In 2010 Christina Perri had her debut single – Jar of Hearts featured on a TV series, and she became famous in the world of music.
Christina Perri is an American artist, acting as a singer and songwriter.
She signed with Atlantic Records in 2010 and her debut studio album – Lovestrong was released in 2011.
The second breakthrough of Perri was in 2012 when her song – the free A Thousand Years piano sheets – was featured as the love theme for the movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.
She sings pop and pop-rock and she is very talented in playing the guitar and piano.
The song we chose for today’s article is one of her best - A Thousand Years, recorded by Christina Perri in 2011 and released in October, the same year.
The song was released as part of the soundtrack album for the movie series Twilight, it was written by Perri with David Hodges and Steve Kazee.
A Thousand Years was released as a 4:45 minutes song, written in the key of B-flat major and it has a vocal range between F3 to C5.
The free A Thousand Years piano sheet music has a beautiful story behind its lyrics, being written about the love affair from the movie, between Edward and Bella, the two main characters.
Because the song is so mild and beautiful, it has been covered by many artists until now, for example in 2012 by The Piano Guys, Boyce Avenue in 2021, or New Found Glory in 2019.
The song reached the top of the charts and it has been certified 7 times Platinum by the ARIA, 3 times Platinum, and two times gold.
A Thousand Years has also a beautiful music video, released in October 2011 on Facebook and Twitter.
The official music video was released on her YouTube channel, two weeks later and it features clips from the movie.
