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.
Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Gina Miles Wins Season 23 of ‘The Voice’: 5 Things to Know About the Team Niall Champion
usmagazine.comShe is The Voice! Gina Miles has officially been crowned as the NBC singing competition’s season 23 champion.The 19-year-old Illinois native secured the first-ever victory for first-time coach Niall Horan on The Voice’s Tuesday, May 23, season finale, beating out the likes of Team Blake Shelton‘s Grace West and NOIVAS, Team Kelly Clarkson’s D.Smooth and Team Chance the Rapper’s Sorelle.Before her crowning moment, Miles expressed her gratitude to the former One Direction member, 29, stating that his “friendship and mentorship has been very special to me.” She continued: “Thank you for choosing me and giving me this opportunity.
Love you.”The “Slow Hands” singer celebrated his contestant’s win by giving Miles a big hug. Earlier in the episode, the pair took to the stage to perform a duet of Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind.”Following her big win, Miles told the California local news station KCRA that her time on the show was the best experience of her life. “Me and my friends, like standing up there, just excited to be there at all,” the teen told the outlet. “I genuinely did not do this to win, I just did it for the experience and the people.
And then they called my name, which was really crazy.”The musician first wowed viewers and the coaches during a March episode of the Blind Auditions with her rendition of Katy Perry’s “The One That Got Away,” earning chair turns from Horan and Clarkson, 41.Her nervous demeanor was something Horan said he possessed during his early days with One Direction members Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson on the U.K.
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