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 graced the cover of People's latest issue on Wednesday (Aug. 5), opening up about her journey to motherhood and creating her upcoming album Smile. "Every day your options change, and you don't know what's what.
Especially being pregnant in a pandemic, it's an emotional rollercoaster," she told People of juggling an album rollout and a baby-to-be in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. (One other option that changed?
Perry's planned destination wedding in Japan to fiancé Orlando Bloom, which the couple cancelled due to the pandemic.) According to the pop star, her soon-to-be-released fifth album, which was recently pushed to a later release date, is the result of overcoming a couple of difficult "nightmare" years following the
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