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 and Orlando Bloom initially didn’t agree on their daughter Daisy’s name.“Katy won the battle over baby’s name,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, August 27. “She was pulling for the moniker Daisy, but Orlando liked Fiona.”The actor, 43, thought that Fiona “sounded good alongside” his and Miranda Kerr’s 9-year-old son Flynn’s name.
Another insider told Us earlier this month that Bloom and the pregnant Grammy nominee, 35, had “yet to agree” on their little one’s moniker.“She likes the name Daisy because daisies are her favorite flowers, simple, pure and sunny,” the source explained at the time. “She is also fond of the name Grace Ann.
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