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.
Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Calvin Harris will finally release Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 this summer
officialcharts.comCalvin Harris will drop Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 this summer, after years of teasing. It will be the follow-up to 2017's Funk Wav Bounces Vol.
1, which served as Calvin's fifth official studio album, and included collaborations from the likes of Frank Ocean, Ariana Grande and Katy Perry.
The collection's biggest single was Feels, featuring Katy, Big Sean and Pharrell. It topped the Official Singles Chart this summer, and became Calvin's eighth UK Number 1, Pharrell's fourth, Katy's fifth (and most recent chart-topper) and Big Sean's first.
Taking to Twitter, Calvin posted an enigmatic image of a billboard with the album's name, announcing that the full project will be dropping this summer, with an exact release date TBC.
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