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.
Aretha Franklin’s Granddaughter and More Celeb Kids Auditioning for ‘American Idol’ Over the Years
usmagazine.comComing from famous families! Jim Carrey’s daughter, Aretha Franklin’s granddaughter and more celebrity kids have tried out for American Idol.The comedian’s then-26-year-old, Jane, auditioned for the ABC show in 2012.
While the waitress made it to Hollywood Week at the time, she was cut after performing “Looking Out My Back Door” by Creedence Clearwater Revival.“I freaked out when I was there, so I was really, really shaky,” Jane said in a confessional following her exit. “I know I can do way better than that so I’m really disappointed.”The singer noted that she called her dad, calling the Ace Ventura star “kind of comforting.” She added, “He said, ‘I’ve been said no to a bunch of times,’ and it worked out for him, so hopefully I have a shot.”A decade later, Franklin’s granddaughter Grace auditioned for American Idol at just 15 years old, singing both the Fugees “Killing Me Softly” and her late grandma’s “Ain’t No Way.”When Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie voted for the teenagers not to proceed to the next round in February 2022, fellow judge Katy Perry walked off the stage. “I’m going to the bar,” the California native said at the time. “There’s something wrong with your ears.”The “All Night Long” singer explained his controversial decision, saying, “You’re 15.
You’ve got the family lineage. What we need to put now is time and some work in to get it up to par. The age and the voice has to all come together on the same path. … If you go and come back and put the shyness behind you and the voice in front of you, you’re going to be something amazing, and I don’t want to be the one to make you tip over and fall at this stage.”Grace’s audition came three years after the Grammy winner’s death at age 76 from pancreatic cancer.“It
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