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.
Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer. He is the host and executive producer of the Bravo's late night talk show, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
Cohen also has a pop culture channel on SiriusXM Radio named Radio Andy. He hosts a two-hour live show with co-host John Hill twice a week.
Cohen served as Bravo's Executive Vice President of Development and Talent until 2013. He was responsible for creating original content, developing innovative formats, and identifying new talent.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
John Mayer Dubs Himself ‘America’s Ex-Boyfriend’
etcanada.comWith John Mayer’s lengthy dating history– he knows he has made a name for himself. While joining good friend Andy Cohen for the SiriusXM and Pandora Small Stage Series Show, the two play word association “collaborator edition” resulted in some hilarious responses. READ MORE: John Mayer Is Working On A Song About Bob Saget, Helps Concertgoer Ed Sheeran was titled “hitmaker”, Alicia Keys was “musician”, Kanye West dubbed “invention” and Shawn Mendes was a “angel”.
They also played a game called Mayer’s Mixtape when Mayer called himself “America’s ex-boyfriend” (at the 5:50 mark below). “I think it’s so funny that I said you are America’s boyfriend and you said I am America’s ex-boyfriend,” Cohen said. “I am America’s ex-boyfriend,” Mayer replied. “I’m America’s ‘I can’t,’ I’m America’s—Just, I’m JM.
You know? I’m JM. I’m America’s He Who Shan’t Be Named. I mean, if you think about it, I kind of am. Because people are super into what I do and sometimes people don’t follow me on Instagram.
Because it’s like ‘I don’t’ It’s like, I mean, I love his music, but I can’t give the follow.” Cohen also asked what song Mayer would make love to. “I’d think what she’s into,” Mayer said.
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