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.
"Some of it sounds like Ministry and some it sounds like Katy Perry. It's fucked up and I can't wait for you to hear it" Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil has revealed that work on a long-awaited new album by his side-project Marmaduke Duke is nearing completion.
Formed of Neil, aka ‘The Atmosphere’, and JP ‘The Dragon’ Reid of Sucioperro, the fancy-dress-loving, experimental electro-rock duo released their 18-track debut ‘The Magnificent Duke’ in 2005 before finding mainstream success with 2009’s
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