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 Delivers 'Smile' Album Delay News With a Pie in Her Face: See the Announcement
billboard.comKaty Perry didn't mean to upset KatyCats when she announced on Monday (July 27) that her fifth album Smile won't appear until Aug.
28. So she did something silly to turn their frowns upside down."Welp. I hate to throw this bad news at you like a pie in the face...but if there’s anything 2020 taught me, it’s to not get too attached to plans and be malleable," she wrote on Instagram as the caption for a series of photos where the pop star got, welp, a pie in the face.Unavoidable production delays pushed back the release date from August 14 to August 28, but she's not done clowning around anytime soon: To make up for the two-week delay, Perry booked up almost every Sunday in August for #SmileSundays."To make this up to you, starting this.
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