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.
Another night of American Idol saw another contestant dropping out of the competition. It’s the second consecutive night a singing hopeful exits the ABC reality series after Sara Beth Liebe opted to quit the show a night before.
Hollywood Week ended with a shock as Kaya Stewart announced she was leaving the competition. She was supposed to duet Adam Lambert’s “Whataya Want From Me” with Fire.
However, when the girls took the stage, Stewart told the judges she was abandoning her partner. “I have a little announcement to make,” Stewart told the judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie. “I got sick at the beginning of Hollywood Week and I have been trying to push myself and keep going.
During this performance, I got to work with Fire and it was such a great experience.” Stewart continued, “She’s so talented and so incredible and we bonded so much but I realized I wasn’t able to give 100 percent.
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