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.
Elon Musk Scolds Barack Obama, Taylor Swift for Not Tweeting Enough and Asks: ‘Is Twitter Dying?’
thewrap.combiggest shareholder — shared a tweet by World of Statistics that ranked the most followed accounts. “Most of these ‘top’ accounts tweet rarely and post very little content,” he said of the list, which included names like Rihanna, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and himself.
He particularly singled out Swift, who “hasn’t posted anything in 3 months,” and Bieber, who “only posted once this year.”And @justinbieber only posted once this entire yearEarlier this week, Musk became Twitter’s largest shareholder with a 9.2% stake, which saw his investment increase $800 million to a $3.68 billion valuation after the news.
The following day, on Tuesday, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced the SpaceX founder’s appointment to the company’s board of directors.“He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term.
Welcome Elon!” Agrawal tweeted.The news comes about a week after Musk criticized the platform’s approach to free speech, saying it “undermines democracy” and cryptically asking, “Is a new platform needed?”“Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy,” he added.
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