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.
Lionel Richie Is Brought To Tears After Watching Alyssa Wray’s ‘Historical’ ‘American Idol’ Audition
etcanada.comAlyssa Wray absolutely blew the “American Idol” judges away with her audition Sunday. The 18-year-old from Perryville, Kentucky, belted out a jaw-dropping rendition of “I Am Changing” by Jennifer Hudson, with her nailing all those high notes.
Lionel Richie couldn’t sit still and kept getting up off his seat in amazement as the performance got better and better. RELATED: 15-Year-Old Laila Mach Performs ‘Deranged Version’ Of Gabby Barrett’s ‘I Hope’ On ‘American Idol’ “I’m so happy, I am so happy,” he gushed as the song came to an end, adding that a voice like Wray’s comes “once in a generation.” Richie asked Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, “Did you just hear what I heard?” Bryan shared, “The most challenging thing in entertainment is to have a
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