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 has been a busy bee quite literally as she's not only on a promotion spree for her sixth studio album Smile but she's also going to be welcoming her first child with fiance Orlando Bloom anytime now.
Smile was originally supposed to release on August 14, but "due to unavoidable production delays," the highly-awaited album will now drop two weeks later on August 28.
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