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 shares another special edition of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, featuring bonus track ‘The Albatross’
nme.comTaylor Swift has shared a second special edition of her upcoming new album, this time featuring a bonus track called ‘The Albatross’.The pop star announced news of the new special edition of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ on her social media pages early on Friday morning (February 23).Sharing two images – one of the front and one of the back of the artwork – she wrote: “File Name: The Albatross,” and continued: “Pre-order the new edition of ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’ with exclusive bonus track ‘The Albatross’ on my website now”.The new announcement also came just one week after the singer announced a separate special edition of the new record with a bonus track titled ‘The Bolter’.
It is set to release on April 19.Currently, very little is known about what to expect from the newly announced bonus track, although some outlets, including Cosmopolitan and BNN, have already begun speculating that it may be about her split from ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)On the same day that Swift announced news of the second special edition of her forthcoming LP, she also took to the stage in Sydney as part of her ongoing ‘Eras’ tour.During the performance at Accor Stadium, she was joined by special guest Sabrina Carpenter for a mash-up of ‘White Horse’ and ‘Coney Island’.Both her boyfriend Travis Kelce and fellow pop star Katy Perry were in attendance at the show, and Swift also paid a nod to the former by changing the lyric to her song ‘Karma’ to say “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs” – a switch up which she first did when he attended her show in Buenos Aires last November.Swift announced ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ while accepting an award for Best Pop Vocal Album for ‘Midnights’ at the 2024.
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