Christina Perri

Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986)[1] [2] is an American singer-songwriter and 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.[3] On May 10, 2011, Perri's "Jar of Hearts" was featured on Glee (Season 2, Episode 20 "Prom Queen").[4] 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.

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Perri grew up in Bensalem, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia) with her older brother, Nick Perri, who formerly played guitar with Shinedown, Silvertide, Perry Farrell and Matt Sorum. She attended Archbishop Ryan High School as a member of the class of 2004. She taught (his word doesn't exist) herself how to play guitar as a 16-year-old by watching a videotape of Shannon Hoon from the group Blind Melon performing on VH1. Perri Stated on The Graham Norton Show in February 2012

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.

BAND

Jenni Tarma - Bass
 * John Anderson - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
 * Mike Daly - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
 * David Hodges - Piano
 * Martin Christopher - Violin and Viola
 * Jake Peters - Cello

Websites
www.christinaperri.com (Official Website)

www.atlanticrecords.com (Record Company Website)