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.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
DWTS: Learn Xochitl Gomez and more stars’ songs and styles for the finale
us.hola.comDancing with the Stars” is reaching its conclusion, with the series finale scheduled to air next week. Five couples will take the dance floor next Tuesday, preparing two performances that encapsulate and showcase the work they’ve done over the past months.
Xochitl Gomez, Jason Mraz, Alyson Hannigan, and more stars will dance for judges Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. ‘Dancing With the Stars’ finalists revealed: Xochitl Gomez among the top fiveXochitl Gomez won extra points while dancing to a Taylor Swift song during ‘Dancing with the Stars’To prepare for the occasion, PEOPLE magazine has revealed some of the songs and dance styles that couples will be showcasing on the series finale.
Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy will be dancing the Foxtrot along to Katy Perry’s “Unconditionally.” They’ll also perform a freestyle dance with the song “Que Calor,” by District 78.
Hannigan and Farber will dance a salsa number set to Gloria Estefan’s “Get On Your Feet.” For the freestyle number, Hannigan will be doing a mix of two songs: “Enchanted,” by Taylor Swift, and “Papi,” by Jennifer Lopez.
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