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: Katy Perry consoles sobbing Hunter Metts after he forgets lyrics on Oscars episode
dailymail.co.ukKaty Perry consoled weeping contestant Hunter Metts after he forgot the lyrics to a song on Sunday's Oscars episode of American Idol.She watched in dismay as Hunter, a 22-year-old software developer from Franklin, Tennessee, flubbed a line of the Oscar-winning song Falling Slowly from 2006's Once.The nervous contestant, who'd practiced in front of a bank of mirrors to try to get his confidence up before the show, descended into a flood of tears.
Oscars episode: Hunter Metts sobbed uncontrollably after flubbing lyrics on Sunday during the Oscars episode of American Idol on ABCHe was so overcome by his brief mistake that he turned away from the crowd in disappointment and shook his head as the show's live audience gave him a standing.
Read more on dailymail.co.uk
