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.
Shops and restaurants will have to implement strict new measures in order to reopen their stores amid the coronavirus pandemic, a trade association has warned.
The British Retail Consortium published the advice as a number of chains, including Greggs, prepare to open their doors for customers.
Under the advice, clothes shops could have to close their changing rooms down, and restaurants may have to shut their stores as the UK looks to life after lockdown.
The plans cover all retail premises – essential and non-essential – to help those already reopening and those planning to once lockdown restrictions are eased.
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