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.
Caleb Kennedy is looking like an early frontrunner for the new season of “American Idol”. Kenndey, 16, wowed all three judges with an original song, which will air on Sunday, March 7.
The South Carolina native had Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan picking up their jaws off the floor over his original song titled “Nowhere”.
RELATED: ‘American Idol’ Judges Push Singer Graham DeFranco To ‘Get Confident Quick’ “Make money at a job that no one likes just to pay the bills and get by / Try to move on,” Kennedy sings in a raspy voice. “Fight off my wrong / Hop in the truck / Just to go nowhere.” Kennedy confessed that he hadn’t written a second verse yet.
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