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 reflects on why she split with Orlando Bloom in 2017
foxnews.comKaty Perry and Orlando Bloom are in a strong place in their relationship.The couple is engaged and expecting a baby girl, but in 2017, they briefly split.
The singer, 35, opened up about why they needed time apart in an interview with People magazine. “It’s really about an individual journey that makes the whole thing better" she said. "We both had to decide to go on that journey separately because it’s not my half and your half that makes a whole.
It’s my wholeness and your wholeness that makes this whole thing happen." Perry has a new album coming out and said the single "Champagne Problems" is about one of their toughest times as a couple.
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