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.
Orlando Bloom admits romance with pregnant Katy Perry has its 'ups and downs'
mirror.co.ukOrlando Bloom has describe his relationship with Katy Perry as a 'rollercoaster of ups and downs.' The actor, who proposed to the pop star last year, said in their relationship was definitely not the 'kind of Hollywood love story' fans might expect of them. "I wish I could tell you that it was all joyful and happy," Orlando told News Corp. "But like anything in life that's real, it's taken its own course.
It's gone on its own roller coaster of ups and downs," he admitted. The Pirates of the Caribbean star then opened up about the moment he fell for Katie at a showbiz party in 2016.
Orlando, 43, revealed he ordered Katy, 35, a hamburger and winked at her before the pair spent the rest of the night chatting and dancing with each other.
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