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 praises ‘gentleman’ Harry Styles after chance meeting on flight
breakingnews.ieKaty Perry has called Harry Styles a “complete gentleman” and revealed that he tried to give her his seat during a flight after discovering she was pregnant.
Speaking on Scott Mills’ Radio One show, the singer said One Direction star Styles had been one of the first to know the news.
The 35-year-old is expecting her first child, a daughter, with fiance Orlando Bloom, 43. Perry, who was hosting a DJ takeover, said: “I saw him on a plane, it was so funny.
I actually saw him on a plane before I announced that I was pregnant. “And we were having a conversation and I was like, ‘Yeah, and I’m pregnant’, just off the cuff, because I was like, what else do you say.” Asked what his response was, she said: “He was so happy for me.
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