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 went through a dark period. Her yearlong relationship with Orlando Bloom came to a screeching halt, her average-at-best album Witness received the worst reviews of her career and she had a bout with clinical depression.
But three years later, the pop star is back on her A-game, engaged to the Pirates of the Caribbean star and expecting their first child together any day now.A baby girl is not the only thing Perry, 35, has on the way though; her sixth studio album, Smile, is set to be released on Friday, August 28 — and while it’s no Teenage Dream, it’s light-years ahead of Witness (and maybe even Prism).
It’s evident that the Grammy nominee poured her heart and soul into the autobiographical project as she has a writing credit on.
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