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.
DMX Will Challenge Snoop Dogg for Verzuz ‘Battle of the Dogs’
billboard.comDMX will square off with Snoop Dogg for the next round of the Verzuz series, due to take place July 22.There are no puppies in this stoush.
DMX’s decades-long career includes 15 visits to the Billboard Hot 100.Snoop, of course, is a mainstream superstar with a long list of movie credits, TV series and no less than 43 Hot 100 hits, including three No.
1s: “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (featuring Pharrell), and assists on Akon’s “I Wanna Love You” and Katy Perry’s “California Gurls”.Verzuz was launched in March by hip-hop producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz.
Starting life as a 20-song showdown between evenly matched producers, the series has also come to enlist writers and performers.Some of the hottest bouts so far have featured Jill Scott vs..
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