Katy Perry Defies Gravity at 2012 Billboard Music Awards

Katy Perry dazzled at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards this past weekend with a gravity-defying performance. The songstress appeared before the audience on a sheet suspended  in the air as she crooned “Wide Awake.”
The emotional breakup track was written for Perry’s much buzzed about 3D film, Katy Perry: Part of Me, which will debut July 5th.

The set was breathtaking, reminiscent of Pink’s own Grammy performance, and featured ethereal shooting stars and clouds in the background. Perry spun in the air, decked out in a dreamy white gown billowing around her as acrobats gracefully danced around her.

Earlier that night, Katy Perry took the stage in a glittering dress matching her purple locks and accepted her Billboard Spotlight Award for garnering five No. 1 hits from her Teenage Dream album. The singer thanked her fans: “I always say the people have the power, so I want to thank all the glittering, gorgeous [people] out there. Rock on, KatyCats!” The only other artist to receive the Spotlight Award is the late Michael Jackson.

Watch Katy Perry’s 2012 Billboard Music Awards performance below: