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 on Ellen support: I’m not here to make everyone agree with me
breakingnews.ieKaty Perry has said she does not expect everyone to agree with her after she spoke in support of Ellen DeGeneres. The 35-year-old pop star tweeted that she has only ever had “positive takeaways” from her time on the talk show.
DeGeneres had issued an apology after reports of a toxic, on-set, workplace environment. “I started that tweet off not undermining anyone else’s experience,” Perry told the Los Angeles Times. “I wanted to only speak from my own experience.
I have over 100 million people that follow me on Twitter, so not everyone is going to agree with me. “And I’m not here to make everyone agree with me.” Perry had tweeted that she had “only ever had positive takeaways from my time with Ellen and on the … show.
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