We're still trying to figure out just who Katy Perry really is, although it's possible the former Christian-pop singer doesn't know yet, either. Raised in the Santa Barbara area by parents who were pastors, she brims with musical talent and potential, stalking the stage with natural (although she calls it "God-given") charisma and belting out her New Wave tunes with a brassy theatricality. Of course, her facility for artifice is also her biggest drawback. To her credit, Perry wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on her... More >>>