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.
Enigmatic Singer Murphy Divides Judges After ‘American Idol’ Audition
etcanada.comStreet busker Philip Murphy — who goes by just Murphy — showcased his talents for the judges of “American Idol”, in a sneak peek of Sunday’s episode.
Murphy, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, sang a folk-inflected cover of the Bill Withers-Grover Washington Jr. hit “Just the Two of Us”. “I think you’re on the precipice of something cool but it’s not quite there.
I mean, you got a storyteller voice, but it needs a little bit more inflection when you’re singing, a little bit more dynamics, I think?” said Katy Perry in her critique.
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