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.
A-listers normally used to dressing up to the nines in exchange for a $30,000 ticket on the first Monday in May were forced to find something else to do with their time last night, after the Met Gala was cancelled.
And it looks like we missed out on some serious looks. Katy Perry has unveiled what she was supposed to wear to the 2020 Met Gala, and the pregnant star was planning an ode to Madonna’s iconic cone bra.
Yep, we’re officially gutted. Katy, 35, has been dressing up as toilet rolls and hand sanitiser at home to promote American Idol, but pined for what would have been a night of pure glamour at the Metropolitan Museum Of Modern Art.
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