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 after she split from fiance Orlando Bloom in 2017
thesun.co.ukPOP star Katy Perry has revealed she considered suicide following her split with Orlando Bloom in 2017. The US singer said she suffered a breakdown when her record flopped commercially and she temporarily ended her romance with the Brit actor.
In a new interview Katy, 35, recalled hitting rock bottom and told how she almost “jumped” after her album Witness sold less than a tenth of her 2013 release Prism.
Katy, who is now expecting a daughter with Orlando, said it was the first time she had suffered a professional setback. She 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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