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.
A-list actors are known for work in front of cameras, but many celebrities, such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, and Demi Moore, find an added spotlight for Hollywood hookups.
Despite a few disastrous splits, some stars maintain amicable relationships with their exes as they move on to new romances.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Dakota Johnson have formed a friendship, and an even more modern family unit, since the "Fifty Shades" actress started dating "Coldplay" frontman Chris Martin in 2017.
Martin and Paltrow were married for 10 years and have two children together, Apple and Moses, but announced their separation as a "conscious uncoupling" in 2014.Their divorce was finalized in 2016, and they’ve remained an example when it comes to friendly exes in Tinseltown.
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