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.
Jonny West Wows ‘American Idol’ Judges With Stunning Louis Armstrong Cover During First At-Home Episode
etcanada.comJonny West impressed the “American Idol” judges during the first episode to be filmed entirely from home Sunday. West belted out a stunning cover of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World”, which he said he’d picked “before all this went down.” Luke Bryan gushed, “I heard 10 deviations of a music career right there.
You can take your career wherever you want to take it. I heard Randy Newman in there, I heard movie soundtracks, I heard so many things.
Just don’t stop your music journey no matter what happens, please.” RELATED: Katy Perry On ‘American Idol’s New ‘Historic’ Remote Episode Amid Quarantine Katy Perry, who was dressed as a giant bottle of hand sanitizer for the entire episode, added: “If the show continues to film from home
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