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.
Gabby Barrett Reveals The Most Important Thing ‘American Idol’ Taught Her For Her Career
hollywoodlife.comGabby Barrett is a country superstar, but once upon a time, she was just a nervous American Idol contestant.
As the “I Hope” singer, 20, continued to compete on the first season of the Idol reboot, which she won, she said that judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan, imparted an important piece of wisdom that’s helped her beyond the show. “It was something they said early on in the competition.
I was so nervous on the show all the time. I was so nervous. When you care about something so much, you get so nervous and you don’t want to mess up,” Gabby explained when she stopped by the HollywoodLife podcast for an EXCLUSIVE interview. “There’s 60 million people watching and three celebrities who don’t mess up.” Gabby said she
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