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 defends support of Ellen DeGeneres following backlash
msn.comin some tweets. “I started that tweet off not undermining anyone else’s experience,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “I wanted to only speak from my own experience.
I have over 100 million people that follow me on Twitter, so not everyone is going to agree with me.“And I’m not here to make everyone agree with me.”A number of staff members on the talk show spoke anonymously to Buzzfeed claiming they had experienced intimidation and racism.
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