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 had an emotional message on her first Mother's Day as a mom herself.'I found everything [I] was ever searching for when [I] became a mother,' the American Idol judge, 36, wrote on Twitter Sunday, more than eight months after she welcomed daughter Daisy Dove with her fiancé, actor Orlando Bloom, 44, last August.The Firework singer added she was 'so grateful for that profound, deep love and honored to join the mama club,' adding, 'Happiest Mother’s Day.' Emotional day:Katy Perry had an emotional message on her first Mother's Day as a mom herself.
She was snapped last year in LAThe Roar artist also posted a retro shot with her mother and sister Angela Hudson, 38.'Happy Mama’s Day to my Mother’s Day idols (sorry not sorry sis),' she.
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