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 reflects on feelings of 'rejection' after 2017 album Witness flopped in new song
dailymail.co.ukHer album Witness was a commercial flop, selling only 162,000 copies in the US- less than a tenth of the sales of her previous album Prism.But the failures of the 2017 project appear to have inspired Katy Perry, based on the reflective lyrics of her forthcoming song Smile.'Rejection can be God's protection/Long hard road to get that redemption,' sings the Firework hitmaker in one of the song's lyrics.
Not many Witnesses: The commercial failures of her 2017 project Witness appear to have inspired Katy Perry, based on the reflective lyrics of her forthcoming song Smile.
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