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 accused of bullying ‘American Idol’ contestant: ‘Not gonna go far’
nypost.comtreated contestant Sara Beth Liebe, a happy-go-lucky 25-year-old mother of three, on Sunday’s episode of the singing competition singing.
The red-headed, quirky California native openly admitted that she’s not much of a musician except in her church choir and on karaoke nights.
Perry, who made an off-color remark about being such a young three-time mom, loudly interjected, “Is this your dream?”“Um,” the seemingly already nervous Liebe muttered. “If it’s not your dream, you might need to leave because there’s a lot of dreams behind you,” Perry said.
A flustered Liebe revealed that she was “still processing” being away from her kids to stand in front of Perry, as well as fellow judges Lionel Richie, 73, and Luke Bryan, 46, as the “Teenage Dream” singer nudged her to perform a song. “Freak us out, Freaky Friday,” Perry said.
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