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 found what she was looking for with parenthood
msn.comKaty Perry admitted motherhood is everything she was "looking for". The 36-year-old singer and her fiance Orlando Bloom welcomed daughter Daisy into the world in August 2020 and the 'Teenage Dream' hitmaker admitted she couldn't be happier.
She gushed: “It’s everything I was looking for. I climbed all the mountains and then I found the view. ” But Katy recalled how "insane" she felt in the first few weeks after giving birth and admitted it came as a "total surprise" to her.
Speaking to Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King - whose daughter Kirby is pregnant with her first child - on their 'Joy Ride' show as she helped them shop for the CBS News presenter's grandson, she said: “The first six weeks after giving birth is a total surprise.
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