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.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Taylor Swift becomes first artist to win Video Of The Year three years in a row at VMAs
nme.comTaylor Swift hit a new milestone at the 2024 VMAs, becoming the first artist ever to win the Video Of The Year award three years in a row.The ceremony for the MTV Video Music Awards was held last night (September 11) and took place at the UBS Arena in New York, hosted by Megan Thee Stallion.Throughout the event, awards were taken home by the likes of Chappell Roan who won Best New Artist, Sabrina Carpenter who won Song Of The Year for ‘Espresso’, and Katy Perry for VMA Most Iconic Performance – check out the full winners list here.However, it was Swift who was the unrivalled winner on the night, snagging an impressive seven awards and breaking a VMAs record along the way.Her haul included Song of the Summer, Best Collaboration, Best Direction and Best Editing – all of which were for ‘Fortnight’, her ‘The Tortured Poets Department collaboration with Post Malone.
She also took home huge awards including Artist of the Year and Best Pop.That being said, it was her win for Video Of The Year which was one of the most impressive victories on the night.
Taking home the trophy once again for ‘Fortnight’, the win secured Swift as the only artist to have won the award three years in a row.It also saw her extend her own record of the most overall Video of the Year trophies to five.
Previous wins were in 2023 for ‘Anti-Hero’, in 2022 for All Too Well: The Short Film, in 2019 for ‘You Need to Calm Down’, and in 2015 with ‘Bad Blood’.“To the fans, I’m always trying to figure out a way to say thank you to you for making my life what it is, for making the ‘Eras’ tour what it has become, for making the ‘Tortured Poets Department’ what it has become,” she said while accepting the award (via Rolling Stone).
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