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.
New Releases
officialcharts.comEach week, we here at Official Charts compile the best and most exciting releases of New Music Friday, to give you a chance to hear the future hits on the Official Singles and Albums Chart.
Let's dive in! This week on the singles front, we have several starlets ready to take centre-stage. Following on from a particularly headline-grabbing 2021, Sabrina Carpenter returns with a new song called Fast Times - we were lucky enough to get an exclusive First Listen of the track, and it's very much a genre-fluid bops, mixing Fiona Apple, Lana Del Rey and some lovely post-disco violin flourishes.
Elsewhere, Mimi Webb returns with her first release of 2022 with House On Fire, which promises to be a bit more of an up-tempo number than we've seen from her before, complete with a production credit from Katy Perry and Kesha hitmaker Cirkut.
We also have new tracks from Clean Bandit (who team up with producer A7S), a clubby new track from Years & Years linking up with the DJ Regard and a self-released track from former Girls Aloud drummer Florrie and producers Xenomania.
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