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.
As birth announcements go, it’s a pretty classy one. Katy Perry has welcomed her baby daughter with actor fiancé Orlando Bloom, and the pair have used the good news as an opportunity to draw attention to a good cause.
Katy and Orlando have confirmed the birth of Daisy Dove Bloom, via a tweet from UNICEF. The couple are both Goodwill Ambassadors for the children’s charity, which helps the world’s most disadvantaged in more than 190 countries.‘We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter,’ the statement reads. ‘But we know we’re the lucky ones and not everyone can have a birthing experience as peaceful as ours was.
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