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.
Lil Nas X Questions The Merits And Value Of #BlackoutTuesday
celebrityinsider.orgThe Los Angeles Times reported today that some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, including Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and many others, went silent on social media for the music industry’s Blackout Tuesday in which the artists paid tribute to the death of George Floyd and expressed their solidarity with the black community and Black Lives Matter activists.
Executives such as Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang claimed the initiative was launched as a means for artists to reflect on how they could do their part to help the black community.
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