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 and Orlando Bloom are teaming up for a message about voter suppression. The couple star in a a new short film called Transmissions from the Future, which aims to to educate people about the For the People Act, a voting rights bill designed to end gerrymandering and modernize elections. Click inside to see the video… Set in the year 2055, the clip opens with Katy and Orlando in old-age makeup filming a message for the past, urging people to “save democracy while you can.” “It started when voter suppression ran wild all over America,” Katy says. “The voting rights bills died in the senate, polling places closed.
We lost our right to vote.” “This future doesn’t have to be,” Orlando adds. “You have the power to change it.
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