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 jokes about Willie Spence undoing her cosmetic surgery as final four sing
dailymail.co.ukKaty Perry joked that a performance by Willie Spence on Sunday's episode of American Idol was so good it might have undone her cosmetic surgery.She'd just watched 21-year-old caretaker Willie sing an original song called Never Be Alone, then do a soaring version of Beyoncé's I Was Here to great applause.'Every time, I get chills,' marveled Katy, 36. 'Tonight, I got chills on places on my face that I thought I had frozen.
Okay? You brought the chills back. It was a Lazarus moment on my face.' Top four:Katy Perry joked that a performance by Willie Spence on Sunday's episode of American Idol was so good it might have undone her cosmetic surgery'You have that connection to the next realm,' she told the Douglas, Georgia, resident.
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