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 says she's a natural mother, after being uncertain about children
msn.comEllie Goulding says motherhood has come naturally to her, even though having children "wasn't necessarily one of my goals". The 34-year-old pop star welcomed her first child, a boy named Arthur Ever Winter, with husband Caspar Jopling back in April this year.
She discovered she was pregnant during a romantic getaway with Jopling to celebrate their one year wedding anniversary. The couple got married at York Minster in front of famous guests including Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank. "I was always great with other people's kids," the star told You magazine. "But becoming a mother wasn't necessarily one of my goals.
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