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.
Katy Perry gave her first performance since giving birth at the American Music Awards on Sunday, and a source tells ET she and her husband, Orlando Bloom, are doing a «great job» at balancing parenthood with their careers. “Katy and Orlando are doing fantastic as a couple and are in parenthood bliss," ET's source says. «They’re on the same page when it comes to making time for Daisy and their careers and doing a really great job at figuring everything out together.
Daisy is their main priority right now.»The «Only Love» singer gave birth to Daisy, her and Bloom's first child together, in August.
The couple — who postponed their wedding due to the coronavirus pandemic — have both been «hands-on» parents, the source says. «They’ve both been.
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