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.
Ellie Goulding ‘didn’t fancy’ now-husband when they first met
peoplemagazine.co.zaEllie Goulding has admitted it wasn’t “love at first sight” when she first met now-husband Caspar Jopling. The Starry Eyed singer married art dealer Caspar, in front of family and celebrity friends including Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, last August.
But in an interview with Jessie Ware on her Table Manners podcast, Ellie revealed she wasn’t overcome with lust when she first met her spouse – and the feeling was mutual. “It wasn’t like a love at first sight thing at all, we didn’t fancy each other remotely,” she laughed. “I talked about how I was vegan and he talked about how much he loved meat.
So yeah, we literally had nothing in common, but he wooed me.” Their relationship soon picked up and went from strength to strength, with Caspar
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