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 Orlando Bloom's Parenting Skills Ahead of Daughter's Birth
justjared.comKaty Perry is in awe of Orlando Bloom! While promoting her new album Smile, the 35-year-old pregnant star talked about upcoming arrival of her daughter, saying that the 43-year-old actor is a natural at parenting. “The good thing is that [Orlando] has a kid that’s nine,” Katy shared with Hits Radio Breakfast. “And he’s been through it so, when we were going to pick out strollers, he was like, he knew exactly the stroller.” “Some of the strollers are very chic, they’ve got leather handles and blah, blah, blah,” Katy explained. “I was like really drawn to them right?
And he’s like ‘No, let me show you what the stroller is. It’s this one that you pick up in the middle and it collapses — a little thing — and it’s like an umbrella!’” Orlando is
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