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.
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, and actress.
She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, formed on The X Factor (U.S.) in 2012, signing a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records.
While a part of Fifth Harmony, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of the collaborations "I Know What You Did Last Summer" with Shawn Mendes, and "Bad Things" with Machine Gun Kelly, the latter reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
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.
VMAs 2024: Best and worst moments, from Taylor Swift and Eminem to Sabrina Carpenter and Katy Perry
nypost.combegan 40 years ago on Sept. 14, 1984 — the location probably wouldn’t have made much of a difference this year anyway with its decreasing relevance.But while it’s no longer the must-attend affair that it once was — as MTV’s disconnect from music widens — the VMAs are not dead yet.
Although there was nothing on Wednesday night that approached the iconic moments of years past — and the awards themselves have become even more of an afterthought to the performances — they still had the almighty Taylor Swift, who won her fifth Video of the Year award for “Fortnight.”Here are the best and worst moments from the 2024 VMAs.It made sense for Eminem to open the show: After all, he’s VMAs royalty — and he had six nominations coming into the night on the strength of his “Houdini” video from his album “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace).” But his lookalike-laden throwback to his 2000 performance — which segued from “Houdini” to “Somebody Save Me” (with prerecorded footage of Jelly Roll) — was a reminder that, 24 years later, the VMAs aren’t the same anymore.First off, props to Tay for showing up at the VMAs, again adding much-needed relevance and star power to the proceedings.
And leading with 10 nominations, she was most certainly assured of not going home empty-handed when she and Post Malone won the first televised award of the night: Best Collaboration for “Fortnight.” But a day after making a political statement by endorsing Kamala Harris for president, Swift also remembered 9/11 in a way that put all of the festivities into perspective.After getting an introduction by Paris Hilton — who threw in her catchphrase “That’s hot”— Lisa was absolutely not.
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