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 given birth to her first child, but now she's already gearing up for another new arrival - the release of her sixth studio album Smile, which drops tomorrow.The 35-year-old pop star broke her Twitter silence on Thursday, after revealing she and fiance Orlando Bloom have welcomed daughter Daisy Dove Bloom, to promote the new release.'Delivering a baby and a record in the same week, dont f**k with mama,' she wrote, adding hashtags to promote both latest single What Makes A Woman, and her record Smile.
No rest for a pop star: Katy Perry took to Twitter on Thursday to lament about 'delivering a baby and a record in the same week' Busy lady:Katy Perry has given birth to her first child, but now she's already gearing up for another.
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