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.
P!nk & Kelly Clarkson Give Katy Perry Her Flowers After 'Daisies' Makes Major Billboard Chart Moves
billboard.comKaty Perry's "Daisies" broke into the top 10 on Billboard's Adult Pop Songs airplay chart this week (dated July 4), catapulting Perry in a new league with other esteemed pop acts.She became the fifth artist in history with minimally 16 career top 10 hits, following Maroon 5 (25), Taylor Swift (22), P!nk (17) and Kelly Clarkson (16).
To officially welcome her into the club, P!nk quoted the Billboard Charts Twitter account listing the aforementioned statistics yesterday (June 30), writing, "Congratulations Katy!!!!!
Woot woot that’s a lot of ladies xoxo."Perry wrote back to P!nk (real name Alecia Moore), "The Moore the merrier" with heart and smiley face emojis as she used the singer's last name as a play on words.
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