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 Teases Her Setlist For This Weekend's Tomorrowland Livestream: See Set Times & Stages
billboard.comDavid Guetta, Nervo, Afrojack, festival residents Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Oliver Heldens and other dance music titans performing from a virtual fantasyland.
Katy Perry will also be making a special appearance.In a press conference held earlier today (July 22), Perry joined Aoki, the Nervo sisters, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, festival founder Michiel Beers and Guetta (who Zoomed in from a boat in France, naturally), to share her thoughts on the event."Well, it's very cool, and I always want to be cool," the pregnant pop star joked of her decision to play the event. "But really truly, I thought it was so innovative of a festival to say 'Okay, know what?
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