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 Admits Russell Brand Marriage Was A ‘Tornado’ As She Gushes About Orlando Bloom Romance
hollywoodlife.comKaty Perry has everything she wants in a partner with fiance Orlando Bloom, including a brand new baby girl named Daisy.
It’s a far cry from her first marriage to British actor/comedian Russell Brand, who she wed in Oct. 2010, at age 26 and at the height of her Teenage Dream album success.
The 35-year-old now says that their romance was a “challenge” but that she hoped something “beautiful” would come out of it.
Sadly it didn’t, as the two divorced after only 14 months of marriage. “It was the first kind of breaking of my idealistic mind,” Katy told 60 Minutes Australia in an interview that aired on Aug.
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