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.
First Stream: New Music From Juice WRLD, Summer Walker, Katy Perry and More
billboard.comThe Album That Will Make You Shed a Tear: Juice WRLD, Legends Never DieA generation of full-fledged hip-hop stars has been lost in the past few years: the most notable album release of last week was Pop Smoke’s posthumous debut Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, and this week we have Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die, another project in which its creator sorrowfully cannot celebrate.
Juice WRLD was a dynamic, complex voice in modern popular music, and Legends Never Die bottles the restless energy that he experiences prior to his tragic passing last December.
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