Christina Perri

Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986) 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. On May 10, 2011, Perri's "Jar of Hearts" was featured on Glee (Season 2, Episode 20 "Prom Queen"). 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.

Discography

• lovestrong. (2011)
• Untitled (2013)

Christina Perri provides examples of the following tropes:

• Anti-Love Song: "Mine"
• Break Up Song: "Jar Of Hears", "Bang Bang Bang", "Tragedy", "The Lonely", "Sad Song"
• Creator Breakdown: lovestrong. is about a relationship break up, get back together and break up again, also recorded in a rather rapid pace which made it harder to do.
• Love Will Lead You Back: "Sad Song"
• Love Nostalgia Song: "Tragady", "The Lonely".
• Love Makes You Crazy: A theme of lovestrong.
• Obsession Song: "Distance"
• Silly Love Song: "Arms", "Distance", "Penguin", "A Thousand Years", "Blue Bird"
• The Something Song: "Sad Song".
• Your Cheating Heart: Jar Of Hearts, Bang Bang Bang,