Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter from
Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Her debut single "
Jar of Hearts" charted after it was featured on the
Fox television show
So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. The single went on to sell over 3 million copies in the United States and was a hit around the world. In the UK, it reached number three on the charts and spent over three months in the UK Top 40. A few months later, Perri released her first
extended play,
The Ocean Way Sessions.