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.
Kim Kardashian's A-list phone book including stars who 'will probably answer call for hook up'
ok.co.ukKim Kardashian has revealed her bulging address book of A-list celebrities including athletes who would pick up because they thought she "wanted to hook up with them".The Kardashians star, who's currently dating SNL's Pete Davidson, made a couple of shocking confessions during the most recent episode of The Kardashians.
In one scene, Kim, 41, sat with film producer Scott Budnick as they discussed his Anti-Recidivism Coalition for social justice.The reality star, who has decided to fight for the rights of the wrongly incarcerated, worked with The Hangover creator on the Julius Jones case.
Jones is an American prisoner and former death row inmate from Oklahoma who was convicted of the July 1999 murder of Paul Howell.
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