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 cries while listening spellbound to former prisoner Calvin Upshaw audition
dailymail.co.ukKaty Perry cried listening to a former prisoner sing his heart out on Sunday's episode of American Idol.The 36-year-old Grammy winner and new mom grew emotional as Calvin Upshaw, 26, delivered a beautiful, broken rendition of the Calvin Richardson song Falling Out Of Love.Katy has just learned along with viewers that the printer line manager from Marks, Mississippi, had served a prison stint as a young man and was trying to turn his life around.
Emotional episode:Katy Perry cried listening to former prisoner Calvin Upshaw sing his heart out on Sunday's episode of American Idol'I will never end up back in prison, because I know what I left,' Calvin said in a pre-taped video, as he was shown caring for his eight-year-old son, Calvin, Jr.
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