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 her marriage with Russell Brand a ‘tornado’; Says relationship with Orlando Bloom is ‘solid’
pinkvilla.comNew mom and music icon Katy Perry is opening up about her relationship and previous marriage to comedian Russell Brand, which ended in 2012 after two years of marriage. “It was the first breaking of my idealistic mind,” Katy said during a 60 Minutes Australia interview. “I was having great success at 23, 24 and 25, and then I met someone that was interesting and stimulating.
It was just like a tornado. It was everything happening once.” She added she “always resonated with friction and resistance and challenges.
I know that inherently [about myself]. Like, ‘OK, it’s gonna take a lot of work but oh, we’re gonna get somewhere great,’ or, ‘It’s gonna be a beautiful diamond.
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