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.
Russel Brand makes surprise cameo in Neighbours as ex Katy Perry announces pregnancy
mirror.co.ukRussell Brand has made a surprise cameo on the set of Neighbours. The hit Australian soap, set in Melbourne, was graced by the comedian's presence during his tour down under.
Katy Perrys ex-husband has been a fan of the show for 'as long as he can remember' and decided to make a quick pit stop to the Neighbours set at Nunawading.
While he was there, producers encouraged him to appear as a cameo in the soap, and as it turns out, he didn't refuse. Taking to Instagram, actress April Rose Pengilly (Chloe Brennan) couldn't contain her excitement as she gleefully posed up a storm beside the award-winning funny man.
Alongside a sweet snap of herself standing arm in arm with her crush, the Aussie beauty wrote that she was a huge fan of Russell's
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