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 reveals why she and Orlando Bloom stopped drinking for three months: 'Just finding balance'
foxnews.comKaty Perry and Orlando Bloom put down the booze for three months. The "Teenage Dream" singer recently revealed that she and her fiancé made a sober "pact" in March. "For me, it was an opportunity to reset.
We reset after President's Day, and it was a great opportunity to just let my body bounce back a little bit," Perry told People magazine. "I've had a pretty good relationship with just finding balance." According to the singer, she's "not really drinking" during the week, "but on the weekend I'll indulge a little bit." Perry agreed to be supportive of Bloom while he took his energy away from alcohol and into filming an upcoming movie in London. "We did this because he's shooting a movie in London right now that's taking every ounce of his focus, and so I wanted that opportunity to be supportive," she said. "It's really hard to do anything, whether that's doing a cleanse or a reset, unless your partner's doing it.
So, doing it together makes it so much easier." Perry clarified that she doesn't "really identify with any labels as far as sober or whatever," however, "I love to have my reset moments, especially being 38, balancing the intensity of my career and having a toddler who loves to run." Perry and Bloom share daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom, 2.
Bloom also shares son Flynn, 12, with ex wife Miranda Kerr. In April, Perry said that she and Bloom work "continuously" at their relationship.
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