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 considered suicide following split from now-fiancé Orlando Bloom and album's poor sales
ok.co.ukKaty Perry has revealed that she considered suicide after splitting from her actor fiancé Orlando Bloom back in 2017.The singer, who is now engaged and expecting a baby with Orlando, revealed she suffered a breakdown when her album Witness flopped in the charts and her romance with the actor came to an end.
Despite the couple rekindling things years later and Orlando popping the question to the 35 year old pop star, Katy recalled the difficult time in her life as the couple prepare to welcome a daughter together.
In a new interview with SiriusXM CBC, Katy explained: “My career was on this trajectory when it was going up, up and up and then I had the smallest shift, not that huge from an outside perspective.
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