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 Hormones and Gaining the 'COVID 30' in Quarantine
billboard.comExpectant mother Katy Perry is experiencing the joys and challenges of being pregnant while in quarantine.In an interview for SHEIN Together, a virtual event held on Saturday (May 9) to benefit the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization (WHO), Perry admitted that pregnancy hormones are in full effect."I would say I have five good days and two days where I just, I cry when I look down at my toes or I cry when just doing simple tasks," she said, speaking to her laptop, which she casually mentioned was sitting on top of a trash can viewers couldn't see. "I also think a lot of that is probably hormonal.""And I'm not used to being around so many people all in a confined space for so long," added Perry, who is engaged.
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