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.
AMANDA Holden has shared the amazing moment she left Katy Perry reeling by guessing her baby's name months before she was born.
The singer looked totally stunned when the TV star suggested "Daisy Bloom" back in June - and now we know why. This morning, Katy and Orlando Bloom revealed they had welcomed their first child together - a daughter called Daisy.
The Britain's Got Talent judge, who henceforth needs to be known as Mystic Mandy, made the extraordinary guess during an interview.
Chatting to Katy, 35, via video-link on her Heart radio show, the 49-year-old said: "I like Daisy Bloom. "The surname of Bloom and daisies and flowers.
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