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.
Russell Brand Knows Ex-Wife Katy Perry Will Be ‘an Amazing Mom’
usmagazine.comRussell Brand only has love for ex-wife Katy Perry now that she’s expecting a baby with fiancé Orlando Bloom.The British actor, who was married to the singer from 2010 to 2012, is “still sad over his divorce from her and was heartbroken by it,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly, “but he knows she will be an amazing mom.” (He went on to marry Laura Gallacher in 2017.)Brand, 44, isn’t Perry’s only ex who’s excited for her.
The source also told Us that John Mayer is “happy for Katy and wishes her the best.” The “Waiting on the World to Change” singer, 42, and the American Idol judge, 35, dated on and off from 2012 to 2015 before she moved onto the Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 43, in January 2016.
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