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 has been granted a restraining order against an alleged stalker.The singer reportedly obtained the court order against a 38-year-old man called William Terry who trespassed on her property earlier this month, according to court documents obtained by The Blast on Tuesday.The order also extends to Perry’s partner Orlando Bloom, their newborn daughter Daisy, and Bloom’s nine-year-old son Flynn.According to TMZ, Perry sought the order after Terry jumped the fence on her property while she was at home with her newborn daughter and refused to leave until he was apprehended by security.He was eventually placed under citizen’s arrest until the Los Angeles Police Department arrived and arrested him for trespassing.In legal documents seen.
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