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 hits up fiancé Orlando Bloom’s ex Miranda Kerr for ‘all the parenting tips’
metro.co.ukKaty Perry isn’t afraid to hit up her fiance Orlando Bloom’s ex Miranda Kerr for ‘all the tips’ on raising little ones.The Fireworks hitmaker, 35, is due to give birth to her first child this summer and has already been taking parenting notes from Miranda ahead of the birth of her baby girl.Australian model Miranda, 37, shares her nine-year-old son Flynn with ex Orlando, 43, but also two more boys, Hart, two, and 10-month-old Myles, with husband Evan Spiegel, 30.Speaking to the Sunday Times Katy said: ‘She’s got three boys, so I ask her for all the tips.’The singer added on the pregnancy being planned: ‘I was really specific about this year.
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