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.
Stream Katy Perry's New Album '143' Here & Read Her Thoughts on Her Music's Evolution
justjared.comKaty Perry has officially released her long-awaited sixth studio album, 143. The new project features the singles “Woman’s World,” “Lifetimes,” and “I’m His He’s Mine.” There are features on the album from Doechii, Kim Petras, 21 Savage, and JID. Katy will celebrate the album released by performing a headline set at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil in front of 100,000 fans.
You can tune in on Friday night (September 20) at 7:55pm PT online. So, what has Katy said about the evolution of her music? Keep reading to find out more… Katy told Apple Music, “When I was going through One of the Boys, which was, whoa, it was like, oh my God, hold on to this ride.
And then Teenage Dream and Prism, my personal life was not really working. My professional life was working. And then when Witness shifted everything, it started to come more into balance and then Smile really solidified it.
And now 143 is the celebration of feeling that wholeness, operating out of that wholeness, which is a space I’ve never written a record from.
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