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 says she no longer feels like a 'desperate pop star' because of her fiancé and pregnancy
dailymail.co.ukKaty Perry has previously opened up about her upcoming album being the product of the two of the saddest years of her life, as she battled clinical depression.And on Thursday, the 35-year-old pregnant singer reflected on having to take medication for the first time following the poor critical and commercial reception of her fifth studio album in 2017.'The older you get, the more real life gets and the harder it gets to hold onto the pain that helped you create.
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