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 opens up about baby names ahead of daughter's arrival
msn.com© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine It's an incredibly exciting time for and , who are counting down the weeks . And this week, the American Idol judge opened up about her pregnancy in an interview on Mix 104.1'S Karson & Kennedy.During the chat, and revealed that she and Orlando before deciding. "We have yet to decide specifically on her name because I think we've got options and she'll tell us… I'll look at her and go, 'Oh yeah, yeah, you are her.
You are that,'" she said. During the chat, Katy also admitted to feeling a mixture of emotions during her pregnancy in lockdown, from depressed to overjoyed. "I've been overwhelmed, I've been anxious, I've been happy, I've been overjoyed, I've been depressed – I've been all of it," she said..
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