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.
American Idol judges’ table.“I know you’re a mom and everything, but we gotta do something about this leg hair,” Bryan tells Perry as she pans from him to the table, where she’s propped her foot up to show off her shin fuzz. “No, I don’t got time!” says Perry, explaining, “I’d rather cuddle with my daughter!” starts to play-argue, saying, “it is literally–” before Perry cuts him off with a quick, “Yeah!” And before anyone rushes to his comments with an aggressive emoji, we’re pretty sure this is two friends joking around, not some dude trying to tell a woman what to do with her body.
That said, you tell him, Katy Perry! Perry’s been her (honestly, hardly visible) leg hair on the show. In April she said a contestant’s singing gave her chills.
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