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 mourning the death of her grandmother Ann Pearl Hudson. The popstar has been in Australia to perform at Sunday’s ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup Final, singing live for the first time since announcing she is pregnant with her first child by her fiance, Pirates of the Caribbean actor Orlando Bloom.
On Monday, she shared some sad news as she revealed to her social media followers that her grandmother had died at the age of 99. “A song for Grandma.
May she rest in deep peace. (heart emoji) Ann Pearl Hudson (heart emoji),” the musician tweeted, alongside a link to a choral version of the Bill Douglas song Deep Peace.
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