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 Reminisces as She Returns to Rooftop Where Orlando Bloom Proposed on 'American Idol'
etonline.comKaty Perry is recalling a romantic moment in her life! During Sunday night's episode of , the 35-year-old singer took her fellow judges, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, to the exact location where her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, popped the question last year.«This actual rooftop.
This is where Orlando and I got engaged,» Perry told Bryan and Richie while the trio was standing on the roof, which overlooks the Hollywood sign, in Los Angeles, California. «He asked me to marry him in a helicopter and we landed the helicopter actually on this rooftop,» she added. "… I'm feeling all the feelings!"Once the group headed inside for the auditions, Perry shared that their new location was actually where she and Bloom had a party immediately following her
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