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 new music influenced by motherhood as she welcomes daughter Daisy
mirror.co.ukKaty Perry 's music is already being influenced by her newborn daughter Daisy. The singer released her new album Smile just one day after giving birth to the little one, who she shares with fiancé Orlando Bloom.
And the album includes one very special song, What Makes A Woman, which sees Katy deal with becoming a mother for the first time.
Taking to Instagram, Katy shared an animated video to go along with the song, which features a pregnant woman and the image of a newborn baby.
The 35-year-old wrote: "WOMEN are many different things but one part I am learning about now is being a mother..." She also shared a quote: "'Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.' -
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