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 fights back tears as teenager DJ Johnson sings about mother's abandonment
dailymail.co.ukKaty Perry choked back tears as a young woman sang about her mother's abandonment on Sunday's season 19 premiere of American Idol.The 36-year-old judge and new mom to five-month-old Daisy Dove appeared undone by the emotion in DJ Johnson's original song Scars.Halfway through the performance, DJ, 18, broke down weeping as the words she had written about a mother leaving her children got to her.
Season premiere:Katy Perry choked back tears as a young woman sang about her mother's abandonment on Sunday's season 19 premiere of American IdolJudge Lionel Richie, 71, gave DJ his handkerchief as Katy urged her to continue.'Some of the greatest artists become artists because they have had the most pain in their life,' Katy told DJ, a Longview,.
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