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 She and Taylor Swift Don’t Have a ‘Very Close Relationship’ But ‘Text a Lot’
usmagazine.comFriends from afar. Katy Perry and Taylor Swift may have mended their on on-again, off-again friendship, but the two singers are not as tight as fans may think.
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift’s Feud Timeline The “Teenage Dream” singer, 35, revealed that she and “Look What You Made Me Do” songstress, 30, haven’t been able to connect lately due to their super packed schedules.“Well, we don’t have a very close relationship because we are very busy, but we text a lot,” Perry said in an interview with Australian magazine Stellar published on Saturday, February 29. “I was impressed by her documentary [Miss Americana] because I saw some self-awareness starting to happen and I saw a lot of vulnerability.
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