Christina Perri

Christina Perri was suffering from alcoholism during the initial phase of her career. On many occasions, she has said that she would often turn to alcohol during her struggling days. In March 2016, she delighted her fans by announcing on social media that she hadn’t touched alcohol for the past four years and that she was recovering from her addiction.

In January 2016, she started dating an entertainment reporter named Paul Costabile. Perri later announced that they got engaged in June 2017 and the couple exchanged their wedding vows later that year. In August 2017, she confirmed that she was pregnant with her first child.

In one of her interviews, Perri said that she has only a few friends from the entertainment industry and that TV host and correspondent Keltie Knight is one among them.

Christina was born Christina Judith Perri at Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA, on August 19, 1986, into a religious household. While her father, Dante Perri, is of Italian origin, her mother, Mary, is of Polish origin. Christina grew up with her older brother Nick Perri, who was a music enthusiast. Nick, who later went on to become a famous guitarist, was Christina’s only inspiration during her childhood.

Her parents worked as hairdressers and the family struggled with finances. They used to visit the church regularly and Perri had the opportunity to sing during a communion when she was six years old. That changed her life forever as she realized that she had the ability to sing well.

Pleased by her interest in music, her parents enrolled her for piano lessons when she was 8. However, she was expelled from the piano class as she had her own way of ending the songs, which wasn’t liked by her teacher.

She then taught herself to play the guitar and followed her brother around while he practiced with his band. After finishing her high school, she was selected for a scholarship program at the prestigious ‘University of the Arts’ in Philadelphia. However, she dropped out of the university midway.

Wandering around for inspiration, she landed in Los Angeles just after her 21st birthday. With little experience in the field of music, she started auditioning for various record companies to no avail.

She composed her song ‘Jar of Hearts’ while still working at the restaurant. Fortunately, her song was played in one of the episodes of the popular American talent hunt show ‘So You Think you can Dance.’ ‘Jar of Hearts’ was heard by many and it instantly became popular among music lovers. The song was released online on public demand, and it became viral on the internet.

‘Jar of Hearts’ hit 100,000 downloads within two weeks of its release. The song even made it to the Billboard’s top 50 picks, making Perri instantly famous among the music lovers in Los Angeles. Soon, record companies started pursuing her, and she was eventually signed by ‘Atlantic Records.’

In 2010, she released her debut extended play titled ‘The Ocean Way Sessions.’ The extended play was received well by critics as well as the audience, and it even made to the list of ‘US Billboard 200.’ It also topped the ‘US Top Heatseekers’ chart, earning Perri a nation-wide recognition. She gathered huge fan following.

Her debut album ‘Lovestrong’ was an instant success as it grabbed the fourth spot in the list of ‘Billboard 200’ as soon as it was released. In the UK and the US, ‘Lovestrong’ became one of the highest selling albums of the year and Perri embarked on a tour to promote the album.

The tour, which began in Boston on April 20, 2011, ended in Seattle on May 8, 2011. Musician James Blunt accompanied her during the tour, which was a massive success. What further contributed towards her success was her love theme, which she composed for the film ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.’