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 on depression and "finding light at the end of the tunnel"
msn.comKaty Perry is speaking out about her battle with depression and how her struggle influenced her upcoming, as yet untitled, sixth studio album.
The American Idol judge got very candid in a new interview on Good Morning America today (May 22), where she shared that she felt "kind of clinically depressed" two years ago. "I've been writing [the album] over the past two years and at the beginning of those two years, they were really difficult," she said on the US morning show. "I was kind of clinically depressed coming out of that and didn't know what my life was, and if I was gonna be – I couldn't really even imagine living, to be completely honest." © Getty Images Katy Perry performs onstage Thankfully, the star is now in a much better
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