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 Booked Another Major Gig
billboard.comKaty Perry to the lineup. In an announcement posted on the event's social media channels, Dutch star Martin Garrix chats with Perry via video conference to tell her about the festival and welcome her to the show."I'm excited," Perry says in the clip, "because I've seen it growing up for years and years and have always been blown away by the stages.""It's literally a different world," Garrix says of the IRL event, "and when you going there in real life one day, you're going to be blown away by the visuals, the people, the energy."The announcement comes ahead of Perry's new album, Smile, out August 14.
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