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 successful appeals Christian rapper Flame's $2.8 million copyright lawsuit against her single Dark Horse
officialcharts.comKaty Perry has successfully appealed a copyright ruling against her 2013 single Dark Horse. Christian rapper Marcus Gray - who goes by the stage name Flame - sought damages from Katy and Capitol Records over the underlying beat of her UK Top 5 single Dark Horse, saying it copied his 2009 track Joyful Noise.
In July 2019, judge Christina A. Snyder found Katy liable, ordering the popstar and her team to pay $2.8 million in damages.
Katy was instructed to pay $550,000, with Capitol Records responsible for the majority of the rest. Producers Max Martin, Dr.
Luke and Cirkut and featured artist Juicy J were also accountable. However in a u-turn eight months later (March 16), judge Snyder reviewed that evidence presented at the jury trail was in
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