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.
The rapper who accused Katy Perry of ripping off his song ‘Joyful Noise’ on her hit ‘Dark Horse’ has submitted a new brief with the Ninth Circuit appeals court.
He cites music by both Beethoven and the Rolling Stones in a bid to demonstrate that the musical segment shared by his song and Perry’s hit is substantial enough to be protected by copyright.Marcus Gray actually convinced a jury in the Californian district court that ‘Dark Horse’ infringed ‘Joyful Noise’, with Perry and her collaborators ordered to pay Gray and his team $2.8 million in damages.
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