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 ‘grateful she’s not a drug addict’ as she opens up about ‘dark days’ ahead of new album
metro.co.ukKaty Perry has admitted she’s ‘grateful she’s not a drug addict’ as she opens up about the ‘dark days’ she’s faced. The singer has been open about dealing with depression, and has revealed she’s in a ‘really good place’ as she prepares to release her upcoming album in August. ‘The album so far is about the journey, I think Never Worn White is very right now but there’s gonna be a lot of songs that talk about the past and the highs and lows to get there,’ she said. ‘There were some pretty dark days, I think that was pretty evident on my last record, what I was going through publicly…It was very intense, I got very depressed.’ Katy, who’s expecting her first child with fiancé Orlando Bloom, added to The Daily Telegraph’s JMO Confidential
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