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 Says She and Orlando Bloom ‘Continuously Put in the Work’ to Make Their Relationship ‘OK’
usmagazine.comHow they do it. Katy Perry offered some rare insight into how she and fiancé Orlando Bloom keep their relationship running smoothly after all these years.“Orlando and I’s initials are O.K.,” the “Wide Awake” songstress, 38, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, April 30, alongside a photo of herself and the Carnival Row alum, 46. “We continuously put in the work to make sure they aren’t
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