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 declined King Charles III’s coronation invite: book
nypost.comTaylor Swift allegedly turned down an invitation to perform at King Charles’ coronation concert in May, royal expert Omid Scobie claims in his new book, “Endgame.”Scobie did not specify why the “London Boy” singer declined the gig, but at the time she was performing the last of her three concerts in Nashville on the day of the king’s concert.
The Post has contacted a rep for Swift for comment. Several musicians were reportedly asked to perform at the historical event.
Swift’s ex-boyfriend Harry Styles, as well as Adele, Robbie Williams and the Spice Girls all apparently had better things to do.A rep for Elton John previously confirmed that the “Rocket Man” legend declined to perform due to scheduling conflicts.“American Idol” judges Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, as well as Andrea Bocelli and Take That, ultimately performed at the royal concert at Windsor Castle in front of 20,000 fans.
Richie fans, however, were “disappointed” by his voice and lackluster performance, with some even comparing his sound to Kermit the Frog or an amateur at a karaoke bar.
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