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.
Moment Amanda Holden shocked Katy Perry by correctly guessing her baby's name two months ago
msn.comKaty Perry and Orlando Bloom kept their choice of baby name secret before the birth of their daughter, but Amanda Holden almost gave the game away, as she correctly guessed the name two months before the baby was born.After Perry and Bloom announced the name of their newborn daughter - Daisy Dove Bloom - on Thursday 27 August, Holden shared a clip of the moment she made the prediction on her Heart Radio breakfast show, with Perry hardly able to mask her surprise.“Don’t tell anyone the name,” recommended Holden, who has two children - Alexa, 14 and Hollie, eight.“Everyone judges you.
Everyone says: ‘oh no don’t call it that, our school bully was called that’ or ‘I hated this person called that’, they always have an opinion,” she added.View.
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