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.
Katy Perry calls Harry Styles a 'gentleman' as she recounts the way he reacted to her pregnancy news
pinkvilla.comArdent fans of One Direction surely remember how the boy band was formed back in 2010 at the reality show The X Factor. Roar singer Katy Perry was one of the guest judges in the show back then who witnessed the formation of the band.
Recently, during one of her conversations for a popular radio show, the American Idol judge has recalled one of her fond memories with Harry Styles who is also a former member of One Direction.It so happened that Katy Perry bumped into Styles en route a plane post which she spilled the beans about her pregnancy in front of the Lights Up singer.
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