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.
PREGNANT Katy Perry and fiance Orlando Bloom were taking no chances as they ventured out to stock up on supplies for their new arrival dressed in medical face masks and gloves.
The American Idol judge, 35, and the actor, 43, were keeping a low profile as they left Target with two trollies stocked up with goods.
Katy dressed in a matching marbled grey sweatshirt and sweats, that she wore with her hood up over a pink cap. Her Lord of the Rings beau was dressed equally casually in an all black outfit of sweats and a sweatshirt, as he also covered his head in a black cap, hood and a face mask.
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