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.
Man fighting for life after car ploughs into railings near Manchester Airport
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man is fighting for his life in hospital after his car ploughed into a set of railings near Manchester Airport on Monday afternoon (August 12).
The driver is thought to have suffered a medical episode behind the wheel before his vehicle smashed into the central reservation on Palma Avenue, near Terminal Two.
Police were called to the serious crash at around 12.10pm. The driver was rushed to hospital from the scene with serious and life-threatening injuries. READ MORE CCTV footage shows police 'kicking and punching' boy, 16, after tackling him off e-bike Enquiries into the collision are ongoing, with any witnesses now urged to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) as officers work to establish what happened.
A GMP spokesperson said: "At around 12.10pm this afternoon (Monday 12 August 2024), we were called to reports of a collision between a vehicle and a set of metal railings on Palma Avenue near to Manchester Airport. "It is believed that the male driver of the vehicle had a medical episode behind the wheel which caused him to collide with metal railings on the central reservation. "He was taken to hospital with injuries that were described as life changing / life threatening and remains in hospital for treatment.
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