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.
John Mayer’s Dating History: Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Aniston, Katy Perry and More
usmagazine.comJohn Mayer has been unlucky in love — and he’ll be the first to admit that he’s partially to blame.In the early days of his career, the “Gravity” singer was riding high as he scored dates with everyone from Jennifer Love Hewitt to Jessica Simpson.
His rock-star mindset quickly caught up with him, however, when he came under fire for a series of now-infamous tell-all interviews about his A-list relationships.In January 2010, Mayer told Rolling Stone that his ideal woman had to have “a beautiful vagina” that he “could pitch a tent on and just camp out on for, like, a weekend.” Just weeks later, he raised eyebrows again when he used the phrase “sexual napalm” to describe his romance with Simpson, telling Playboy, “That girl is like crack.
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