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.
Three more contestants have been eliminated from American Idol‘s latest season and the Top 7 have been revealed.
It was Disney Night on Sunday (May 1) and the Top 10 all performed songs from the Disney songbook. For the first time ever, someone performed a villain song on Idol‘s Disney show. Katy Perry dressed up in costume as Ariel from The Little Mermaid and had an unfortunate mishap at the top of the show when she accidentally fell out of her chair, backwards.
America voted for their favorites throughout the show and the bottom three were eliminated at the end of the night. Click through the slideshow to see who was safe and who was eliminated on tonight’s American Idol…
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