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.
20 Questions With Louis the Child: Duo Explore the Human Condition & Everyday Magic on Their Debut Album
billboard.comImagine seeing Kanye West perform to a hometown crowd of thousands when you're 11. You then start creating tunes with your best friend in high school, and one day Katy Perry tells the world you made one of her favorite songs.
Next thing you know, you've helped write The Chainsmokers' “Closer” and it's, like, the biggest song of 2016. You're not even old enough to drink in a club.
You must be Louis the Child. It's hard to imagine that level of teenage success, but LTC's Robby Hauldren and Freddy Kennett -- now 22 and 21, respectively -- don't sit back on their accomplishments and phone in dance-pop hits.
Instead, they ponder the ephemeral nature of life and craft rainbow layers of infectious sound. After three EPs and 14 singles on the Hot
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