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 Talks Pregnancy Cravings, Kanye West's Presidential Bid in New Interview
billboard.comKaty Perry called in to U.K. radio show Hits Radio Breakfast on Friday (July 10) to reveal her latest pregnancy cravings, dish on her new single "Smile" and more. "I am waddling like a duck," the star confessed about the uncomfortable stage she's reached in her first pregnancy. "It's fine actually, but I'm breathing heavily -- I'm a full-on mouth breather -- and yeah, it's loud and obnoxious.
And oh my god, I just eat so much flavored ice. It's like I went from respect to 'Put all the ice. In my mouth. Right now.'" The pop singer also opened up about how her upcoming LP "feels parallel in some ways to the darkness that we're all going through right now" amid the global coronavirus pandemic. "The record is really about overcoming," she said.
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