--- description: Is this self-deprecating, accurate or both? title: Katy Perry: Beyoncé is the Biggest Star in the World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Katy Perry Sum Up the Current State of Pop Music in Ten Seconds  by [Sam Lansky](/author/sam-lansky/)  ## Sam Lansky Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 3:49 PM CUT  by [Sam Lansky](/author/sam-lansky/)  ## Sam Lansky Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 3:49 PM CUT When Katy Perry appeared on the Australian morning show _Sunrise_ on Mar. 5, host Samantha Armytage paid her a lovely compliment: “You’re the biggest female entertainer in the world,” she said to Perry. “No, I’m not,” Perry said. “Beyoncé is. Duh. Do not blaspheme Beyoncé.” Bow down. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/12758/katy-perry-beyonce-biggest-female-entertainer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/12758/katy-perry-beyonce-biggest-female-entertainer/"},"headline":"Watch Katy Perry Sum Up the Current State of Pop Music in Ten Seconds","datePublished":"2014-03-05T15:49:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:35:13.369Z","description":"Is this self-deprecating, accurate or both?","url":"https://time.com/12758/katy-perry-beyonce-biggest-female-entertainer/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","Katy Perry","Beyonce"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Lansky","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-lansky/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/12758/katy-perry-beyonce-biggest-female-entertainer/","name":"Watch Katy Perry Sum Up the Current State of Pop Music in Ten Seconds"}}]}] ```