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 Reveals on 'American Idol' That She's Stopped Shaving Her Legs Since Becoming a Mom
etonline.comKaty Perry wasn't holding back during Sunday's when contestant Cassandra Coleman took the stage. The redheaded performer gave a solo rendition of the Sigma song, «Find Me,» before singing a duet to OneRepublic's «Apologize» with the band's frontman, Ryan Tedder himself.
Though both judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan warned Cassandra to watch her «nerves» on stage, Katy, 36, couldn't stop gushing about the hopeful. «Your voice is a spiritual experience,» the «Firework singer declared. „It is otherworldly angelic.“ She went on to get candid about her grooming routine as a new mom to daughter Daisy. »As a new mother, I haven't had much time, so I quit shaving my legs, but when you sang, the hair on my legs grew an inch and a half," Katy.
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