Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
‘American Idol’ fans push for Alanis Morissette to replace Katy Perry
nypost.com“the one that got away” — if “American Idol” fans have their way.Viewers are campaigning on social media to permanently remove Katy Perry as a judge after she was temporarily replaced this week by the Canadian songstress to mentor the show’s Top 8.
Morissette, 48, filled in for Perry, 38, while she and co-judge Lionel Richie, 73 — who was replaced by Ed Sheeran — performed at the coronation concert held in honor of King Charles III.Perry’s hiatus from the show came as several fans slammed the “TGIF” singer for her rude on-stage behavior.Several viewers of “Idol” seemed to breathe a sigh of relief during the “Dark Horse” singer’s two-episode absence. “I want you as a permanent judge,” exclaimed one fan to Morissette on Twitter.“I’ve always enjoyed your music, but watching you on American Idol and seeing how much you cared about these kids and how wonderful you were with them was awesome,” gushed a second Twitter user. “You seem like a very genuine person and you don’t see that much these days!
Thank you for being you.” A third claimed that Morissette’s critiques were “unselfishly intended to benefit the contestants” and that Perry and Richie could learn a lot from her.
One user pushed for both Richie and Perry to be replaced. “It will be SOOOOOO nice watching ‘Idol’ tonight without having to hold the remote so I can ‘MUTE’ Perry and Richie every time they open their mouths,” blasted one user. “Now.
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