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.
Pregnant Katy Perry’s relationship with fiancé Orlando Bloom ‘isn’t always joyful and happy’, actor admits
thesun.co.ukPREGNANT Katy Perry's relationship with fiancé Orlando Bloom "isn't always joyful and happy", the British actor has admitted.
The pair's romance hasn't been smooth-sailing, with the expectant parents even splitting up before 43-year-old Orlando proposed last year.
And now as they await the arrival of their first child together any day now, Orlando has confessed that things are still "real life" - meaning they aren't perfect.
Speaking to News Corp Australia, the expectant dad said of his relationship with 35-year-old Katy: "I wish I could tell you that it was all joyful and happy. "But like anything in life that's real, it's taken its own course.
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