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.
Pregnant Katy Perry interrupted by red-faced Gethin Jones over 'TMI' about sister's birth
mirror.co.ukKaty Perry was interrupted by a flustered Gethin Jones as she went into detail about delivering her sister's babies on The One Show tonight.
The 35-year-old singer is due to give birth to a girl in weeks and has already joked that she is "waddling like a duck". Appearing on the BBC show from her home with fiancé Orlando Bloom, 43, she spoke about her impending motherhood.
Asked what she was most nervous about over the next coming months, Katy admitted: "I think I'll feel a little bit more [nervous] when the baby finally comes out, as far as the pain scale is concerned. "I'm not afraid, I've helped my sister deliver her two babies in her living room that are now three and six. "In a tub, on a bed, holding her leg back, filming it like
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