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 joked that an overexcited contestant might start a 'mosh pit' with Ryan Seacrest on Sunday during American Idol's selection of its Top 16.Colin Jamieson, a 22-year-old wedding singer from Boxford, Massachusetts, was his usual ebullient self during the ABC show that cut eight remaining contestants.While performing Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears, the former boy-band singer worked the stage and its cameras like a pro.
Mosh pit:Katy Perry joked that an overexcited contestant might start a 'mosh pit' with Ryan Seacrest on Sunday during American Idol's selection of its Top 16Katy, 36, and the other judges praised Colin's performance, which showed off his pipes, too.'Surprise, surprise, puppy surprise, who knew you.
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