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 she had suicidal thoughts after splitting from Orlando Bloom
dailystar.co.ukKaty Perry has opened up about how she was left feeling suicidal after she split from boyfriend Orlando Bloom back in 2017. She went to add that she had hit a low point in her career following the release of her fifth studio album, Witness, which she claims had "the smallest shift," despite the record shifting almost 1 million units across the globe.The 35-year-old was left "wallowing" in her "own sadness" but cites her faith for helping her to heal.In her most candid interview to date, the mum-to-be added that despite giving so much to others, she had been left "broken in half".Speaking to SiriusXM CBC, the Californian gal said: "My career was on this trajectory when it was going up, up and up and then I had the smallest shift, not that.
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