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.
Calvin Harris teases new music coming this summer ahead of Scottish comeback gig
dailyrecord.co.ukCalvin Harris has announced he is releasing new music later this year. The Dumfries born DJ revealed the follow up to his last album, Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1, is set to be released later this summer.
Calvin - whose real name is Adam Richard Wiles - is making his Scottish comeback later this summer to a sold-out gig at Hampden stadium in Glasgow before performing a residency in Ibiza.
His upcoming Glasgow gig will be the Scots DJ's first show since headlining T in The Park in 2016. The Bounce DJ has been posting hints to the album release over his social media channels, sharing a photo of a billboard with Funk Wav Bounces Vol.2 written on it, beside "Summer 22".This will be his first album in five years, and will be hard to top after his last album featured collaborations from Migos, Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean.However, the producer may see his album plans delayed further as he is set to attend court in France.
Calvin is set to face a £830k court case after being accused of stealing his hit song from another artist. French musician Mickael Zieben, 39, claims the legendary Scottish DJ copied his massive dance smash Slide from him after as he takes his case to the courts.
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