Born in 1984, Katy is 34 years old and has enjoyed a global singing career since 2008 when she rose to fame with the release of her second album and the hit singles “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot ‘n’ Cold”.
Her later chart topping songs include “Teenage Dream”, “California Gurls”, “Firework”, “Last Friday Night” and “The One That Got Away”.
Her 2010 album “Teenage Dream” became the first by a female artist to produce five US number-ones.
Katy’s 2017 album Witness, her fifth in total, contained the single “Chained to the Rhythm” which broke the world record for Spotify’s most streamed track by a female artist within 24 hours of its release.
Perry has received numerous accolades, including five American Music Awards, four Guinness World Records and one Brit Award.
She was included in the annual Forbes list of the world’s highest earning women from 2011 through to 2018.
Perry has an estimated net worth of $125 million USD. She started appearing as a judge on American Idol in 2018.
She was briefly married to British comedian and actor Russell Brand from 2010 to 2012, and enjoyed an famously on-off relationship with US singer John Mayer before ultimately ending things in 2014.
Perry announced her engagement to longterm boyfriend Orlando Bloom in February 2019 via Instagram.
Katy Perry’s best bikini and semi nude photos
Katy Perry has worn some very provocative ensembles over the course of her decade in the spotlight, and is widely regarded as one of the hottest, most sexy women in Hollywood.
Perry has been photographed for a plethora of magazine covers and promotional shoots in revealing swimwear, some of which create the illusion of her being fully naked!
1. Katy in a yellow bikini
Perry looks sensational in this 2011 photoshoot for Rolling Stone wearing a yellow and black leopard print bikini and perspex raincoat.
The singer's legs look incredible in a pair of vertiginous silver platform heels.
2. Katy goes green in Mexico
A 23-year-old Katy showed off her toned and tanned physique in this matching green bikini on holiday in Mexico over the Christmas period in 2008.
She was on vacation with her then-boyfriend Travis McCoy, lead singer of Gym Class Heroes but numerous outlets including Daily Mail photographed the singer looking dejected and sad.
3. Katy ROARS in red swimsuit
Perry, then 32, was pictured in this fashion forward leopard print one-piece by Stella McCartney while larking about on a luxury yacht in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy during the summer of 2017.
Over this period she styled her locks in a dramatic blonde buzzcut.
4. Katy is pretty in pink
The songstress was Down Under for her Prismatic World Tour in November 2014 when she was spotted in this fabulous pale string bikini.
Katy showed off her washboard abs and ample assets in the tiny two piece as she soaked up the sun in Sydney Harbour.
5. Katy in a "Granny Swimsuit"
Katy wore an uncharacteristically conservative nude one piece on holiday in Hawaii in December 2018.
6. Katy looks sexy for Rolling Stone
Katy turned up the heat for this 2010 Rolling Stone cover shoot in Sagaponack, New York.
She flaunted her impossibly perfect figure for the major mag in a variety of seductive poses.
7. Katy in tie-dye
The singer wore a pretty yellow and black tie-dye bikini from brand Bantu for a 2016 break to Sardinia with boyfriend Orlando Bloom.
This is the infamous bikini Katy was seen in whilst sitting on the front of a paddle board as a fully naked Orlando steered the couple through the ocean.
Perry has been seen in this bikini on a number of occasions and we can see why - it's super flattering!
8. Katy wears vintage in Italy
Katy opted for a retro-inspired high waisted floral bikini for a 2016 vacation to Sardinia with Orlando Bloom.
The couple couldn't keep their hands off each other as they frolicked on the beach.
9. Katy dons another floral two piece
We're noticing a theme here.
Katy looked outstanding in this blue and pink floral two piece on vacation in Hawaii over Christmas 2018.
These pictures were taken weeks before Orlando popped the question to his lady love!
10. Katy wears a psychedelic striped bikini
Perry rocked this uber cool two piece on a beach in Capri during a break from her 2017 Witness World Tour.
She looked every inch the pop vixen with her slender pins, flat tummy and perky assets.
