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.
Which Upcoming Pop Album Are You Most Excited For? Vote!
billboard.comThe new slew of upcoming album releases includes a few major pop stars' debut projects as well as some competing timelines with baby deliveries.
But which new pop album can you no longer wait for? Katy Perry and MAX are waiting to see if their firstborn daughters will come out before their album releases, as Perry recently pushed back her fifth album Smile's Aug.
14 release date to Aug. 28. Maybe it'll be Perry's first album as a mother! Meanwhile, MAX's star-studded sophomore album Colour Vision boasts collaborations with BTS' Suga and Hayley Kiyoko ahead of its Sept.
18 release date. Beside the tracklist, the pop singer also revealed he and his wife Emily Schneider are expecting a baby girl, and the soon-to-be girl dad couldn't be more
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