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 just announced that she's welcomed her first child with her fiancé Orlando Bloom. The Part of Me singer, 35, revealed that she has called her baby girl Daisy Dove Bloom, but someone knew what name she would choose three months before the little one was even born.
Back in June Amanda Holden suggested that Katy call her baby daughter Daisy Bloom when she appeared on the Britain's Got Talent judges' Heart radio show.
When Amanda came up with the idea Katy looked shocked on the video link chat, suggesting she had already picked out her baby name months ago and was surprised Amanda had managed to work it out. "I like Daisy Bloom," Amanda told her. "The surname of Bloom and daisies and flowers. "And Perry-Bloom is a great hyphen.
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