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.
American Idol contestant Amber Fiedler wows the judges wbaby up for an open adoption
dailymail.co.ukOne of the final contestants to go through to Hollywood on Sunday night's American Idol was 23-year-old Amber Fiedler, who performed while she was 38 weeks pregnant.She revealed during her audition that she was placing her baby in an open adoption, which stunned Idol judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie.Fiedler, a server fromCoeur d'Alene, Idaho, opened up about why she's giving up her baby in a video package about her life.
Impressive Amber:American Idol contestant Amber Fiedler wowed the judges on Sunday's final auditions show, to which she arrived 38 weeks pregnant Katy:'Do you have a name picked out?' judge Katy Perry, 35, had asked Amber, a server from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, when she entered the roomFiedler explained that her.
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