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.
Ed Sheeran reclaims Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart with = (Equals). After spending the last two months hovering in the Top 5, Equals claims its second total week at Number 1 in Ireland, nudging last week’s winner, 30 by Adele, to Number 2.
Whipping Boy’s 1995 album Heartworm re-enters the chart at a brand new peak of Number 4. The Dublin band’s second studio album first reached the Official Irish Albums Chart in September last year following a re-pressing on vinyl, and enjoys another resurgence on the format this week.
Further down, lots of hit albums return to the Top 50 this week, including Montero by Lil Nas X (32), Hozier’s self-titled 2014 debut (33), and Justice by Justin Bieber (38).
U2’s greatest hits collection U218 Singles rebounds to Number 44, Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream is at Number 46, Lover by Taylor Swift flies back in at Number 48 and Maroon 5’s greatest hits album Singles is at Number 49.
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