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 teases song for unborn daughter on KP5
msn.comKaty Perry has penned a song for her unborn daughter on 'KP5'. The 'Daisies' singer - who is pregnant with her first child with fiance Orlando Bloom - has teased a track called 'What Makes A Woman' on the upcoming album, in which she tells her child that there are no "limits on any of her dreams".
Speaking to radio station NRJ Lebanon, Katy spilled: "There is a song on the record called 'What Makes A Woman' that is a hope I have for my future child. "That she doesn't have any limits on any of her dreams, or what she wants to be, or who she thinks she is and she can change whenever she wants.
She can try everything on if she wants. "I think that song is important to me and important for her." The 'Teenage Dream' hitmaker has also named.
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