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.
Sorry, The Coronation Is Costing Taxpayers HOW MUCH?!?!?
perezhilton.comRemember how King Charles was trying to save some money with a “slimmed down monarchy”? And a big early display of that was going to be his scaled back coronation ceremony?
Well, let’s just say *scaled back* ain’t what it used to be! Buckingham Palace does not release official figures, so the estimates of how much Saturday’s coronation ceremony will cost the UK cover a wide range indeed.
But even at the lowest, it’s a very expensive day! BBC reports the estimates, not from any official source, are between £50 million and £100 million.
In US dollars that’s somewhere north of $63 mil — possibly even as much as $125 MILLION! Related: The Most Expensive Royal Weddings Ever! Yeah.
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