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 joked she was about to deliver a second child as she released her new album a day after giving birth to a daughter.
The pop singer, 35, welcomed Daisy Dove, her first child with actor Orlando Bloom, before launching Smile on Friday. In a social media post shared from her hospital bed, Perry said she hoped the album, her sixth, would cheer up her fans. “IT’S HERE!
IT’S REALLY HERE!” the star said. “I finally got back my smile! Hope this record puts one on your face. #SMILE IS OUT EVERYWHERE NOW!
LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH ENJOY (sent from my hospital bed lol).” Perry also shared a picture of a woman throwing a baby to a man and wrote in the caption: “me after feeding all day handing Daisy off to daddy bout to deliver this 2nd child.”
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