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 has told fans that she has been struggling with “waves of depression” while pregnant with her first child during the coronavirus crisis.
The singer, 35, is expecting a baby girl with fiance Orlando Bloom, 41, and is currently isolating in her California home. “Sometimes I don’t know what’s worse trying to avoid the virus or the waves of depression that come with this new norm,” she wrote on Twitter on Monday.
The musician’s post was met with messages of support from her fans, who told Perry to “keep [her] light shining” and “stay as positive as possible” during the difficult time.
Perry recently shared a hilarious ultrasound of her unborn daughter to mark Mother’s Day in the United States, joking that it looked like her baby was
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