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 that she texts 'a lot' with Taylor Swift after ending feud
foxnews.comKaty Perry and Taylor Swift are continuing to work on their friendship. The "American Idol" judge, 35, spoke about how her relationship with Swift, 30, changed over the years in an interview with Stellar Magazine.The two pop stars recently reconciled after years of bad blood in the music industry. “We don’t have a very close relationship because we are very busy, but we text a lot,” Perry explained.
She also praised Swift for opening up about her private life in her Netflix documentary "Miss Americana" saying, “I was really excited for her to be able to show that to the world: that things aren’t perfect, they don’t have to be and it’s more beautiful when they aren’t." The pair famously stopped feuding after Perry appeared in Swift's music.
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