"She’s the greatest" Katy Perry has claimed every female artist “needs to say thank you” to Madonna . READ MORE: Katy Perry – ‘143’ review: a pop star struggles to relocate her old sense of fun The pop star made the remarks in an interview with Australian programme The Project ahead of her AFL Grand Final performance next Monday (September 28). Speaking with The Project , Perry explained her friendship with Madonna, saying: “Madonna was really nice to me, well it took a minute because she was testing me and then she became super nice to me.
“She just does her Madonna thing,” Perry continued. “She would invite me to a party and we had to do a photoshoot together which was amazing. She’s the greatest.
” Perry went on to say that Madonna’s support of her 2007 hit ‘Ur So Gay’ on radio helped “break” the singer into stardom: “She actually shouted out my song and that was really the beginning of my career. That’s kind of what started to break me.” The ‘ Woman’s World ‘ singer concluded by saying “every female [artist] still needs to continue to say thank you” to Madonna.
“I’m 40, I still get to do music because of Madonna,” she said. Perry recently released ‘ 143 ‘, an album which NME described as “a record that sometimes hits the target but rarely leaves a lasting impression. “Pop fans have a fondness for resurrecting “flop” albums that were given short shrift when they first came out: Mariah Carey’s ill-fated so.