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 is showering Orlando Bloom with love on his 44th Birthday! The “Smile” singer, 36, took to Instagram on January 13 (the actor’s actual birthday) to share never-before-seen photos (SEEN HERE) of intimate moments with her fiancé.
Katy — who welcomed her first child with Orlando in late August — shared this adoring message to the actor: “Happiest 44th to my love, brilliant father of my Dove & a shimmering mirror that sees and reflects to me what I can’t yet see,” she began, referencing the pair’s 4-month-old baby girl Daisy Dove Bloom. “Thank you for always going back down to the mat with me and never tapping out… So glad my moon found it’s sun, love you whole world doe.” The candid snapshots gave fans and up close and personal
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