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.
How Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Are Preparing For Baby
eonline.comOrlando Bloom had hardly finished slipping the ruby-and-diamond ring onto Katy Perry's finger when chatter about the next steps began.
A source noted to People not even a full day after Bloom's over-the-top Valentine's Day proposal how the American Idol judge and her newly minted finance "want to get married and start a family sooner rather than later." The actor himself even said as much when quizzed by Howard Stern on his Sirius XM Satellite Radio show in September. "I love kids.
She's great with kids," noted the 43-year-old, dad to 9-year-old Flynn with ex-wife Miranda Kerr. "It would be a wonderful thing.
We are shooting for that. It's like this wild mustang. If we can just wrangle this beast and get on it, we'll have the ride of our.
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