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 planning second lockdown after baby arrives
peoplemagazine.co.zaKaty Perry’s new album will be a “gift” to fans dancing in the streets after the coronavirus lockdown, while she prepares to hunker down again as a mum.
The Roar singer’s new release will drop in August and Katy admits she’s being so active virtually at the moment because she plans to disappear for a bit when she welcomes her first child this summer. “Not everyone is up to the challenge of putting out a record during a pandemic,” she told U.S.
show Good Morning America just before kicking off the breakfast programme’s summer concert series on Friday from her garden. “Some people are like, ‘I’ll just chill for a second and wait this one out’, but quite honestly, after my child comes, I’m going to go into my own other version of quarantine
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