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.
No maternity leave for Katy Perry. The "Smile" hitmaker is already discussing her upcoming projects just days after the arrival of her and fiancé Orlando Bloom's first baby, Daisy Dove Bloom.Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom were blessed with a baby on Aug.
26, just days before the release of the songstress' highly anticipated album on Aug. 28. And now, the 35-year-old artist is looking forward to getting back to work.
The first-time mommy is certain that she will not let this new phase of life slow down her career as a musician."She wants to submerge herself into motherhood as much as she can, but she is also not putting her career on the back burner," a source told Us Weekly.
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