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 Turned Down A Feature on David Guetta's 'Titanium' Back in 2011
billboard.comKaty Perry spilled some major tea during the Tomorrowland press conference on Thursday (July 23), revealing that she once turned down the chance to be featured on David Guetta's smash 2011 single "Titanium." "Do you remember when, like almost 10 years ago, you sent me 'Titanium'?" the pop star asked, leading Guetta to respond, "Oh my god!
Did you turn down the record?" "So you sent me the song, right?" Perry continued. "And this is when you had Sia, obviously from Zero 7, you know, who had already had the coolest success -- she had demo'd that record.
And you'd sent it to me and I remember specifically listening to it on the plane, I was like, 'Oh my god, this song is so good.
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