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 and Katy Perry are just days away from welcoming their first child together – and they can't wait! In an interview published in this week's HELLO!
magazine, the Pirates of the Caribbean star opened up about his expanding family, and how his son Flynn, nine, had taken the news. "Flynn couldn't be more excited to be getting a little sister – he's already got two brothers from Miranda [Kerr].
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