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 Swift denies Metallica the Number 1 spot on the Official Irish Albums Chart
officialcharts.comTaylor Swift returns to Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart, denying metal legends Metallica the top spot. Folklore leads Ireland’s Top 50 albums for a fourth non-consecutive week, marking the third separate stint that the album has reached the summit.
Taylor had Ireland’s most streamed album of the past seven days. Metallica’s live album with the San Francisco Symphony S&M2 opens at Number 2 with the most sales of the week (physical and download).
The live collection marks Metallica’s fourth Top 2 album since the turn of the century; the band claimed back-to-back Number 1 studio albums with St.
Anger (2003), Death Magnetic (2008) and Hardwired… To Self Destruct (2016). Katy Perry takes out her fifth consecutive Top 10 album
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