kept seeing, and it became one of the lowest-rated records of her career.

Key places

Recorded at Eightysevenfourteen in Los Angeles (2024)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album's credits list Eightysevenfourteen in Los Angeles as a recording place. The point is set at city-centre level, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Somewhere in Santa Barbara (2024)

Recording site Somewhere (Santa Barbara) — The album's credits list Somewhere in Santa Barbara as a recording place. The point is set at city-centre level, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• 143: seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry
• Released September 20, 2024 through Capitol Records
• Title stands for the phrase 'I love you' and is Perry's symbolic angel number
• Pop record with dance-pop and Europop elements
• Perry aimed to create a 'dance party' album
• Guest appearances from Kim Petras, 21 Savage, Doechii and JID

Background

• Preceded by Smile (2020), which received mixed reviews and was dubbed a commercial disappointment
• August 2023: Perry said she was working on new material from a 'place of love'
• February 2024: announced her exit from the American Idol judges' panel after the twenty-second season
• June 2024: Rolling Stone reported Perry had reconnected with Max Martin, Stargate and Dr. Luke
• July 10, 2024 livestream: Perry described 143 as a dance album
• Perry stated that an acoustic follow-up was in the works after 143

Recording

• Worked with previous collaborators Max Martin, Dr. Luke and Stargate
• Also worked with first-time collaborators Vaughn Oliver and Rocco Did It Again!
• Credits list recording at Eightysevenfourteen in Los Angeles and at Somewhere in Santa Barbara

Cover

• Photography and creative direction credited to Jack Bridgland
• Creative direction also credited to OTM, Tal Midyan and Chris Albo

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, born October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California; known professionally as Katy Perry.
• Released the gospel album Katy Hudson (2001) under Red Hill Records at age 16; it was commercially unsuccessful.
• Moved to Los Angeles, then signed to Capitol Records in 2007 and rose to fame with One of the Boys (2008).

Members

• Solo artist. Her sister Angela influenced her early singing; her brother David is also a singer.

Career

• "I Kissed a Girl" from One of the Boys topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
• Teenage Dream (2010) became the only album by a woman to produce five U.S. number-one singles.
• Prism (2013) yielded "Roar" and "Dark Horse" as U.S. number ones; later albums include Witness (2017), Smile (2020) and 143 (2024).
• Performed the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in 2015, which drew 118.5 million U.S. viewers.
• Prismatic World Tour grossed $204.3 million worldwide.
• Estimated sales of over 151 million records worldwide; seven RIAA Diamond certifications.
• Judge on American Idol from the sixteenth season (2018) to the twenty-second season (2024).
• Flew into space aboard Blue Origin NS-31 in April 2025.
• Named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in December 2013.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Critics gave 143 negative reviews and marked it as an all-time career low for Perry
• Criticism targeted the outdated production and lackluster songwriting
• Several critics compared the album to AI-generated music
• Metacritic average of 37 from 18 reviews, labelled 'generally unfavorable reviews'
• Worst-reviewed album of Perry's career and one of the lowest-rated albums on Metacritic
• The Guardian: Alexis Petridis called it a mediocre pop album 'some way short of total catastrophe'
• The Daily Telegraph: Helen Brown called it an inept, 'disastrous' album
• Billboard: Rania Aniftos called it a 'characteristically Katy Perry' album that fans are 'sure to enjoy'
• Variety: Steven Horowitz described it as a new creative low for Perry

Reappraisal

• Financial Times: Ludovic Hunter-Tilney said a 'so-bad-it's-good reassessment' is the album's last resort
• Horowitz, Petridis and Khuttapan named 'Wonder' the best track
• Pitchfork: Rich Juzwiak said releasing so-bad-it's-good albums could be part of Perry's appeal

Records

• Billboard 200 debut at number six with 48,000 album-equivalent units
• Perry's seventh top-ten album in the United States
• 100,000 copies sold in the US as of December 2024 according to Luminate
• ARIA Albums Chart debut at number two, Perry's sixth top-five entry in Australia
• Spain debut at number three, Perry's second-highest-charting album there
• UK Albums Chart debut at number six with 9,250 album-equivalent units
• Top five in Australia, Belgium (Wallonia), Scotland and Spain
• Top ten in Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Italy, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Dr. Luke's involvement in the album was widely criticized over sexual assault allegations made by Kesha.
• The track list of 143 was revealed in the music video for 'Lifetimes'.
• The 'Lifetimes' video drew controversy when the Balearic Islands government accused Perry of trespassing on ecologically protected dunes, a claim Capitol refuted.
• Perry performed the album's songs at Rock in Rio on the album's release day, September 20, 2024.
• Perry performed 'Gorgeous' and 'Lifetimes' at the 2024 AFL Grand Final, which the source credits as helping the album's chart entry in Australia.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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