There are some dreams we don’t want to wake up from, and given the success of Katy Perry‘s ‘Teenage Dream’ we can certainly see why.

Since its 2010 release, the multi-Platinum set has birthed hit after hit, a trajectory the singer is hoping continues with a revised version of the album.

Details after the jump…

Set to hit stores on March 13th, the retooled set -dubbed ‘Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection’- will include new tracks. And while the name of the cuts are presently unconfirmed, ‘Dressing Up’ and ‘Part Of Me’ – two new Perry tracks which recently “surfaced” – have been wiped off Youtube in their entirety.

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In a weird way, I can’t but revel in the shamelessness of this all. Indeed, it may take milking success to a whole other plateau, but it’s ingenius business. Not only does it provide Perry heightened potential to nab more #1′s from the “same” album, it’ll add more sold units to the LP’s already impressive tally.

That said, all this “milking” of one album surely creates heightened hurdles for its follow-up. I mean, take Michael Jackson, for example. Had MJ not “let go” of ‘Thriller’, would the great LP’s that were ‘Bad’ and ‘Dangerous’ have had the chance to shine on their own accord?

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I'll be intrested to see if she can pull off a hit without Dr. Luke.

She's tied with MJ isn't that enough? Come on Katy, so The One that Got Away peaked at 3 big whoop!

Glad she didn't break Whitney's record of 7 consecutive #1's!

..and maybe a re-release will help her shitty sales.

If this new album has more #1 hits, that doesn't count as "Teenage Dream" having more #1 hits - that's cheating

Eww... why!??? Damn everyone needs to fucking re-release their shit man.

xLiberiangirl said:

Eww... why!???

Tons more money for minimal effort.

This is some of the dumbest shit I have ever heard. Although it'll certainly earn her money in the short term, one can only hope that it ends up being a bad idea for her in the long run. Her 15 minutes have lasted way too long as it is.

No one bought the album the first time around, why re-release it? It's been two years! why not just write a new album?

RKJCNE said:

No one bought the album the first time around, why re-release it? It's been two years! why not just write a new album?

the album has sold over 2m copies...this is just a desperate attempt to get that 6th #1 song. Ridiculous...

SpaceInBetween said:

RKJCNE said:

No one bought the album the first time around, why re-release it? It's been two years! why not just write a new album?

the album has sold over 2m copies...this is just a desperate attempt to get that 6th #1 song. Ridiculous...

It shouldn't even count, it won't be a record worth claiming.

Desperation at its finest. She should be happy in this industry that she was able to get TWO million.

She still won't be able to get number-one in this year's charts and it's almost obvious she's doing this in the middle of her divorcing Russell Brand.

It's amazing how the industry just "re" releases albums these days. It's not fair to the fans who bought it the first time around. Corporate greed will do these things. I refuse to buy ANY CD's that are "re" released. I bought it once and that's the ONLY TIME I'll buy it. If more people boycotted such ploys, perhaps the consumer might have the upper hand (for a change???)

whitechocolatebrotha said:

It's amazing how the industry just "re" releases albums these days. It's not fair to the fans who bought it the first time around. Corporate greed will do these things. I refuse to buy ANY CD's that are "re" released. I bought it once and that's the ONLY TIME I'll buy it. If more people boycotted such ploys, perhaps the consumer might have the upper hand (for a change???)

I agree.

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will hit stores March 27th.

The CD will include the original tracklisting + the remixes w/ Missy Elliot and Kanye West + the acoustic retool of "The #1 That Got Away" and a megamix of the 6 singles (which is produced by Tommy sunshine). Then, of course, Perry is offering up 3 new singles.

“This is the complete story of Teenage Dream. It was an incredible honor to tie the King of Pop’s Billboard Hot 100 record, but I’m moving forward and had a few things left to get off my chest. So this is the complete special edition of my album for my fans,” states Perry in a press release.

getxxxx said:

“It was an incredible honor to tie the King of Pop’s Billboard Hot 100 record, but I’m moving forward and had a few things left to get off my chest.”

She should have just said "It was an incredible honor to tie the King of Pop's Billboard Hot 100 record, but I'm going to beat it"

getxxxx said:

It was an incredible honor to tie the King of Pop’s Billboard Hot 100 record

She just had to sneak that in, didn't she?

She's driven...or should I say her label is determined to break the record

Dressing Up is somewhat weak but Part of Me is gonna be a hit.

And it totally plays into her divorce.

damnnnnn

Identity said:

Sounds like a summer anthem. I don't really care for Katy but her catchy tunes are catchy. It is very frustrating to find myself singing her songs sometimes out of the blue.

With lines like "You can keep the diamond ring, it don't mean anything," it's obvious that the new song is about the ex-hubby.

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TonyVanDam said:

Identity said:

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Is this bitch really?...

come on people...do u really think Katy Perry is the one who is pushing this??? it's her record label and management team behind this..

I'm curious, some of you seem a bit upset that Katy is releasing the same album twice. Did you feel the same way when Prince did much the same thing with Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic/Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic?

No, not I: I'm going to add Katy's reissue to my CD collection.