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 shared a video of an ultrasound scan, appearing to show her unborn daughter giving her the “middle finger”. The pop star, who is expecting a child with fiance Orlando Bloom, posted the video on Instagram with the hashtag #happymothersdaytome, to mark Mother’s Day in the US on May 10.
In the video, Perry is heard saying: “Oh my God, that’s so funny. She’s literally giving me the middle finger.” She is joined by another woman, who says: “And another hand … Oh, that little finger.” The singer wrote to her 95.6 million Instagram followers: “When your unborn daughter gives you a middle finger from the womb you know you’re in for it.” Perry first mentioned the scan during an appearance on Live With Kelly And Ryan in April, where
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