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's Official Irish Singles Chart history - the numbers behind her success in Ireland
officialcharts.comTaylor Swift is one of the world's biggest stars, translating to an impressive chart history on the Official Irish Singles Chart.
With Only The Young becoming Taylor's latest Top 50 hit, let's see how well her other songs have performed. Tay Tay has appeared in the Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 on 32 occasions, more than the likes of her contemporary chart heavyweights like Ariana Grande, Rita Ora and her foe-turned-friend Katy Perry.
An impressive eight songs impacted the Top 50 from her Red album, her first Number 1 in Ireland. She has since had a further three chart-topping albums, putting her top for most Number 1s this decade by a female artist.
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