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 compares marriage to Russell Brand to 'a tornado'
foxnews.comKaty Perry is looking back on her first marriage. The "Firework" singer, 35, is engaged to Orlando Bloom and she just welcomed a daughter, Daisy, with the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor, but Perry was once one-half of a different celebrity marriage.
In 2010, Perry wed actor Russell Brand and announced their separation just 14 months later.Their divorce was finalized in 2012.
The singer addressed her first marriage to the "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" star during an interview with "60 Minutes Australia" that aired on Sunday.
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