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.
Katy Perry learned that fiancé Orlando Bloom was her 'soulmate' on Sunday's episode of American Idol and shared her pregnancy news with her fellow judges.The 35-year-old pop star was about to listen to musician Jimmy Levy, 21, try out in Savannah, Georgia, when he mentioned that he 'grew up in a psychic family' and saw ghosts.'My mom was in Ripley's Believe It or Not when she was 13,' he added of his mother, Jill Dahne, a clairvoyant with a South Florida radio show who once predicted a terrorist attack.
Soulmate statement: Katy Perry was told by a psychic that she's met her soulmate on Sunday's episode of American Idol on ABCKaty invited Jill to the room, and she entered in a short skirt, sky-high heels and a Birkin bag that judge Luke.
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