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.
Ariana Grande shares snapshots of married life with Dalton Gomez
msn.comAriana Grande has given fans a glimpse into her life as a newlywed with husband Dalton Gomez, four months after the couple tied the knot.
The pop star married the Los Angeles real estate agent in a secret ceremony in May in from of fewer than 20 people in Montecito, California.
Grande, 28, shared a mix of photographs on her Instagram, including candid pictures of her cooking with her mother Joan, her and Gomez kissing and embracing in the kitchen, and the couple’s dogs.
One photograph showed the pair in rain ponchos and face masks, and another showed Gomez tickling one of their dogs on the tummy.
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