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.
Piers Morgan Challenges Kim Kardashian To Quit Facebook ‘Permanently’ Over Her #StopHateForProfit Social Media Freeze
etcanada.comIf Kim Kardashian is going to make a statement by leaving social media, Piers Morgan would prefer she left for good. RELATED: Kim Kardashian, Leonardo DiCaprio, Katy Perry Freeze Instagram And Facebook Accounts: ‘I Can’t Sit By And Stay Silent’ On Tuesday, Kardashian announced that she is temporarily freezing her Facebook and Instagram accounts to protest the platforms for continuing to “allow the spreading of hate, propaganda and misinformation – created by groups to sow division and split America apart – only to take steps after people are killed.” Morgan, though, wasn’t buying the reality star’s #StopHateForProfit movement, responding to her on Twitter by challenging her to “quit permanently”: RELATED: Kim Kardashian Defends Skims
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