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.
Dancer-Singer Skyler Maxey-Wert Urged To Audition For ‘American Idol’ By Incubus Singer
etcanada.comSkyler Maxey-Wert brought a unique element to his “American Idol” audition that the judges “have never experienced.”. The 25-year-old artist may be a professional ballet dancer but he’s also an impressive singer who was encouraged to audition for the show by Incubus’s Brandon Boyd, after the lead vocalist came across one of Maxey-Wert’s singing videos on his Instagram page. READ MORE: Canadian Cameron Whitcomb Shocks ‘American Idol’ Judges With Backflips And Unexpected Voice The Pennsylvania native has been perfecting the art of ballet for 20 years.
He began studying the highly technical form of dance at the age of five and attended the prestigious Lancaster School of Ballet and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre.
At age 18, Maxey-Wert moved to Germany, where he now resides, to launch his dance career and is currently the Second Soloist with Semperoper Ballett, after getting promoted in 2020. READ MORE: Katy Perry Says She Swore Off Secular Music After Buying This ‘American Idol’ Guest’s CD As A Teen Maxey-Wert has always had a passion for singing and participated in open mic from time to time but has been on “such a specific path for so long” that he never “took the time to invest” in himself as a singer until now. “One day Brandon Boyd reached out and he said, ‘I think you’re talented.
If you want to, I think you should audition for ‘American Idol’,” Maxey-Wert told “Idol” judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan.
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