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.
Ed Sheeran responds to claims he turned down chance to perform at King Charles III’s coronation
nme.comEd Sheeran has denied claims that he refused to perform at King Charles III’s coronation concert at the weekend.The pop star was one of many musicians speculated to have declined an invitation for the Windsor Castle concert on Sunday (May 7).
However, the ‘Shape Of You’ singer put the rumours to rest during a chat on SiriusXM (via Metro), and confirmed that he didn’t attend the show because he was never invited.“No one ever asked me (to perform),” he said, explaining where he was for the historic event, “I assume if they went online and went ‘What’s Ed doing on May 6’, they would go ‘Oh, he’s playing in Dallas’.
I think that’s what’s happened.”The 32-year-old singer-songwriter instead appeared as a guest judge on American Idol on Sunday evening, alongside Alanis Morissette.
Both Sheeran and Morissette filled in for full-time judges on the show, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, who were two of the main performers at the Windsor celebration.He continued to shed light on why the rumours arose — explaining that some assumed his absence was related to the news that artists refused to attend the event. “I think that’s what happened, but obviously, [the] press had the negative story of loads of people turning down the coronation… But I never ever turned it down,’ he stressed, adding that he was “excited to tune in” to the show.Other performers said to have declined the invitation from Buckingham Palace included Elton John, Adele, Harry Styles, The Spice Girls and Robbie Williams.Back in February, it was reported that the newly-crowned King Charles III was “very keen” on having Adele and Sheeran perform at the event, but were informed that they were “unavailable”. “There is a team set up to get the talent signed up so they.
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