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 shared a hilarious video of her unborn baby girl 'giving her the middle finger' during a sonogram on Mother's Day.
The 35-year-old singer and her actor fiancé Orlando Bloom, 43, are expecting their first child together this summer. And now the Firework songstress shared a clip of her scan on Instagram and penned: "When your unborn daughter gives you a middle finger from the womb you know you’re in for it #happymothersdaytome." Earlier in the day, Katy shared an Instagram Story of Orlando holding a giant bunch of flowers, which he had picked for her on the holiday.
Asking her other half where he got the blooms, she asked: "Where did you get those? From the garden? And you arranged them for me?" He answered: "I've been.
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