Music Daily: Katy Perry - Roar

Katy Perry may have achieved success from her mainstream debut "One of the Boys", she became a superstar through her album "Teenage Dream". She turned her attention on her follow up album "Prism", which featured "Roar" as the lead single. The song actually faced controversy as similarities were noted with the song by Sara Bareilles called "Brave". "Roar" became a global hit going number 1 to both US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles chart. It was 15x and 5x platinum in the US and UK respectively.