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.
HunterGirl Delivers Another Showstopper ‘American Idol’ Performance With Sugarland Cover
etcanada.comKaty Perry has her “American Idol” favourite. On Sunday night, HunterGirl took the stage once again, performing Sugarland’s “Baby Girl” to huge cheers from the audience. READ MORE: HunterGirl Gets The Crowd Moving With Another Showstopper ‘Idol’ Performance Before the performance, the 23-year-old country singer got some coaching from former “Idol” contestant Gabby Barrett. “I mean, you sound great,” Barrett said “This is an emotional song for you, an emotional connection to your parents.
Really sing like you are feeling, like you are in that moment together, and I think your parents are going to be very proud.” Performing the song live on the show, HunterGirl brought her usual powerful vocals and commanding stage presence, leaving the judges in awe “You just have a heart of gold and a voice of gold, and I just want to see you win,” Katy Perry told her afterward. “I think everyone in America wants to see you win because you are a legit great person with great talent.
You are discovering all of the bigness of that talent right now on that stage.” READ MORE: HunterGirl Channels Her Inner Miranda Lambert With A Country Cover In Celebration Of Top 14 ‘American Idol’ Spot Luke Bryan added, “That was, from top to bottom, I believe, the best moment we’ve seen from you on ‘American Idol’.
It was the perfect song … when you dug in in the ending, I was hoping for that the whole time. If you hadn’t done that, that would’ve been the only thing, but you did it, and that just put the cherry on top.
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