1 singles five from 2010sTeenage Dreamalone on the Hot 100.

15 (though it did better overseas, and topped the Dance Club chart Stateside).

Two follow-ups failed to launch, and a third one, Daisies, stalled at No.

Katy Perry

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Had pops fickle fandom simply reached its capacity for Katy?

So ifSmileis more of the solidly executed same, who to blame for its tepid landing?

Everyones a shiny new toy for, like, two years.

Perry, who turns 36 in October, will hardly be filing for unemployment anytime soon.