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 Opens Up About Why Now Is the 'Right Time' to Have a Baby
billboard.comKaty Perry stopped by Australian radio show Fifi, Fev & Byron to discuss her pregnancy on Tuesday (March 10). "I was that girl, or am still that girl, that had that box, the baby clothes before there was the thought or even an Orlando Bloom," she told the hosts about planning for a baby, which she's expecting with fiancé Orlando Bloom. "I think, definitely, everything’s changing.
I wasn’t ready a couple years ago, and I did the work to get ready and now I’m really ready…It’s just time for me, and it’s the right time." Earlier this month, the pop star surprised fans by announcing her pregnancy in the closing moments of the music video for her latest single "Never Worn White." She's currently in the midst of a whirlwind Australian publicity
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