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.
Justin Bieber Highlights Fourth Reveal of the 2010s' Top 10 Artists Leading Up to Billboard Music Awards
billboard.comJustin Bieber is the No. 7 Top Artist of the 2010s, as Billboard continues revealing the decade's top 10 acts, overall and in various genres, as well as in touring.
As previously announced, Post Malone is the No. 10 Top Artist of the 2010s, Maroon 5 ranks at No. 9 and Katy Perry places at No.
8.The full reveal will take place on the Billboard Music Awards, set to air live on NBC from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.On Nov.
14, Billboard published, among multiple decade-end charts, the overall Top Artists at Nos. 11 through 100 for the 2010s, as well as the Nos.
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