Detroit Free Press — Only five initials stood between Katy Perry and her sixth No. 1 single on Billboard's Hot 100: LMFAO. more info

ContactMusic — Katy Perry has stopped Lil Wayne from scoring a number one debut on the U. S. pop charts. The singer's Last Friday Night (T. G. I. F. ) has scored a second week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 as the rapper rockets into the top three with She Wil... more info

Guardian Music — Chinese censors are once again waging war on pop music. But their criteria for banning songs show little understanding of the art formPity the poor censors at the Chinese ministry of culture, for they have set themselves a Sisyphean task. Two years a... more info

ContactMusic — Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys, and Katy Perry songs have all been banned in China. The Asian country's ministry of culture has deemed 100 tracks by artists unsuitable for its citizens telling websites selling and streaming them both legally and illegall... more info

Topix — They may have the same last name, but that's where the similarities end with Katy Perry and Linda Perry . more info

ContactMusic — Katy Perry has sparked a new trend for late night 'insomnia tweeting' after spending four hours answering fans' questions online on Monday night (22Aug11) - newlywed country star Miranda Lambert did the same thing in the early hours of Tuesday (23Aug... more info

Guardian Music — Artists' songs among 100 that music websites must remove because they had not been submitted for approvalThe Backstreet Boys may Want It That Way, but China's ministry of culture most certainly does not.Officials have placed the boy band's anodyne 19... more info

ContactMusic — Madcap Katy Perry has the perfect cure for insomnia - a mammoth question-and-answer session with her fans on Twitter. The I Kissed a Girl hitmaker was struggling to sleep at her hotel room in Chicago, Illinois following a gig on Monday night (22Aug11... more info

ContactMusic — Katy Perry never goes anywhere without her pink blanket and baby wipes. The 'Last Friday Night (T. G. I. F. )' singer answered questions from her twitter followers earlier this morning (23. 08. 11) after being struck by a bout of insomnia, giving det... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Jessie J has been announced as the house artist at the 2011 MTV VMAs.The Who's Laughing Now singer, who is set to tour with Katy Perry this Autumn, will follow in the footsteps of Deadmau5, Wale,... more info