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 shares pregnancy news to late grandma in heartbreaking video
thesun.co.ukKATY Perry has made public the heartbreakingly poignant moment she told her late grandmother she was pregnant. The Teenage Dream singer revealed she was expecting a tot with fiance Orlando Bloom earlier this month.
It will be the 35-year-old's first child and she has gushed how they are "looking forward" to the new arrival, after letting slip the big news during scenes for her new music video.
They showed a blonde-haired Katy wearing a flowing, figure-hugging pink mesh skirt and cuddling her baby bump. While the scenes for the Never Worn White video were the first time her fans learned of the hugely happy news, her close family and friends were privy way beforehand.
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