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 is opening up about how much she's changed since becoming a mom to her daughter, Daisy. The 36-year-old singer covers 's latest issue and talks about her monumental year, which includes giving birth to her and fiancé Orlando Bloom's first child together in August.Perry tells the magazine that Daisy has brought her «wholeness.»«I always felt like I was walking around with a little bit of pain in my heart concerning love,» she says. «And my fiancé has done a great job at really helping to mend that.
But this just went underneath all that and got so deep. It's just there, that love is there.»«I'd heard about unconditional love, but now I'm really experiencing it,» she continues. «There's a wholeness that has happened.»Perry gives.
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