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 mum ruined pregnancy reveal
peoplemagazine.co.zaKaty Perry’s mum ruined her elaborate pregnancy reveal. The Dark Horse singer announced on Wednesday that she and fiance Orlando Bloom are expecting their first child together, with the baby due this summer.
Speaking about the happy news on Mikey Piff’s SiriusXM radio show on Thursday, Katy explained that she’d organised a fun way to tell her family about the baby – by having it printed on a wine label.
But her mum foiled the plan when she spotted the wine bottle on a visit to her daughter’s house. “She just came over and was looking at my wine, which she never does, and she’s like, ‘What is this?'” Katy recalled. “And that’s how it happened.
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