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 admitted she has been battling depression during the COVID-19 lockdown in a recent post on her social media. “Sometimes I don’t know what’s worse trying to avoid the virus or the waves of depression that come with this new norm,” shared the 35-year-old singer.
Though Katy is struggling during these uncertain times, she is expecting a daughter with fiance Orlando Bloom. In an earlier interview with Vogue India, the Roar singer was upfront about her mental health, “In the past, I had been able to overcome it, but this time something happened that made me fall down too many flights of stairs.
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