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's grandma Ann Hudson dies at 99: See her loving tribute
wonderwall.comKaty Perry fans have long been familiar with the pop star's grandmother, Ann Hudson. Katy's brought Ann to the Grammys and Billboard Music Awards, featured her in the 2012 documentary "Katy Perry: Part of Me" and partied with her granny in Las Vegas.
Now Katy has taken to social media to mourn the death of her beloved grandmother, who passed away on March 8. Ann was 99. "I don't know when a soul enters a new vehicle but if there is an afterlife where there's a waiting room of the coming and going my mind wonders if the soul that is waiting to come into my world is getting a kiss on the forehead from my sweet Grandma that departed this earth yesterday.
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