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.
Judge overturns $2.8 million plagiarism verdict against Katy Perry
thefader.comU.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder today overturned last year’s verdict that Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Juicy J, and their associates would have to pay $2.8 million to Christian rap artist Flame over similarities between their hit “Dark Horse” and his song “Joyful Noise.” Per Pitchfork, Snyder said her decision to overrule the previous verdict was due to the fact that the melody Perry and co.
had supposedly plagiarized was not “particularly unique,” and could therefore not be sued over. Read the full verdict over at Pitchfork.
This is great news for Perry and musicians at large: the last few years have seen an influx of court cases wherein pop musicians are sued over vague melodic similarities in their songs.
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