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.
Whoopi Goldberg Calls 'American Idol' the 'Beginning of the Downfall of Society'
etonline.comWhoopi Goldberg might be getting in trouble with 's network — ABC. The 67-year-old co-host of spoke out against another ABC show during a panel discussion this week.While discussing the recent Anna Nicole Smith documentary,, Goldberg talked about society's obsession with judging others.«I think, you know, that we as a society love to watch stuff, to judge folks,» Goldberg said. «I've always thought that the beginning of the downfall of society was with… what's the name of that show?»«That's ABC's » a producer replied, smiling.«It was not always on ABC.
When it began, it was on another network,» Goldberg added of the music competition show.She went on to explain her comment about, noting, «Once we gave people the ability to judge other people, I think we ran amok… They invite the public to decide who that person was.
It began us in a cycle.»As 's producer and Goldberg's fellow panelists encouraged her to stay positive about their network's show, she conceded, «When I was watching it, ABC didn't have it.
It was a different show. It's a very different show. The judges are different… ABC knows that I feel like this. I've told them.
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